Executive Coaching
The Role of the Executive Coach
The Executive Coach acts as a critical sounding board, offering tailored advice and unbiased feedback aligned with your established objectives.
Working with our business clients, New Vistas Consulting understands the unique thought processes and skill sets necessary to help them meet their strategic and tactical goals and resolve managerial challenges.
Based on our substantial experience developing executives and managers, principals Larry and Susan use an integrated approach including executive coaching, business development, management and leadership training and team building to help clients maximize their potential.
In the realm of executive coaching, our path is characterized by a commitment to fostering growth, whether driven by an individual's aspiration for personal advancement or an organization's strategic development initiatives. We infuse the coaching process with deep knowledge, empathy, and profound insight, ensuring a transformative experience for all participants.
The Coaching Process
Our coaching approach is a professional development journey grounded in a deep understanding of the client's specific role, organizational culture, personal strengths, and career aspirations. We employ a compassionate yet rigorous methodology to create a customized roadmap that cultivates essential skills and executive presence.
The coaching process begins with in-depth discussions to identify objectives, challenges, and insights about the client's professional landscape. Organizations may request a "360-degree" assessment, where the coach conducts confidential interviews with CEOs, board members, peers, internal clients, and subordinates. Following these dialogues, a diagnostic evaluation prioritizes objectives, establishes timelines, and formulates feedback mechanisms to track progress. A tailored coaching plan ensures continual contact, allowing for flexibility and adjustments as new challenges arise.
General Counsel
Our principals bring to General Counsel (GC) executive coaching the ability to engage and interact with high-level lawyers, drawing on Susan’s own substantial experience to speak their language and put them at ease in a way that traditional executive coaches cannot. Susan and Larry understand that for General Counsel to derive value from an executive coach, they need a safe space where they can discuss their issues and concerns with professionals who relate to the complexity of acting as both a lawyer and an executive.
Working with General Counsel requires a deep understanding of both the legal environment and management goals
At New Vistas Consulting, our principals offer a distinctive approach to executive coaching for General Counsel by combining their extensive legal and management expertise with a deep understanding of the dynamics at play for high-level attorneys. This unique blend fosters a comfortable and open environment, enabling General Counsel to address the complexities of their roles in a way that traditional coaching methods often cannot. We recognize the need for a safe space where legal advisors can honestly navigate their dual responsibilities as counselors and executives.
Engaging with General Counsel requires a nuanced appreciation of both the legal landscape and the organization’s strategic and tactical goals. Thriving as a General Counsel hinges on a robust skill set, emotional intelligence, and clarity of purpose, as well as an understanding of interpersonal dynamics and effective communication. Trusted advisor GCs possess comprehensive knowledge of their company's operations, competitive landscape, and industry trends, collaborating closely with leadership on vital financial, security, and technology issues. In many ways, the GC functions as the CEO of the legal department.
While GCs typically come equipped with well-honed competencies by the time they reach this level, individual career paths may emphasize different skill sets. A thoughtfully chosen executive coach can help clients develop new skills, provide insights into legal and managerial contexts, and facilitate professional development, empowering GCs to achieve their utmost potential.
Often GCs designate their successors and rising stars to receive executive coaching. When working with these clients we use the same methodologies.
The Executive Coach serves as a sounding board for the client. Advice and counsel are given based on what is best for the client and provides clean, unbiased feedback based on the agreed goals.
Managing Partners and Senior Leadership in Professional Development
Susan and Larry bring extensive experience from their leadership and management roles, having successfully mentored numerous professionals in similar capacities. They possess a sophisticated understanding of the complexities and responsibilities inherent in leadership, particularly when professionals must balance the dual imperatives of business development and client service. Their expertise is especially attuned to the unique challenges that come with peer leadership, enabling them to navigate these dynamics with sensitivity and skill.
Corporate Executives
Larry and Susan support their clients in navigating the complexities of executive relationships with peers, boards, and subordinates. They aid leaders in identifying friction points and devising actionable strategies to address these challenges, fostering mutually beneficial connections throughout the organization. Their coaching empowers executives to feel more confident in their decision-making processes, enhance their interactions with other C-suite members, and improve their effectiveness in engaging with boards and employees.
At New Vistas Consulting we routinely coach a diverse range of professionals, including:
Top revenue generators
Partners responsible for key client relationships
Practice group leaders
Financial services executives and relationship managers
Executive directors of nonprofits and trade associations
Broad Coaching Expertise
Variety of Coaching Engagements
Coaching engagements may focus on various areas, including:
Career Coaching: Building a highly successful career path, whether inside your current organization, or seeking a new position, requires focused discipline and a deep understanding of what mechanics should be used to differentiate yourself. Our clients are typically poised to move up the management ladder or to move to a new position. They immediately benefit from the vast depth of experience our principals provide.
Onboarding for New Roles: Facilitating a smooth transition into leadership positions.
Developmental Coaching: Enhancing both personal and professional skills.
Performance Coaching: Targeting knowledge and skill enhancement around specific goals.
Skills Development: Mastering competencies such as public speaking, effective meeting facilitation, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution.
Strategic Consulting: Assisting in planning and outlining actionable steps.
Leadership and Management Coaching: Optimizing vision and implementation, assisted by quantification to measure progress.
Transformational Consulting: Navigating cultural changes within departments or organizations.
Team Building: Promoting collaboration and elevating resource use.
All coaching initiatives are designed to address both immediate challenges and long-term opportunities. As circumstances shift, the coaching approach will adapt accordingly.
We help leaders identify friction points and map actionable strategies to resolve them and form mutually beneficial bonds throughout the organization.
