Onboarding
Guided a newly-hired leader in a multinational, matrixed corporation whose prior experience was entirely in start ups. His new leadership role was key to the success of the company and while his brilliance was admired, his leadership style was at odds with the company’s values.
By conducting a 360° feedback and examining his and others’ Meyers-Briggs results, he developed alternative ways to motivate, lead, build alliances, and ultimately change the attitudes of his constituencies. He learned to spend more time developing others and contributing to the goals of the company.
Leadership Style & Presence
Encouraged a high performing woman executive in a major financial services corporation to gain greater self-awareness and build new kinds of rapport with senior management. When presenting to her Board of Directors, she established a more comfortable professional image consonant with her impressive background and management position. She benefitted from improved communication skills and increased her confidence, thereby scoring positive results from her Board presentations.
Rethinking Retirement
Coached a principal and deal-maker in the Hong Kong office of an international private equity firm. He was frustrated and wanted to exercise his options to retire. It became clear that it was not retirement that he sought but rather a redefinition of his current role, one that included flexibility of workload, greater control over his schedule, and a return to the U.S. Helped him devise a plan to successfully negotiate the terms and draft a plan for future retirement.
Coming out of Retirement
Worked with a former CEO of a multinational corporation who sold his business and thought he would enjoy voluntary retirement. After a year, he missed the challenge, engagement, and income of the business world. Although making money was less important now, it was still a meaningful measure of his personal sense of success. Given his age and the economic climate, he had legitimate concerns about his opportunities. He explored consulting, Board work, start ups, as well as returning to his former industry. He decided, after testing the waters, to start a new company in his former industry, but on a smaller scale, leveraging his networks, reputation and talent to innovate in an industry he knew and loved.