Executive Coaching Vs. Executive Mentoring
TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO MY WORLD OF EXECUTIVE COACHING VS. EXECUTIVE MENTORING
On the market right now there is tremendous confusion between what executive coaching and executive mentoring are, and when you should use each method in your development. More, few coaches dare to show their expertise and style of work to the world.
I want to overcome that barrier. Let’s take a look together at what executive coaching and executive mentoring are, and when you should leverage each method for your success.
- You feel confused and you need clarity in your work, business, or career journey.
- You feel stuck and you need to figure out what’s going on.
- You need to identify the right solutions for you so you can move forward in a particular area of your work, career, and life.
- You feel under pressure to make a good decision and you simply can’t make up your mind etc.
- “I am about to exit corporate, but I don’t know what to do next.”
- “My boss is pushing me to grow into top leadership, but I’m not sure that’s for me.”
- “I am about to become a mom and I am freaking out.”
- “I can’t seem capable to focus, prioritize, and delegate. This is taking a toll on my promotion perspectives. How can I change?”
- “I feel like an impostor despite my past success. What’s going on?”
- “My boss is a jerk. Should I leave my team or even my company?”
- “I know our company culture is toxic, with bosses closing their eyes to a lot of bad things. But it pays well and I need to pay my bills. What should I do?”
- You know what you want (ex.: a promotion, a raise, a better personal brand), but you want to get there faster.
- You could use the inspiration provided by someone who has already experienced what you’re going through now or what you’re about to go through.
- You seek a role model to grow in your career, communications etc.
- “Please help me develop an impactful personal brand.”
- “Teach me how journalists think; give me feedback on my planned approach to media relations.”
- “I want to improve our internal coms and my own CEO communications. Give me tips and tricks on how to do this effectively.”
- “I am about to redesign the architecture of our executive team. Give me your perspective on how to get this right.”
- “I am about to be promoted to CEO. Show me how to map my stakeholders and develop effective communication strategies with them.”
- “I am about to exit my company and start my own business. How to start successfully and what mistakes should I avoid?”
Executive Coaching
The International Coaching Federation (ICF), of which I am an accredited member (ACC), defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.”
I recommend clients to use executive coaching when:
Examples of good executive coaching requests:
Executive Mentoring
The European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), of which I am an accredited member (Senior Practitioner), defines mentoring as “a learning relationship involving the sharing of skills, knowledge, and expertise between a mentor and mentee through developmental conversations, experience sharing, and role modelling. The relationship may cover a wide variety of contexts and is an inclusive two-way partnership for mutual learning that values differences.”
I recommend clients to use executive mentoring when:
Examples of good executive mentoring requests:
Take a Look at a Few Executive Coaching and Mentoring Demos
CONCRETE EXECUTIVE COACHING AND MENTORING SESSIONS
Before anything, allow me to express my deep appreciation to the colleagues who agreed to provide us with the executive coaching and mentoring interviews below. I appreciate them beyond words and I hope our shared experience will provide you with the inspiration you need and with a solid impulse for your further personal and professional development.
Lenka Glavinić Pivoňková
Fri, 03.01.2025Executive Coaching Interview
Following a successful career as the CEO and regional risk manager of an international leasing company for Czechia and Slovakia, Lenka Glavinić Pivoňková decided to take a career break to rest, restore, and refocus her leadership.
During this break she engaged in numerous executive development activities, courses, and community activities. Now Lenka is ready for her next CEO role.
During our executive coaching session we explore how Lenka can leverage her understanding of and passion for company culture to secure her next CEO role, and also how she can become an asset for her next employer thanks to her passion for company culture.
At the end of the session Lenka is leaving with clarity and a concrete plan for how to leverage her authenticity and values to secure her next role and to elevate her next employer’s business to the next level through a human-centric approach.
Executive Mentoring Interview
Building a vibrant personal brand as a CEO can be a tricky endeavor. On the one hand, people may be proud and endorse the CEO visibility efforts, but numerous CEOs can also face backlash and suspicions of using the company brand to make a name for themselves. This is why many CEOs decide to keep quiet and speak publicly only when absolutely necessary, which is another extreme that can lead to less visibility, trustworthiness, and leadership impact.
During this executive mentoring session, Lenka Glavinić Pivoňková and I explore how she can build a dynamic and impactful CEO personal brand that will serve both her career management and her next employer.
At the end of our session Lenka is leaving with a strategic framework for how to think about and manage her personal brand, an impactful message she can use in all her communication channels, an inventory of communication channels she can use for her persona branding, and clarity on her next steps as a mindful, intentional, and engaging communicator and leader.
Yvona Tošnerová, FCCA
Mon, 26.08.2024Executive Coaching Interview
As a C-Suite leader responsible for operations and risk management, Yvona Tošnerová frequently needs buy-in from her CEO and senior colleagues for innovative projects that propel the organization forward.
In this executive coaching session, we explored how Yvona can define buy-in, identify key stakeholders, and effectively engage them with her ideas.
