What is Leadership Impact Coaching?
Leadership Impact Coaching is a twelve-to-eighteen-month coaching program from Steve Weiss of Catalis Leadership. It starts with the Leadership/Impact® 360, which shows the behavior and culture your leadership actually drives. Coaching then focuses on the few habits that matter most. A second assessment shows what changed, in your team's own words.
Published
Steve Weiss of Catalis Leadership has completed the Accreditation Program for Leadership/Impact® (opens in a new tab) and Management/Impact® (opens in a new tab) by Human Synergistics.
Why start with the leader?
Many leaders try to change their team by working on the team. In my coaching, I meet many who cannot see the gap between the impact they intend and the behaviors and culture they are actually driving. Nothing lasts until they do. When a leader changes how they lead, the people around them change too. Over time, that becomes the culture.
How does the program work?
A first measurement
You take Leadership/Impact®. The people around you describe the behaviors your leadership encourages in them. The Leadership/Impact® page explains the assessment in full.
A debrief
We go through the report together in a confidential session and choose the few behaviors that will make the biggest difference.
Coaching
Over the following year, we work on those behaviors, with your team's description of you as the starting point.
A second measurement
Twelve to eighteen months after the first assessment, you take Leadership/Impact® again. The change shows up in your team's words, not only your own.
What does the coaching focus on?
The coaching focuses on the strategies behind your impact: how you set goals, give feedback, make decisions, and respond to mistakes. Human Synergistics' research shows these strategies shape whether people respond constructively or defensively. Small, consistent changes in them can shift how a whole team works. Emotional intelligence and resilience run underneath all of it. Both can be developed. Both are part of the work.
One leader or a leadership team?
| One leader | A leadership team | |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment | Leadership/Impact® | Leadership/Impact® for senior leaders, Management/Impact® for managers |
| What it changes | How you lead, and the behavior you drive | How leadership works across the team, and the culture it creates |
Assessment
One leader
A leadership team
What it changes
One leader
A leadership team
How is this different from executive coaching?
Executive coaching and Leadership Impact Coaching answer different needs.
| Executive coaching | Leadership Impact Coaching | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Your vision and goals | Your vision and goals, plus your team's description of your impact |
| Focus | Whatever matters most to you | The behaviors that drive your team's behavior and culture |
| Length | Shaped to your goals | Twelve to eighteen months, from first assessment to second |
| How progress shows | Your progress toward your goals | A measured change in the behavior you drive |
Starting point
Executive coaching
Leadership Impact Coaching
Focus
Executive coaching
Leadership Impact Coaching
Length
Executive coaching
Leadership Impact Coaching
How progress shows
Executive coaching
Leadership Impact Coaching
Who is it for?
- Leaders who want to know what their leadership actually creates in others
- Leaders taking a team or organization through change
- Senior teams who want a more constructive culture
- Organizations that want to see a measurable return on leadership development
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the program?
Twelve to eighteen months, from the first assessment to the second. That is the interval Human Synergistics recommends for a meaningful second measurement.
Is this the same as the Leadership/Impact® assessment?
The assessment is one part of it. This program wraps coaching around two assessments, so you see the change, not only where you started.
Can it include Hogan?
Yes. Hogan shows how you come across to others. Leadership/Impact® shows what that is doing to your team. Used together, they give a fuller picture.
Is it confidential?
Your report and our conversations stay confidential. Raters respond anonymously. If an organization sponsors the program, what is shared with it is agreed with you at the start.
What is the investment?
The investment depends on whether it is one leader or a leadership team.
Leadership/Impact® and Management/Impact® are registered trademarks of Human Synergistics International.
Related pages
- Leadership/Impact® and Management/Impact®
The 360 that measures how your leadership style drives team behavior.
- How Your Leadership Style Drives Your Team's Behavior
A leader's style sets the behavior a team believes is expected. How that happens, what it looks like, and how to measure and change it.
- Emotional Intelligence and Resilience for Leaders
How leaders name what they feel, steady themselves, read others, and choose the move.
- Executive Coaching
One-to-one coaching built around your vision and goals.
- Team Coaching
Coaching for leadership teams that need to work as one.
- Change Management
Leading change that lasts, from burning platform to burning ambition.
Steve Weiss
Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant
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