A typical coaching engagement includes regular sessions conducted by phone or zoom, usually twice a month or monthly, over a period of six to twelve months. These sessions focus on goal-setting, reflection, and strategic planning. And incorporate specific tools, frameworks and resources to help maintain leadership at the highest level.

Each session is designed to address your current needs and goals, while also contributing to your overall goals for the coaching program. Typically, we’ll start by reviewing your progress and any challenges you’ve faced since our last session. From there, we’ll dive into a focused discussion on a particular aspect of your leadership or a challenge you’re facing, including specific resources, tools frameworks or models that can help you gain a new perspective or important insight. The session will end with actionable takeaways that you can apply immediately in your role. 

Executive coaching focuses on unlocking your potential and enhancing your leadership skills through a collaborative process. Unlike consulting, which typically involves implementing specific solutions for you, or mentoring which offers advice based on experience, coaching helps you discover your own solutions and strategies. Coaching is about empowering you to unlock your potential so you can lead with less stress and more impact.

At Awakening Leadership, we work with purpose-driven leaders in a range of contexts – executives in corporate environments who are personally driven by a greater sense of purpose, to founders of for-purpose organisations and social enterprise. Purpose-driven leaders often face unique challenges, such as balancing their greater mission with their business goals or KPIs, managing stakeholder expectations, and maintaining their own sense of wellbeing when they are driven to serve and achieve.

Our executive coaching programs provide tailored support by helping you navigate these complexities by aligning your leadership approach with your core values, enhancing your decision-making capabilities, and ensuring your strategies are sustainable for long-term impact. 

While some clients experience shifts in perspective and increased clarity after just a few sessions, the most meaningful and sustainable changes typically occur over several months. The duration of the coaching engagement depends on your specific goals. Many leaders start with a three to six month commitment to allow for significant growth and development. It is not unusual for clients who are getting high value from the coaching process to extend their coaching program to 12 months or longer.

If you’re committed to personal and professional growth, executive coaching is one of the most valuable investments you can make. It’s not just about improving your leadership skills—it’s about aligning your leadership with your deeper purpose, enhancing your impact, and achieving results that resonate across your organisation and beyond.

The return on investment for executive coaching can be measured through a variety of metrics, depending on your coaching goals and your organisational context. For example, we can apply measures related to leadership effectiveness and team performance, wellbeing measures related to stress, energy levels and sense of purpose, or you can use progress towards your personal, professional and organisational goals as an indicator. Authentic and useful measures of success for your coaching program are identified as part of your personalised coaching plan.

When selecting the right executive coach, focus on finding someone who aligns with your values, has relevant experience, offers a holistic approach, has a proven track record, and with whom you feel a strong personal connection. Research has shown that executives achieve better results when they “click” with their coach. That sense of connection naturally enables the supportive and empowering relationship that makes for a brilliant coaching experience. The leadership strategy call (that you can book on this page) also serves as a “chemistry check” for us to sense how well we will work together. So, book a call to see if we click.  

Absolutely. A key part of leadership is managing your energy and time effectively. My coaching approach considers not just your professional life but your personal wellbeing too. We’ll work on strategies that help you lead effectively while maintaining a healthy balance that supports your overall happiness and fulfilment.