Coached a new senior executive whose only prior experience was in start ups and now had a leadership role in a highly matrixed, multinational corporation going through its own paradigm shift. His functional role was critical to the success of the company and he was admired for his brilliance and functional expertise. Yet his leadership style was not consistent with the company values and some distrusted him and saw him as arrogant.
By conducting a
360 Feed back and examining areas such as emotional intelligence, different ways to motivate and lead and alliance building, he was able to change the attitudes of his constituencies and spend more time developing others and enhancing his own impact on the ultimate goals of the company.