Acceleration Coaching
Structure. Support. Strong Start.
Optimize Leadership
Success from Day One
Transitions at this level require more than quick wins—they demand thoughtful integration. Acceleration Coaching provides personalized, confidential support to help leaders get clear on priorities, engage stakeholders, and build early momentum. Grounded in The First 90 Days® framework, this solution helps leaders lead well—right from the start.
Ideal for: Senior leaders—including executives—stepping into new roles with complex expectations.
Proven Framework
The Transition Roadmap
At the core of Acceleration Coaching is the Transition Roadmap—a structured, research-backed framework based on The First 90 Days®. It gives senior leaders a clear path to assess their new environment, align stakeholders, and move forward with focus. This isn’t generic coaching—it’s guided, practical, and built around what leaders actually face in transition.
Without Transition Support
23%
of leaders making internal moves fail to meet expectations in the first two years.
40%
of executive hires end in failure within 18 months.
$2.7M
is the average cost of a failed transition.
Acceleration Coaching Approach
01.
Establish Context
Leaders are matched with a coach through chemistry calls, setting the foundation for a trusted relationship. Stakeholder input is gathered, goals are defined, and a personalized Transition Plan is drafted.
02.
Apply the Roadmap
With the Transition Roadmap as a guide, leaders work through the eight core tasks of transition—building alignment, driving clarity, and actively shaping their early impact.
03.
Drive Progress
Ongoing coaching and stakeholder feedback ensure the Transition Plan evolves in real time. Leaders stay focused, adjust course when needed, and keep moving forward.
04.
Sustain Impact
The engagement concludes with a Transition Plan Summary, reviewed with the leader’s manager to align on next steps and lock in momentum beyond the coaching engagement.
Built For Success
Scope
Acceleration Coaching engagements typically span 6 to 9 months, depending on the leader’s goals, availability, and pace of transition. The timeline is flexible, allowing space for real progress while respecting a senior leader’s schedule.
Structure
We offer several levels of engagement, from foundational to intensive. Each scope follows the same structured process, but the depth of coaching and stakeholder involvement is calibrated to the leader’s context and complexity of the role.
Transition Vs. Development Coaching
Transition Coaching
Development Coaching
Approach
Accelerate transitions and avoid common traps
Develop leaders proactively or reactively
View
Assess the business situation and leader’s approach in preparing for a new role
Assess existing competencies, styles, and behaviors
Focus
Prioritize on transition planning and action
Use multiple methodologies, tools, and techniques vary by coach
Methodology
Use structured framework and tools
Assess existing competencies, styles, and behaviors
Strategy
Develop a strategy to build credibility, create momentum, and manage oneself in the new role
Identify gaps in competencies, behaviors, and mitigation strategies
Results
Create a defined 6-month transition action plan
Create development plan
Transition Coaching
Approach
Accelerate transitions and avoid common traps
View
Assess the business situation and leader’s approach in preparing for new role
Focus
Focus on transition planning and action
Methodology
Use structured framework and tools
Strategy
Develop a strategy to build credibility, create momentum, and manage oneself in the new role
Results
Create a defined 6-month transition action plan
Development Coaching
Approach
Develop leaders proactively or reactively
View
Assess existing competencies, styles, and behaviors
Focus
Use multiple methodologies, tools, and techniques vary by coach
Methodology
Assess existing competencies, styles, and behaviors
Strategy
Identify gaps in competencies, behaviors, and mitigation strategies
Results
Create development plan
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