Executive Coaching

Executive coaching focuses on the goals and priorities of both the executive and the institution. It is leader-driven and action-oriented.

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Executive coaching is designed in a way that benefits both the leader and the institution. Therefore, Academic Search believes executive coaching should be approached from a systems perspective and in the context in which the leader is leading.

We believe that leadership is learned through ongoing practice, reflection, action and assessment. Thus, leadership always occurs in a particular context, leads to action, and has an impact to be evaluated.

Leading colleges and universities today is both noble and daunting work. We created our Executive Coaching Practice based on this philosophy so that presidents and senior leaders have professional and qualified leadership companions and guides on the leadership journey. We are committed to the effectiveness, sustainability and well-being of new and incumbent presidents and senior leaders. We believe that both the interiority of leaders and the exterior demands of institutional leadership are complementary.

LEADER-FIRST APPROACH

  • Executive Assessment

  • Executive Coaching

  • Executive Transition

  • Executive Team

ACADEMIC SEARCH ADVANTAGE

What distinguishes our Executive Coaching Practice is that all of our executive coaches:

  1. Are seasoned higher education executives who have faced the gifts and tasks of institutional leadership;
  2. Are trained executive coaches through either Academic Search’s unique and rigorous executive coach training program, an International Coach Federation approved coaching program, or both;
  3. Adhere to the Professional Code of Ethics of the International Coach Federation and the Association for Coaching; and
  4. Rely on the best available executive coaching research and practices of the Institute of Coaching affiliated with Harvard University.
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

 
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EXECUTIVE COACHING OFFERINGS

Whether a seasoned president or new to an executive role, our Executive Coaching Process is designed to customize and optimize your experience to advance your leadership and institutional goals.

We offer executive coaching to individual seasoned leaders, individual new or transitioning leaders, and cabinet and senior leadership teams, as well as assessment debriefs.

To learn more, please fill out our form to contact our Practice Leader.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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“I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum capabilities.”

“Coaches are your external eyes and ears, providing a more accurate picture of your reality.  So, “It’s not just how good you are now, it’s how good you’re going to be that really matters.”

“A sense of purpose provides an ongoing capacity to generate possibilities… and to find the values that make risk-taking meaningful.”