Executive & Leadership Coaching Programs

Foster Meaningful Growth

Discover how AMS expert coaches guide Executive & Leadership Coaching Programs for meaningful growth and development. Our standardized Coaching Engagement Model is built on a three-step process with Reflect, Act, and Own at the heart of this accountability-based model. Our coaching programs are meticulously designed to foster meaningful growth and development. It starts with a thorough assessment to align industry context and individual needs, guiding our coaching process with clarity and precision.

Cultivate Lasting Improvements

Continuous evaluation and feedback ensure progress is monitored and skills reinforced. Our approach combines methodologies and tools to foster lasting improvements. AMS Executive & Leadership Coaching Programs, integrated across our catalogs, can be enhanced with Management Consulting Solutions and Professional Development Training Courses for a 360-degree approach to performance optimization. Rely on AMS Coaches to add value to your Executive, High Potential, and Team Collaboration cohorts. Explore the Coaching Program outline below or Contact Us to learn more ➔

Essential Components of Executive & Leadership Coaching Programs

These elements are vital for ensuring comprehensive and effective leadership development. They create a tailored coaching experience, leveraging personal and professional insights, providing continuous feedback, and reinforcing new skills to foster sustained growth. Each component, whether aligning specific goals, gathering multifaceted feedback, tracking progress, reinforcing learning, or involving leadership, plays a crucial role in creating a cohesive and impactful coaching journey. Refer to the items listed below for a detailed understanding of each component:

Pre-Coaching Survey

  • A Pre-Coaching Survey ensures industry alignment, personality fit, and developmental needs by identifying specific coaching requirements and goals. It matches coachees with compatible coaches and gathers background information to customize the coaching plan to suit individual needs, enhancing the overall effectiveness and impact of the coaching experience.

360-degree Assessments

  • A 360-degree Assessment establishes a baseline and guides progress by collecting feedback from peers, supervisors, and direct reports. It provides a comprehensive view of the coachee's strengths and areas for improvement, sets measurable development objectives, and tracks changes and improvements over time, ensuring continuous growth and development.

Dynamic Coaching Reports

  • Dynamic Coaching Reports track progress after each session, documenting key takeaways and action items. They provide ongoing feedback and adjustments to the coaching plan, keep a record of milestones achieved, and identify areas needing additional focus or support, ensuring continuous and effective development.

Application Exercises and Tools

  • Application Exercises and Tools reinforce new skills by providing practical exercises tailored to the coachee’s development needs. They offer tools and resources to facilitate skill application, encourage reflection and self-assessment, and integrate learning into daily activities and routines, ensuring long-term skill retention and effectiveness.

Plan-Do-Check-Act Approach

  • The Plan-Do-Check-Act Approach measures progress and details the “Feed-Forward” plan by developing a detailed action plan with specific goals. It implements the plan and tracks execution, regularly reviews progress and makes necessary adjustments, and plans for future development and continuous improvement, ensuring sustained success and growth.

Leader Inclusion

  • Great performance coaching is most effective when managers and leaders are actively involved in the coachee's experience. This involvement creates a collaborative and supportive environment where coachees feel empowered and valued. Leaders provide valuable insights, share their own experiences, and offer guidance that aligns with organizational goals.

Benefits of Business Executive & Leadership Coaching Programs

In this collaborative journey, the Coachee gains valuable insights into their own capabilities and areas for improvement. The Coach's expertise and experience play a crucial role in facilitating this self-discovery and growth. By fostering a trusting and open environment, the Coach empowers the Coachee to take ownership of their development and make informed decisions. This transformative process not only enhances the Coachee's performance but also boosts their confidence and motivation, leading to sustained success and fulfillment. Performance Coaching is a powerful tool for personal and professional growth, offering a pathway to achieving one's highest potential.

Monitoring progress towards goals and adjusting the coaching plan as needed is vital for success. Celebrating successes acknowledges achievements and motivates coachees to continue their efforts. These practices create a more effective and impactful coaching experience, fostering growth and development for both the coach and the coachee. By implementing these best practices, performance coaching can lead to significant improvements in individual and organizational performance.

  • The Coaching Equation and Leadership

The coaching equation is a simple yet profound formula that captures the essence of coaching: Listening + Questioning = Understanding. This equation underscores the importance of active listening and insightful questioning in gaining a deep understanding of the coachee’s needs, aspirations, and challenges. Different leadership styles call for different coaching approaches. For instance, a transformational leader might focus on coaching that inspires and motivates employees to exceed their own self-interests for the greater good of the organization. On the other hand, a democratic leader might emphasize coaching that encourages participation and collaboration.

Coaching offers numerous benefits for leaders. It equips them with the skills to effectively guide their teams, fosters a culture of continuous learning, and enhances leaders’ emotional intelligence. Moreover, coaching helps leaders to build strong relationships with their team members, leading to increased trust and improved team performance.

  • Coaching for Professional Development

Coaching is a powerful tool for skill development. It provides a supportive environment where employees can learn, grow, and improve their skills. Through coaching, employees can gain insights into their strengths and weaknesses, learn new strategies to overcome challenges, and enhance their performance. Coaching plays a crucial role in career progression. It provides employees with the guidance and support they need to advance in their careers. Through coaching, employees can set career goals, develop action plans, and gain the skills and knowledge needed to achieve their career aspirations.

