Executive Coach
Dr Bodner works to balance being both the “safe place” where the client can be vulnerable and the “challenger” addressing tough truths and pushing the client to do the hard, and sometimes seemingly impossible, work of leadership.
Types of Coaching Engagements:
Challenged
Leaders can become so focused on driving toward results that they lose sight of the softer side of leadership. This can lead to interpersonal challenges, severely limiting the effectiveness of the leader.
Dr. Bodner supports executives who are in a difficult situation or who have a challenge that is limiting their effectiveness as a leader.
She has an affinity for, and is particularly skilled at, helping challenged executives grow into their fullest capability.
Growth
Transitioning to higher-level roles requires a leader to operate differently, and often to alter the skills and approaches which have led to their success thus far.
Dr Bodner works with executives transitioning to higher level roles, providing insight and guidance on adapting their leadership brand and operating more strategically to help them be effective at higher levels.
Assimilation
When executives step into a new organization, the pressure and expectations are high.
Dr. Bodner walks alongside executives as they move into new organizations and/or roles, providing insight and guidance as they determine the path to success, not just for themselves, but for their new organization.
How Featherstone Approaches Coaching:
Bespoke
Dr. Bodner only works with 6 executive coaching clients at a given time, allowing her to be fully focused on their situation and to provide highly customized tools and resources to impact and address each client’s unique needs.
She has a real world approach to all coaching engagements where she offers practical guidance and leverages her consulting skills, often focusing with the client on specific area of responsibility or issue. This takes the coaching sessions out of a vacuum and allows for deeper learning and quicker application.
Her high-touch approach allows her, for some engagements, to provide hands-on consulting and/or facilitation when needed.
Context
Engagement begins with
Verbal 360: Dr Bodner speaks individually with 12-15 peers, partners, superiors, and staff to gather insights and perceptions as to the client’s strengths and areas of opportunity. The result is much more in-depth, insightful, and actionable than off-the shelf assessments.
Shadowing: Dr. Bodner often spends 2-3 days on-site shadowing the client to gain an understanding of the work they do, the environment they do it in, their leadership style, and how others respond to them.
It is often the first time in years (or decades) that executives have received objective feedback and it challenges their perspective.
Peripheral Support
It is not helpful to coach a client in a vacuum where they are the only ones who know what they are working on. Active support from their boss, board, or champion is critical for success.
As such, Dr. Bodner meets with the client’s boss, board designee, or champion monthly; to provide Dr Bodner with insight & context and to help them understand how to best support the client.
This not only provides Dr Bodner with insight & context, but allows the boss/champion to deepen their understanding of how to best support the client.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is crucial to successful coaching. Areas of focus for the coaching engagement and goals to help improve the client’s leadership effectiveness will be shared with the client’s management.
The client will always know about any conversations, key discussion points, and give permission to share any additional information with their management.
Coaching often involves being in sensitive meetings or secure locations. Dr. Bodner works to follow all safety and security protocols and will sign an NDA, if needed, to protect sensitive information.
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