Executive Leadership Coaching
I work with leaders who aspire to make a difference in the world. These leaders are often leading significant transformation or change initiatives in their teams, business units, organisations and industries.
Executive Leadership Coaching
I work with leaders who aspire to make a difference in the world. These leaders are often leading significant transformation or change initiatives in their teams, business units, organisations and industries.
I'm obsessed with supporting leaders to lead in possibility so they can inspire, influence and have impact.
I'm obsessed with supporting leaders to lead in possibility so they can inspire, influence and have impact.
In this VUCA world, leaders must navigate the complexities of globalisation, technological advancement, social interconnectivity, massively accelerating change and a multi-generational workforce.
An Egon Zehnder report in May 2017 found that for those in VP roles and above, it takes most people 6 months or longer to make an impact in their roles, and for CEOs it can be much longer. And according to the Harvard Business Review, at least 2 out of 5 new CEOs fail in their first 18 months on the job. While Executives who get the right support get up to speed in about half the time and continue to perform.
In order for leaders to inspire, influence and engage their teams so they can perform and deliver in a world of change, they must develop their practice of leadership.
I specialize in working with aspirational leaders, and leaders who seek to make a difference, leading change and transformation.
- Do you want to grow your senior leadership talent pipeline?
- Do you want your newly promoted leaders to transition quickly to their new portfolio, be performing effectively and adding value as soon as possible?
- Do you want your leaders to develop executive presence, strategic thinking, and influencing skills?
- Do you want your leaders to build more engaged, higher-performing teams and future leaders?
- Do you need your leaders equipped to proactively lead and inspire change?
Executive Leadership Coaching
Executive Leadership Coaching
When I'm working with aspirational leaders, I commonly find they want and need help to develop the following key areas:
- Strategies to elevate their leadership practice, ensuring balanced focus on self, team and the organisation.
- The confidence in themselves and their strengths to support them in any situation.
- Understanding of others and insight into their behaviour.
- Creating the time and space to lead.
- Developing strategies to face into essential conversations with confidence.
- Developing executive presence and influence.
- Proactively moving from reactive to strategic leader.
- Developing strategies for enhancing team and stakeholder relationships and management.
- Developing team to step up and become more accountable, utilising more of a coaching approach.
- Leading high performance.
- Enhancing approaches to leading behavioural change, identifying opportunities for raising impact, traction and best practice implementation.
- Being mindful of creating an effective integration of life and work priorities and creating opportunities for self-support.
THIS PROGRAM IS IDEAL FOR:
- Executive Leaders
- Senior Managers
- Middle Leaders
- Portfolio Leaders
DEVELOP LEADERSHIP IN 3 DIMENSIONS:
- Gain clear direction and focus on your leadership priorities
- Identify your biggest leadership development opportunities
- Create the foundations for sustainable high performance for yourself and your team
- Develop your network, relationships, influence and advocacy
- Elevate your executive presence
- Create the time & space for innovation and creativity
- Build resilience, stamina and balance
- Tap into your strengths
- Lead a future of possibility
What participants are saying about working with Alena
What participants are saying about working with Alena
❝ Alena Bennett has been my coach for over a year and over that time she has allowed me to focus on my career goals, transition to a new role, and enhance my skills in communication and planning. Alena has allowed me to step up my performance and has changed how I work. Alena has my highest recommendation to anyone looking to step up in their career. ❞
❝ I worked with Alena over a 6-month period to explore alternative pathways to problem-solving and people management within my business. Alena was an expert guide to help me consider a variety of solutions which were not automatically top of mind.
I am deeply appreciative of her emphatic and collaborative style and would not hesitate to undertake further coaching with her. ❞
❝ Working with Alena in the Executive Coaching Program, I found her experience and insights incredibly valuable. I learned strategies for maintaining perseverance and momentum in an organisation with a challenging culture and behaviours. Having a regular check-in with someone outside the organisation kept me accountable, provided me objective advice, support and encouragement to keep me going. ❞
Meet Alena Bennett
Alena Bennett is not just a mentor but a transformation partner for CFOs.
She's an advocate for their potential, an ally on their journey to becoming world-class strategic leaders.
As a Chartered Accountant with senior experience across Australia, New Zealand and the United States, a trained educator, keynote speaker, GAICD, board member and a published author, Alena is the go-to for CFOs looking to elevate their performance.
Alena's mission is to help CFOs step out from behind the spreadsheets and step up in the boardroom. She believes that every CFO has the potential to become not just a numbers expert, but a strategic leader, driving their organisations towards success. This vision has served as a beacon for her work, guiding her as she helps CFOs become influential leaders, to find their purpose, to love their job, to balance their life, and to gain recognition for their hard work.
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