Executive Coaching

Leader Development. Organizational Insight. Strategic Transformation.

Executives and emerging leaders seek coaching for several consistent reasons, reflected across leadership research, Forbes Coaching Council, and corporate talent development literature.
A New Horizon’s Executive Coaching addresses the core areas leaders value most:

Leadership Development & Communication Mastery

Strengthening executive presence, emotional intelligence, conflict navigation, and communication clarity.

Objective Insight & Strategic Thinking Support

Providing the external, non-political lens leaders need to navigate complexity and accelerate decision-making.

Managing Transitions & Change Leadership

Supporting leaders entering new roles, facing higher responsibility, or guiding teams through significant change.

Performance, Accountability & Productivity Optimization

Helping leaders operate with purpose, consistency, and measurable progress toward meaningful goals.

Employee Engagement & Retention Leadership

Strengthening leader behaviors that drive morale, commitment, and team continuity.

The Executive Coaching Industry

Where Science, Leadership, and Humanity Converge

📚 Defining Executive Coaching

The definition of executive coaching used throughout this work is drawn from Dingman (2006), who describes it as a “person-to-person interaction between a coach and a corporate leader in a helping relationship, offering experiential learning and dialogue that supports a leader’s personal, professional, or organizational goals.”

By the 1980s, this concept evolved — becoming synonymous with the structured, intentional support provided to corporate leaders navigating complex environments.

When you partner with James and A New Horizon, you’re choosing a coach whose expertise is grounded in proven mastery, strategic depth, and unparalleled emotional intelligence:

🏆 Elite Emotional Intelligence: James achieved a STEN score of 9 in the Emotional Intelligence assessment, with scores of 9 across all supporting categories. This exceptional result means you work with a coach who brings profound self-awareness, deep empathy, and powerful relational intelligence to guide your leadership transformation.
The Power of Insight: Employs Socratic questioning to facilitate a metacognitive approach, guiding you to profound self-discovery and internal clarity. This enables you to own your goals and accelerate their pursuit and attainment.
Model Mastery: Utilizes 30+ proven executive coaching models (e.g., iGrow, FUEL, Intentional Change) to craft a highly customized, flexible, and powerful roadmap for your success.
Assessment Acumen: Integrates leading executive assessments with uncompromising ethical precision, translating data into actionable strategies that guarantee goal-focused growth.
Proficiency Proven: Backed by 15+ hours of intensive, high-fidelity role-play sessions as coach, client, and observer, ensuring James brings tested, versatile real-world expertise to every interaction.
Trauma-Informed Safety: Provides a safe, confidential, and supportive coaching space built on the principles of trauma-informed care. Your whole health matters.
Comprehensive Care: Possesses the expertise to recognize and address moments of client crisis, knowing exactly when and how to initiate seamless referrals to trusted mental and emotional well-being resources, bolstering your sustained professional and personal well-being.

🌍 A New Horizon has it’s finger on the pulse of the industry

Despite the absence of centralized governance, the executive coaching field continues to expand at a remarkable pace (Evans-Krimme & Passmore, 2024).

Global coaching industry revenue reached $62 billion in 2022.
Corporations invest approximately $60 billion annually in leadership development, with 70% of that investment involving coaching (Avolio et al., 2010; Zenger & Stinnett, 2006).
A typical six-month executive coaching engagement can cost between $20,000 and $40,000 (Schlosser & Steinbrenner, 2006), underscoring the perceived corporate value and ROI of professional coaching.

The numbers tell a clear story: executive coaching is no longer a luxury — it’s a strategic imperative.

🧭 We are well acquainted with the make up & needs of modern leaders and the pressure they face

The contemporary C-Suite leader operates under unprecedented pressures defined by global volatility and the rapid acceleration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

Executive coaching today means partnering with individuals who must manage complexity, risk, and continuous organizational transformation (Coulson-Thomas, 2023).

The modern business landscape is often summarized by the acronym VUCA —
Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous.

Volatility: the speed and magnitude of change, forcing constant strategy pivots.
Uncertainty: unpredictable trends that make long-term planning difficult.
Complexity: intricate global systems and regulatory frameworks that complicate decision-making.
Ambiguity: unclear implications of emerging challenges and opportunities.

For the C-Suite, this environment demands rapid, high-stakes decisions often made with incomplete information — creating sustained professional pressure and emotional fatigue.

We are anchored today and poised for to make an impact tomorrow

The rise of 4IR has redefined leadership expectations. Executives are no longer measured solely by financial performance but by digital fluency, agility, and innovation. They must integrate AI, automation, and machine learning without disrupting legacy operations — balancing human intuition with technological precision (Coulson-Thomas, 2023).

Their success now depends on collaboration: not just with people, but with intelligent systems. This requires profound adaptability, emotional intelligence, and the humility to lead through change rather than control it.

At A New Horizon, our services are comprehensive because the challenges our clients face are complex.

Beyond the technical, the psychological burden is immense.
The post-pandemic era has heightened awareness of burnout and isolation, particularly at the top. According to the ADP Research Institute (2024), many executives feel their organizations fail to support their mental health adequately.

The U.S. Surgeon General (2023) has called loneliness and isolation a public health epidemic — and for many leaders, this isolation is intensified by the demands of confidentiality and authority.

Executive coaching becomes a rare sanctuary — a confidential, non-judgmental space for reflection, recalibration, and resilience.

⚖️We not only understand the nuances of executive coaching engagements, we are skilled to offer appropriate support.

Executive coaching carries unique dynamics that differentiate it from other coaching modalities. Each engagement involves three distinct parties:

The Coach – who facilitates growth and insight.
The Client – the leader receiving coaching.
The Sponsor – the organization funding the engagement.

To ensure ethical clarity and trust, every engagement begins with a Tripartite Contract — a document defining boundaries, confidentiality agreements, and shared goals.

This contract clarifies:

What information can be shared with the sponsor versus what remains confidential between coach and client.
The duration, goals, and assessment protocols for the engagement.
Procedures for progress updates and success evaluation.

The Tripartite Contract prevents sponsor overreach and ensures both corporate alignment and client privacy — maintaining the balance between accountability and autonomy.

At A New Horizon Coaching, these ethical principles guide every partnership we form. Our goal is to serve both the leader and the organization while protecting the sanctity of the coaching relationship.

💡 Why This Matters Now

In a VUCA and AI-driven world, executive coaching has become one of the most effective tools for equipping leaders to remain adaptive, innovative, and emotionally grounded.

The future will belong to leaders who know how to think clearly, act courageously, and collaborate intelligently — with both people and technology.

At A New Horizon, we’re honored to walk beside those leaders, offering evidence-based insight, emotional support, and strategic clarity for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

🤝 Explore Our Services

Ready to see how evidence meets empathy in executive development?
Visit our Fees page to learn more about our available packages. Then, call 443.707.6706 to book your free 20-minute consultation.

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📜 References:

Avolio, B. J., Avey, J. B., & Quisenberry, D. (2010). Leadership development and coaching: Meeting the leadership challenge of the future.
Coulson-Thomas, C. (2023). Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Dingman, M. E. (2006). The Development of a Theoretical Model of Executive Coaching Grounded in Constructivist Theory.
Evans-Krimme, A., & Passmore, J. (2024). Global Coaching Industry Report.
Schlosser, T. D., & Steinbrenner, K. (2006). Corporate investment trends in executive development.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2023). Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory.
ADP Research Institute. (2024). Global Workforce View Report.
Zenger, J., & Stinnett, K. (2006). The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow.