60% of frontline managers fail within their first two years, due to not receiving the necessary training.
“Leadership cannot be taught; it can only be learned”
-Harold Geneen
You can't take a leadership class or read a book and expect to be an effective leader. A medical doctor is not ready to practice medicine after medical school, they must "learn by doing" in a 3-year hospital residency. You can only learn leadership by doing.
I offer two "learn by doing" leadership coaching programs below.
Core Leadership Principles And Practice - For Junior Leaders
Core Leadership Coaching Program
Program: 12, 50-60 min sessions 6 months
Program: 12, 50-60 min sessions 6 months
Leadership and Management are inextricably connected, Leaders will not reach their potential if you fall down on one of these. This hybrid coaching program addresses the leader's current challenges and covers the core principles of leading and managing. Clients of this program gain practical current day experience in dealing with their actual challenges and come away with a practical knowledge of:
- Their personal values and strengths and how that influences their leadership
- How to completely own their area of responsibility
- The value of confronting issues and how to do that
- The process for problem solving and timely decision making
- The simple yet game changing way to word your to-do list
- The value and process of breaking overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and getting started
- Team development - having more confidence in your people than they have in themselves
- How to create the “fair to the employee and fair to the company” culture
- Hiring, proper termination and when to make a move?
- How to deal with problem people
- Finding the right meeting, management, planning, and budgeting cadences
Advanced Leadership Principles And Practice - For Senior Leaders
Advanced Leadership Coaching Program
Program: 12, 60-90 min sessions 6 months
Program: 12, 60-90 min sessions 6 months
This hybrid coaching program addresses the advanced challenges that leaders of leaders have. It is designed to enhance both current performance and longer-term leadership development. Clients of this program gain practical current day experience in dealing with their actual challenges and come away with a practical knowledge of:
- Their personal values and strengths and how that influences their leadership
- The “New Leaders Coaching Program” to fill any gaps
- The difference between managing a doer and a leader
- How and where to spend their time
- Building a team and culture that people want to be part of
- How to keep the needle moving initiatives in focus
- The 4 kinds of employees
- The 5 kinds of work relationships
- How to prepare, present to and impress your leadership and/or the board
- Managing when things are not going well
- The fact that your attitude and disposition dictate team morale and the speed of the leader is the speed of the team
- Vision & Strategy
About Bill Ault
I’ve won the top award in the U.S. at a Fortune 500 Co., and I’ve been fired. I’ve worn a uniform and delivered cookies to grocery stores, and I’ve been a SaaS CEO. I had the good fortune to manage entry level teams for 11 years followed by the privilege to serve for 20 years as a President/CEO of two companies. Those experiences taught me that it’s not a lack of mistakes and missteps that set leaders apart, but rather the difference is in how those inevitable challenges are handled.
I wish I had been given the opportunity to work under an experienced mentor or leadership coach, one who had a wealth of real-world experience. I can’t begin to count the number of mistakes I’ve made across the entire leadership spectrum and the number of years it took me to learn through trial and error. The right guide early in my career and later during my senior leadership transition would have accelerated growth and saved pain for me and the companies I worked for.
I'm passionate about helping leaders learn and now run CareerPathing, a solo leadership coaching practice.
What Leaders Are Saying
"Bill's approach to leadership and coaching brought me immediate value and changed the course of my career. He brings with him decades of experience and an understanding of what it takes to be successful and help others be successful. Bill always advised me with empathy, understanding, and clarity of purpose."
-Sonny Rivera
-Sonny Rivera
"By applying his experience, listening skills, and careful advice, Bill has helped me learn the additional skills needed to succeed in leadership roles. Without his help, I couldn't have come close to reaching my potential.”
-David Austin
“Bill brings a unique combination of leadership experience, people skills and organizational awareness that set him apart. The Short-Term and Long-Term directional advice he has provided has paid significant dividends.”
-David Austin
“Bill brings a unique combination of leadership experience, people skills and organizational awareness that set him apart. The Short-Term and Long-Term directional advice he has provided has paid significant dividends.”
-Daniel Salerno