Working with an Executive Coach
38mIntermediate2018-10-03
Authors

John Ullmen
Executive Coach, Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Course details
If you're motivated to change the way you lead, executive coaches can help you accelerate your growth, guiding you as you make smart changes that stick. In this course, UCLA professor and executive coach John Ullmen, PhD provides key steps that can help you get the most out of working with an executive coach. John shares insights gleaned from social science—as well as inspiring leaders he's worked with over the years—as he shares how to drive your development, challenge your coach, and challenge yourself. Learn how to correctly set development priorities, choose a coach that's a good fit for your particular situation and preferences, drive for lasting change, and more.
Learning objectives
Identify the fundamentals to formulating individualized development questions.
Determine development areas you want to change.
Examine an executive coach’s insight, actions, and accountability.
Determine the three ways to challenge yourself when working with an executive coach.
Recognize the best ways to evaluate progress and setbacks.
Learning objectives
Identify the fundamentals to formulating individualized development questions.
Determine development areas you want to change.
Examine an executive coach’s insight, actions, and accountability.
Determine the three ways to challenge yourself when working with an executive coach.
Recognize the best ways to evaluate progress and setbacks.
Skills covered
Executive LeadershipLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Get the most out of working with an executive coach
1. Drive Your Development
- 02 - Your development questions
- 03 - What do you want to change
- 04 - Organize support teams
2. Challenge Your Coach
- 05 - What your coach should demonstrate
- 06 - Drive for lasting change
- 07 - Insights, actions, and accountability
3. Challenge Yourself
- 08 - Be open in three ways
- 09 - What it means to learn
- 10 - Accelerate your learning
- 11 - Progress and setbacks
Conclusion
- 12 - Moving forward with a coach