7X
return on investment in coaching
Executive Coaching
Coaching That Produces Results You Can See in the Business
Executive coaching works when it is built on objective insight, structured accountability, and a process grounded in behavioral science. CLA's coaching engagements help senior leaders develop new capabilities, overcome long-standing barriers, and produce changes that are visible in the business, not just in 360 scores. We've been doing this for over 25 years.
Let's TalkTranslate Individual Talent Into Leadership Performance
Individual talent does not automatically produce leadership impact. Complexity, competing priorities, and long-standing behavioral patterns get in the way. CLA's coaching engagements give leaders the objective insight, structured challenge, and accountability they need to develop new capabilities and perform at a level that shows up in the business.
Support Leaders Through Scaling, Transition, and Board Scrutiny
Some leadership challenges require a thinking partner with real executive experience and the behavioral science background to facilitate lasting change. We match each leader with a coach whose background fits their context, and align coaching goals with organizational priorities from the start so development and business outcomes move together.
Individual talent does not automatically produce leadership impact. Complexity, competing priorities, and long-standing behavioral patterns get in the way. CLA's coaching engagements give leaders the objective insight, structured challenge, and accountability they need to develop new capabilities and perform at a level that shows up in the business.
Some leadership challenges require a thinking partner with real executive experience and the behavioral science background to facilitate lasting change. We match each leader with a coach whose background fits their context, and align coaching goals with organizational priorities from the start so development and business outcomes move together.
Our Approach to Executive Coaching
Our coaching process is a journey of discovery, designed to unlock new perspectives, foster clarity of purpose, and inspire action. We help leaders overcome long-standing barriers and build the accountability structures to achieve sustainable, transformational results.
Championship and Challenge
We champion leaders' growth while pushing them to try new approaches, expand their capabilities, and step out of their comfort zone.
Measurable Results
We align goals with leaders' development needs and organizational priorities, ensuring outcomes that are measurable and impactful.
Evidence-Based Approach
We use a proven, standardized process grounded in psychological and adult learning principles, successfully implemented for over 25 years.
Global Reach
We carefully pair leaders with world-class coaches, many of whom have served as C-suite executives or hold PhDs in behavioral sciences, from our global network.
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Our Clients Get Results
95%
of leaders report overall satisfaction with coaching
100%
of leaders report overall satisfaction with their coach relationship
96%
of leaders would recommend coaching to a colleague
Our Expertise Is Trusted By
Experts in Executive Coaching
Our coaches bring world-class credentials and real executive experience, carefully matched to each leader's context, goals, and development needs.
Meet UsWe always seek to understand a leader's behavior.
— Dan Fisher, PhD
FAQs
Common questions about how our coaching engagements work, how coaches are matched to leaders, and what changes as a result.
Executive coaching is a structured, one-on-one development process focused on changing how a leader behaves on the job. It is different from mentoring, which is typically relationship-driven and advice-based, and from consulting, which delivers external expertise to solve a specific problem. Coaching facilitates the leader’s own insight and behavioral change through a process of structured reflection, challenge, and practice.
Most CLA coaching engagements run six to twelve months. This reflects the time it takes for behavioral change to take root and become durable under pressure. Shorter engagements of three to four months are possible for targeted objectives. Our average coaching ROI is 7X.
We assess the leader’s context, goals, development needs, and style before recommending a coach. Our global network includes coaches with backgrounds as C-suite executives and PhDs in behavioral and clinical psychology. Leaders are introduced to two or three potential coaches and have final say.
Yes. Individual coaching addresses personal behavioral patterns that group experiences cannot reach. When combined with cohort learning and peer circles, the impact compounds. We design integrated approaches when the situation calls for it.
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Perspectives on executive performance, behavioral change, and the leadership challenges that coaching is uniquely positioned to address.
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