Coaching contributes to creating a culture of continuous learning in an organization. It encourages employees to take ownership of their learning, fosters a growth mindset, and promotes a culture of feedback and reflection. A learning culture not only enhances individual performance but also drives organizational success. Mentoring and positive reinforcement are key components of effective coaching. Mentoring provides employees with a role model to emulate, while positive reinforcement encourages desired behaviors. Together, they create a supportive coaching environment that uplifts employees and enhances their learning.

  • Coaching Applied

Large companies have successfully utilized coaching to develop effective leadership and drive organizational success. Here are examples from four such companies:

    • Google: Google’s “Project Oxygen” is a well-known initiative that identified effective coaching as one of the key behaviors of its best managers. By focusing on coaching, Google has enhanced employee performance, satisfaction, and retention. The company’s coaching programs help managers develop the skills needed to support and guide their teams effectively.
    • Unilever: Unilever’s Future Leaders Program is a comprehensive leadership development initiative that spans approximately three years. Participants work with career sponsors and handle multiple positions across departments and collaborate internationally. This program equips future leaders with the skills and experiences necessary to drive the company’s success.
    • Amazon: Amazon’s Pathways program is designed to develop the skills and experience of MBA graduates, master’s level graduates, and former military leaders. The program lasts five years and includes challenges such as leading large teams and optimizing operations processes. Through this coaching-focused initiative, Amazon prepares participants to become effective managers and directors.
    • Marriott International: Marriott International offers a variety of leadership development programs that include coaching and mentoring. These programs are designed to help employees develop the skills needed to become capable leaders. By providing practical experiences and coaching, Marriott ensures that its future leaders are well-prepared to drive the company’s success.
  • Enhancing Learning and Uplifting Employees

Coaching can significantly improve employee engagement and satisfaction. It shows employees that the organization values their development, leading to increased job satisfaction and engagement. Engaged employees are more productive, more loyal, and more likely to go the extra mile for their organization. Numerous organizations have effectively used coaching to uplift their employees. For instance, Google’s “Project Oxygen” found that effective coaching was one of the key behaviors of its best managers. By focusing on coaching, Google was able to enhance employee performance, satisfaction, and retention.

AMS Can Help You Grow with an Executive & Leadership Coach

Our global network of expert coaches has helped clients at various career stages access their strengths and maximize personal, professional, and leadership potential. Our deep executive experience enables us to serve various coaching categories with unparalleled insight and accessibility at multiple levels. AMS coaches, all executive-level professionals, bring practical solutions from their lived experiences to empower our clients. The unique scope of our coaching services offers fully integrated solutions, delivering high-impact results in the following categories:

  • Executive CoachingEnables leaders to navigate difficult decisions, complex planning, and culture change, drawing on our executive experience across global enterprises.

  • Leadership Coaching Empowers High-Potential individuals' by clarifying purpose, formalizing goals, building on strengths, and reinforcing commitment to professional development.

    • Team Collaboration Coaching Energizes teams to realize their collective power by aligning on common purposes and objectives to achieve organizational goals, as a follow-on or supplement to training and learning.

    • Discipline Specific CoachingOffers expert guidance in Project/Program Management, Technology Integration, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Talent & Performance Management, and Strategy Development to enhance skills and drive organizational success.

Engaging with AMS coaches unlocks unparalleled insights and practical solutions drawn from their executive experiences. Our unique coaching approach integrates seamlessly with training, ensuring high-impact results by fostering leadership, maximizing potential, and enhancing team collaboration. Partner with AMS for a transformative journey toward organizational success. Coaching infused with philosophy and empathy not only builds skills but fundamentally changes how leaders interact. By fostering a culture of listening, questioning, and understanding, organizations can create environments where excellence thrives and innovation flourishes. This transformative approach empowers individuals to reach their full potential and drives collective success. Let’s embrace coaching as a fundamental leadership strategy and unlock our teams’ full potential!

At AMS, our expert coaches adopt this philosophy wholeheartedly, ensuring that their coaching methods are deeply rooted in empathy and active listening. They are trained to ask insightful questions that uncover the true aspirations, challenges, and needs of their coachees. By creating a safe and supportive space, AMS coaches enable their coachees to explore their potential and identify pathways to achieve their goals. AMS coaches are highly effective because they tailor their coaching approach to each individual's unique context and needs. They leverage a person-centered approach that focuses on nurturing positive self-regard and trust. This helps coachees overcome limiting beliefs and develop authentic self-concepts. The emphasis on empathy allows AMS coaches to build strong, trusting relationships with their coachees, which is essential for effective coaching.

The impact of AMS coaching extends beyond immediate skill-building. Our coaches focus on fostering sustainable growth and long-term development. By helping coachees develop a growth mindset and resilience, AMS coaches ensure that the benefits of coaching are lasting. Coachees learn to navigate challenges, adapt to changes, and continue their development journey even after the formal coaching engagement has ended. AMS coaches also contribute to organizational success by promoting a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Through their coaching interactions, they help create an environment where employees feel empowered to take ownership of their development and contribute to the organization's goals. This cultural transformation leads to improved employee satisfaction, higher retention rates, and overall organizational excellence.

In conclusion, the coaching philosophy embraced by AMS, which centers on empathy and active listening, not only transforms individuals but also has a lasting impact on organizational culture. AMS’s commitment to personalized, empathetic coaching ensures that coachees experience significant growth and development. By partnering with AMS, organizations can unlock the full potential of their teams and achieve sustainable success.

Join the ranks of leading organizations that have partnered with AMS to drive innovation, improve performance, and achieve sustainable success. Let’s transform together. Your journey to excellence starts here.