Creating a plan

Do the unique pressures of entrepreneurship and executive roles feel isolating?

Executive Coaching provides a supportive space for entrepreneurs and senior leaders to refine leadership skills, overcome challenges, and strategize effectively.

  • Thought partnership for top-level positions
  • Focus on improved decision-making, enhanced leadership, and a holistic perspective
  • Co-creation of strategies for increased efficiency, resilience, and sustainable growth in the entrepreneurial landscape
  • Foster personal fulfillment throughout the process.

How Executive Coaching Brings Value

Combat Executive Isolation

Executive coaching provides an answer for the isolation of high-ranking roles, offering skill enhancement, a neutral sounding board, strategic partnership, and a confidential space to alleviate top-level solitude.

Elevate Executive Presence

Coaching helps improve communication and influence by providing strategic sessions offering feedback on plans and approaches, ultimately enhancing standing among executive peers and boards.

Foster Self-Assurance

Coaching isn't about dictating steps; its about empowerment to make choices, assess risks, and chart your own path, fostering confidence in leadership and decision-making.

Expand Self-Awareness

In the hustle of running a business, self-reflection often gets sidelined. Engaging with a coach presents a chance to enhance emotional intelligence and self-awareness needed for better decision making. 

  • 39%

    Of CEOs of all companies have an executive coach. Source

  • 60%

    Of growth-stage CEOs have an executive coach. Source

  • 5.7x

    Average ROI on executive coaching. Source

Frequently Asked Questions

Not at all! Despite the name, executive coaching isn’t exclusively for those with the title of “executive.” While this program does cater to leaders in top-level positions, it’s not limited to them. Executive coaching can benefit various professionals, including business owners, entrepreneurs, and senior managers.

Engaging an executive coach isn’t about fixing issues; it’s an investment in honing skills and maximizing potential before challenges arise. It’s a proactive step that high achievers take to stay ahead, ensuring continued growth and success in the future.

Executive coaching, mentoring, and therapy are like three different superhero suits. Mentoring is getting advice from someone who has been there, therapy is working through past issues to understand today, and coaching is about now and making big plans for the future. They might seem alike, but they have different jobs: coaching and mentoring gear up for career advice, while therapy is all about healing and mental health.

Engaging an executive coach during pivotal career shifts, especially when taking on elevated responsibilities or transitioning into new leadership roles, can be immensely beneficial. Short-term coaching sessions designed to address specific challenges can yield significant rewards. Prioritizing dedicated time for coaching is essential, ensuring it receives the necessary focus rather than being relegated to a secondary role.

The coaching schedule and session count are personalized to fit the goals and challenges’ complexity. Typically, a plan covers about 6 to 12 monthly sessions, providing room for reflection, exploration, and applying new ideas in between. This approach supports lasting changes. At Thriveworks we have a variety of engagements, with many spanning multiple years.

What Our Clients Say

“Polina helps remove the emotion from decision making and apply critical thinking to career navigation and workplace situations.”
Jeannine Martin
Jeannine Martin
President, Vancouver Regional
Construction Association

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