Executive Coaching

Senior executives have big responsibilities to many stakeholders. Leadership and performance expectations continue to rise, while the environment becomes increasingly unpredictable.

As an executive coach, David Gunn is an independent and human-centered thought partner who supports leaders driving towards specific outcomes. As most senior leaders can feel isolated, an effective sounding board and authentic partner is extremely valuable. David’s differentiated and diverse set of experiences and skills helps him engage quickly and effectively with senior executives leading through a vast array of challenges.

As the focus of executive coaching is established by the client, the outcomes will vary. The context of those outcomes typically involve common themes:

Achieve sustained business results with a deep appreciation for individual motivations, team and organizational dynamics.

Deliver on transformation and complex goals, while calibrating the speed and effectiveness of decision-making.

Make decisions related to people and talent with greater confidence.

Shape culture in alignment with long-term strategy objectives.

Increase followership through meaningful engagement with individuals and team.

Who?

Typical client scenarios include:

Executives with unusually difficult goals

Leaders of complex transformation

Leaders with challenging teams or stakeholders

Executives new to their roles

Leaders in high-growth, pre/post IPO

Those leading through crisis

How?

Coaching engagements usually run for an annual or semi-annual cycle. They are structured to meet the needs of the executive within a general approach:

First. Setting context and the course ahead. Purposeful deep dives with the executive and select stakeholders.

Ongoing. Engagement meetings to focus on the exploration and achievement desired by the executive.

Conclusion. Synthesized goal-setting and anchoring of the executive’s priorities and actions moving forward.

Highlighted work in executive coaching

Clients are often tackling new challenges, pivots in strategy, tough interpersonal dynamics, and/or burnout and stress.

In coaching, consulting and industry, David has worked with CEOs and senior executives in high-tech, telecommunications, entertainment, consumer-goods, financial services and other industries.

Examples include >

More about David & what others say

CEO of acquired creative content co.

Meeting heightened performance demands, while sustaining the creative culture

Tech EVP of global media company

Managing burnout during multiple business unit restructurings

Marketing SVP in entertainment

Unsure about personal career and development plans during an operating model shift

President of financial products co.

Building new suite of consumer services under regulator scrutiny and team resistance

Sales EVP in consumer products

Leading through new incentives and reorgs associated with new product development

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