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The Top Executive Leadership Coaches

1st January 2024

Executive leadership coaches help team leaders and members to build self awareness, productivity driven enthusiasm, and self confidence.

Although many consider the work of an organizational coach and executive coach the same.

The first one deals with improving system operations in an organization, while the latter helps self improvement on a personal level.

An executive leadership coach analyzes the leader’s way of working on regular intervals and then provides a report on the various improvements and changes he/she needs.

Each executive leadership coach with their custom style trying to help their clients gain success in all forms, and asked them what’s unique about their coaching and what has endorsed their massive success.

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In Brief : The Top Executive Leadership Coaches

Volker Frank – Volker Frank specializes in empowering leaders to cultivate environments where collaboration thrives.
David R. Landes – David R. Landes, a cross-cultural trainer and executive coach, supports leaders passionate about growth and team development.
Michael Vaz – Michael Vaz, with over two decades of leadership experience, brings a strengths-based approach to coaching, focusing on clients’ innate abilities to drive personal and professional growth.
Chris Z Yu – Chris Z Yu, Head of Design at Arista Network’s security division, offers a unique perspective honed from years in enterprise design.
Payal Rajaratnam – Payal Rajaratnam’s coaching spans various leadership areas, emphasizing people-centric approaches, conflict management, and emotional intelligence.
Sue – Sue, a multifaceted leader, combines her diverse background as a CEO, mentor, and strategic advisor to catalyze change and empower high-potential leaders.
Lolly Daskal – Lolly Daskal, renowned for her expertise in executive leadership coaching, offers a proprietary program designed to elevate performance and drive meaningful change.
Joel Garfinkle – Joel Garfinkle’s coaching style blends energy, insight, and challenge to motivate and guide clients toward success.
Joyce Weru – Joyce Weru, a global expert in executive leadership, emphasizes transformational principles and positive psychology in her coaching.

Volker Frank

Volker Frank supports leaders to create the circumstances in which collaboration flourishes. Early in his career he designed the way people interact with information systems that foster collaboration and then turned his attention to the leaders whose goals depend on the way others collaborate. His clients discover how much their quality of presence, communication style, and ability to build trusted relationship networks shape their ability to effectively influence, resolve conflicts and respond to change.

What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?

I bring attention to the interactions between my clients and their organizational context. I leverage Systemic Constellations to offer my clients a direct experience of the underlying social dynamics that emerge between themselves and the people around them. It provides them with an emotional compass to navigate the most challenging situations that require empathy, courageous clarity and inner fortitude.

What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?

I take coaching personally. I can only share with others what I can deeply embody. I find opportunities to grow and learn, for example, the crew work when racing sailboats or connecting intimately with myself and others in acting class. These practices, like leadership, depend on far more than conceptual understanding.

David R. Landes

David R. Landes is a business consultant, cross cultural trainer and executive coach. He founded a few business ventures, amongst other a consultancy based in Laos, supporting foreign investors in their pursuit of starting small to medium companies with a bent on social welfare in the developing nation. He coaches and trains upcoming, innovative leasers of cross cultural teams across the globe.

What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?

I coach leaders who operate in a cross cultural context and are passionate about their own growth and developing the capacities of their team. My coaching is founded in positive psychology principles, focuses on actively listening and encourages my clients to explore options, have the courage to try something new and build a circle of trust. As leaders we are at our best when we can work out of a paradigm of trust and inspire others around us to join us in the journey.

What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?

As executive coaching skills were an important tool in my toolbox. Many employees have gone on to do great things, because of it. Apart from experience, I have gone through ILCA’s rigorous 18 month training program with over 200 ICF accredited coach training hours and have a certification as Associate Coach from the ICF.

Michael Vaz

Michael Vaz has spent over 22 years heading leadership, learning & transformation across a selection of truly global organisations. His corporate leadership journey has seen him impact over 60+ brands & thousands of leaders and professionals across the world, in their personal and professional development.

Michael has also partnered with incredible business leaders to launch the service and leadership culture for some truly globally recognized hospitality icons & Brands across the planet including the Raffles Singapore and many others, which you no doubt have experienced today.

What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?

