Change & Leadership
Leadership Coaching
Leadership coaching is individual support for developing how you communicate, make decisions and take on responsibility. You can arrange coaching for yourself or through your organization.
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Support for your development
You may want to feel more confident speaking up, prepare for a difficult conversation, work through a decision or adjust to new responsibilities. Coaching gives you time to examine those situations, consider your options and practise an approach that fits your goals. You can seek this support for yourself, whether or not you manage a team or hold a leadership title.
We begin with your goals, the situations you want help with and what you hope to develop. Together, we establish the focus, session schedule and duration, along with confidentiality and how progress will be reviewed. If an employer sponsors your coaching, the agreement also explains its involvement and what information may be shared. An employer does not need to be involved for you to work with LSPT.
Scope and related support
- Leadership Coaching is not therapy, legal advice, an employee investigation or a substitute for a company performance-management process.
- A sponsor does not receive private session details unless the person being coached has agreed to that disclosure.
- Use Change Management when the need is an organization-wide implementation plan; use Talent & Succession Planning when the need is a company process for critical roles and successors.
Situations and practices we can work on
Situations that may fit
- You want to communicate your ideas or concerns more confidently.
- You are preparing for a new role, greater responsibility or your first opportunity to manage others.
- You want support with decisions, delegation or a difficult conversation.
- You are navigating a change at work or exploring how you want to develop.
Leadership practices
- Communication and confidence in expressing your ideas
- Preparation for new roles and responsibilities
- Decisions, delegation and working relationships
- Preparation for difficult conversations
- Individual action planning and progress review
Setting goals and reviewing progress
- What you want to develop and how we will review progress
- Whether you are arranging coaching yourself or an organization is sponsoring it
- Which situations, conversations or practices we will work through
- When the coaching engagement is complete or needs a different kind of support
What the engagement can include
- A written coaching agreement covering goals, roles and confidentiality
- A defined set of leadership practices to test and review
- Your own action notes and next steps
- Progress reviews limited to the information agreed at the start
- A closeout decision on next steps, continued coaching or another form of support
Questions about Leadership Coaching
Who is leadership coaching for?
Coaching is available to people seeking support for themselves, as well as people whose organization arranges it. You do not need a leadership title or responsibility for a team. You might want to develop your communication, prepare for new responsibilities or work through a particular challenge. We begin with your goals to determine whether coaching is a useful fit.
Can I arrange coaching for myself?
Yes. You can contact LSPT directly and arrange coaching for yourself. Your employer does not need to sponsor, approve or participate in the engagement. We discuss your goals, the working arrangements and fees before you decide to proceed.
What happens during coaching?
Sessions focus on the situations and goals you want to work on. We might examine a decision, prepare for a conversation, consider how to communicate an idea or review an approach you have tried. Between sessions, you can put those ideas into practice and bring back what you learned.
How are the goals chosen?
We discuss what you want support with, why it matters to you and what progress would look like. You do not need to arrive with a finished development plan. If an employer sponsors the engagement, we also establish its role in setting goals. The agreement explains the focus of the work and how progress will be reviewed.
What does an employer receive when it sponsors coaching?
When an employer sponsors coaching, it receives only the information established in the agreement, such as goals, attendance or an agreed progress summary. Private session details are not shared unless you have agreed to that disclosure. If you arrange coaching yourself, there is no employer reporting arrangement.
How long does coaching last?
The session schedule, duration and review points depend on the goals of the engagement. They are set out before sessions begin. Reviews can determine whether to conclude the work, continue coaching or consider another form of support.
Is coaching a substitute for therapy or a performance-management process?
No. Leadership Coaching does not provide therapy, legal advice or employee investigations. It also does not replace your organization’s performance-management process. We discuss the purpose and boundaries of the work before starting.