What to Expect from Working with a Professional Leadership Coach
When you work with a professional leadership coach, you’re not just getting advice — you’re engaging in a process designed to help you gain clarity, build momentum, and create lasting results in your career.
Starting with What Matters Most: Your Values
I begin every client engagement by helping you identify your core values. Values are at the root of everything — they drive our decisions, shape our goals, and influence how we feel at work. In my experience, when someone feels stuck, uncomfortable, or unmotivated, 99% of the time it’s because there’s a mismatch between their values and their current work environment.
How Our Sessions Flow
After our initial values work, each session follows a consistent and productive structure:
- Check-in: We start by catching up on what’s happened since our last session.
- Accountability: We review the action steps you committed to, celebrating wins and identifying roadblocks.
- Goal setting: We set clear objectives for the session based on your priorities.
- Working through the issues: Sometimes it’s solving a specific problem or strategizing around a blocker at work, sometimes it’s refining your job search process, or mapping next steps for career progression.
- Action planning: Together we identify the steps you’ll take between sessions to keep momentum going.
- Closing reflection: You end by articulating the key takeaways and new insights — so you leave with clarity and focus.
The Outcomes You Can Expect
- Clarity about what you want and why
- Values-aligned decisions and confident execution
- Real progress through focused, doable action
- Stronger leadership and communication skills