By the end of the session, Yvona left with a solid roadmap for securing consistent buy-in, along with a shifted mindset on how to articulate her vision and craft business cases that ignite excitement and collaboration among her colleagues.
Executive Mentoring Interview
In this executive mentoring session, we mapped out Yvona’s path to more powerful and impactful communication with her key audiences: her company’s global employee base, risk and operations banking experts across Europe, and her mentorship communities.
To enhance Yvona’s messaging, I shared insights on storytelling and encouraged her to build a story bank that would help her deliver empathetic messages with both power and grace. Dive into the session to learn more about storytelling for women in the C-Suite.
Lia Tahereh Rouhi, PhD
Mon, 26.08.2024Executive Coaching Interview
Lia Tahereh Rouhi, PhD, is a 40-year-old newly appointed team leader. Recently promoted to lead the product support team at Delivery Hero in Berlin, Germany, Lia is now stepping fully into her leadership role.
During our executive coaching session, Lia wanted to explore her next career step. We took a long-term perspective, using reflective inquiry, visualization, imagination, and inner dialogue techniques to help her uncover what truly matters to her in the future.
By the end of the session, Lia had identified a clear trifecta for her new role: effective team leadership, fair compensation, and the flexibility to nurture a fulfilling family life. She also developed actionable next steps to bring her closer to the career and life she envisions, both in the short and long term.
Executive Mentoring Interview
The executive mentoring session with Lia naturally built upon our previous coaching session. In this session, Lia wanted to explore how she could become a more effective leader for her new team.
We began by clarifying the difference between a group and a team, and then delved into the human motivation model shared by Daniel Pink in his book Drive. We discussed the needs of Lia’s team members, focusing on autonomy, mastery, relationships, and purpose. Together, we designed specific interventions to help Lia increase her impact and credibility with her team.
By the end of the session, Lia had a clear roadmap for motivating her team members through team rituals, setting clear learning goals, and communicating purpose more consistently.
Petra Goldschimedová
Fri, 23.08.2024Executive Coaching Interview
Petra Goldschimedová, a project manager with rich seniority and a diverse career track record, came to our executive coaching session unhappy with the current state of affairs in her career. She felt stuck and she wanted to explore her next career step.
During our session we explored Petra’s vision for her future work and life, and we build her self-confidence in taking her next career step. For this we used reflective inquiry and future-self visualisation techniques.
Essentially, during the session we shifted from tension, frustration, and feeling stuck to a sense of empowerment, joy, courage, and self-confidence. Watch the demo to see how we made this shift and what steps Petra decided to take in the direction of her future.
Executive Mentoring Interview
The executive mentoring session with Petra Goldschimedová built on the outcomes of our executive coaching session.
We explored how Petra could approach her public communications strategy and personal branding on LinkedIn. By using my pattented 5Ws+H® methodology we identified Petra’s motivation and goals, we nailed her stakeholder groups, and we crafted enticing messages for each. At the end of the session we identified when and how many times Petra should publish on LinkedIn, and what key performance indicators she should follow to know she’s on the right track.
Watch the the executive mentoring demo to see Petra identifying her key communication topics and shifting from self-doubt into courage, determination, and strategic thinking.
Sian Young
Mon, 19.08.2024Executive Coaching Interview
Sian Young is the co-founder and CEO of the Centre for Sustainable Action, a UK-based cooperative supporting solopreneurs, micro-enterprises and SMEs to develop their awareness and best practices in environmental, sustainability, and good governance. The Centre supports clients by providing research-driven Sustainable Health & Wellbeing and Sustainable Business Strategy training alongside digital Sustainability ESG and SDG reporting and verification.
In this executive coaching session we explore what Sian needs in order to strengthen her confidence to act as the global CEO of her enterprise.
Executive Mentoring Interview
This executive mentoring session with Sian Young, the co-founder and CEO of the Centre for Sustainable Action, follows our individual coaching session, but you can watch it separately as well.
In it we explore how Sian can create more clarity around the levels of membership in the Centre for Sustainable Action community. We map her existing and planned levels of membership, and we explore how Sian could communicate these levels of community membership with more clarity with the help of visualisation and metaphors.
Miroslava Stodolicová
Thu, 15.08.2024Executive Coaching Interview
In August 2023 Mirka Stodolicová took over the role of Director Future Finance Fit for AbbVie Global and she relocated from Prague to Chicago, Illinois.
Since her promotion and relocation to the USA Mirka led a most successful finance automation project that can save her company billions in terms of money, time, and energy saved.
In this individual executive coaching session we explore how Mirka can leverage her success to identify and support her next career step once her current project mission is over.
Executive Mentoring Interview
In this individual executive mentoring session we build on the discoveries from the previous coaching session and we discuss how Mirka can communicate her success internally and externally to support her team and her future career growth.
We use my pattented 5Ws+H® strategic communication model to clarify Mirka’s strategic intentions, stakeholders, and key messages. Then we identify all communication opportunities she can leverage within the next 6 months and we design a series of concrete steps Mirka will take to leverage her outstanding success to nurture her future career growth.
