Coaching for Leadership Breakthrough

A brilliant PhD engineer at the director level in an international technology company was moved from individual contributor to a management role leading a technical team for a premier line of critical business.  He had moved very quickly through the career ladder and was on the fast track to more senior roles. However, he struggled with letting go of control and micromanaged his team.  He also tended to be extremely reactive, losing his temper with his team and colleagues causing him to gain a reputation as difficult to work with. He had been in line for a promotion but there were questions as to whether he had reached the upper limits of his development. 

Coaching focused on shifting his current narrative of having to do everything himself to a new paradigm as a coach of a team of leaders. This was a powerful shift that was developed by helping him to rise above the day to day and develop a vision with clear expectations for himself and his team. He worked on scaling his organizationand applying critical skills of disciplined collaboration and alignment across a highly matrixed organization that supported him in being proactive rather than reactive. He developed practices to remain calm under pressure and to communicate with clarity and respect in the most tense situations. By the end of the six-month coaching engagement, he was promoted to senior director.