One of my biggest differentiators is only using strengths based coaching to remind people of what’s right with them vs what’s wrong with them. This is the most positive psychometric in existence today. As human beings generally gravitate towards weakness fixing and weakness discovery, i intentionally stay away from all of that. People often know what their issues are and don’t need to constantly be reminded of this. Strengths allows them to use their greatest abilities, talents and intrinsic gifts to do more of what they were born to do and fulfill their greatest potential. My coaching calling is to help people discover ore of what they were truly meant to do and live their best life.

What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?

Being absolutely real with them and highlighting their most positive gifts, talents and abilities to truly make a difference has been a game changer. There are enough people in the world focused on making improvements and fixing weaknesses, in fact our culture is obsessed with it. The biggest breath of fresh air is only having conversations with people who light up when you begin talking about their strengths.

Chris Z Yu

Chris Yu (he/him) is a first-generation Chinese American that believes design and technology should empower people. He is currently the Head of Design at Arista Network’s security division, where he leads a globally distributed team of designers, researchers, and writers across all of Arista’s security products.

Together they are shaping the future of cybersecurity and network management. Previously Chris was at Bank of America’s cybersecurity organization where he led the design of their internal policy compliance tools and governance processes.

Outside of his professional pursuits, he is also deeply committed to mentorship, particularly for underrepresented groups in tech. Chris believes that access to education and professional development opportunities should be available to all and he makes it a priority to spend his free time mentoring professionals looking to advance in their careers.

What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?

What sets me apart as a coach is my distinct perspective that’s been honed over 15 years of working in enterprise design. From my experience, I have developed a profound understanding of the myriad of challenges that professionals encounter in the fast-paced business world. My coaching methodology is anchored in Situational Leadership, meaning that I’m skilled at tailoring my approach to meet the unique needs of each individual I work with. This flexibility affords my clients personalized guidance that’s customized to their specific circumstances and professional goals.

What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?

Drawing on my personal background as a first-generation Asian American working in large enterprise environments, I’ve developed a keen sense of empathy that’s proven to be a critical asset in my coaching practice. By recognizing the unique struggles and challenges that diverse professionals face, I’m able to tailor my guidance to the specific needs and circumstances of each individual I work with. As a coach, I recognize that everyone’s journey toward success is different, and my empathetic approach ensures that my clients receive the tailored support they need to achieve their goals. With my depth of understanding and capacity for empathy, I’m confident that I can help clients from all backgrounds navigate the complexities of the modern professional landscape and reach their full potential.

Payal Rajaratnam

Some of the areas I have coached clients on are – creating people centric leadership,building relationships and trust in the workplace,managing conflict, powering communication,executive presence,time management, being emotionally intelligent and transitioning to new roles.

I understand both the practical and emotional side of Leadership. My clients appreciate me for my empathetic nature and ability to build trust quickly, enabling them to explore their reality with courage and vulnerability. I believe in relating to people with sincerity and integrity.

Sue

Sue is a sought-after speaker, startup CEO, mentor, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, facilitator, strategic advisor, Conscious Leadership coach, co-founder of the MergeLane investment fund, creator of the Leadership Camp training program for high-potential leaders, former federal prosecutor, and a direct and fearless catalyst for change.

Lolly Daskal

Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world.
Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies.
As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world.

Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and nearly thirty years coaching top executives, Lolly’s perspective on leadership continues to break new ground and produce exceptional results.

Joel Garfinkle

Joel is well-known as one of the most effective and innovative executive coaches in the country. His passion and energy is infectious, motivating and encouraging. He has a no-nonsense style in which he advises, challenges, provokes, guides and pushes his clients. Joel possesses great insight and knowledge, which he is able to convey clearly and with enthusiasm.

Joyce Weru

Joyce Weru is a renowned global expert in executive leadership and business psychology. She has become well-known over time in the field of global development, and many people all around the world have come to admire her collaboration and contributions to having an impact on the world. She has built up a substantial following over time in the field of global development, creating natural networks and supporters.

She serves as the CEO of Rise Above Coaching.com, a company that focuses on coaching and organizational strategy to improve organizational performance.

What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?

My coaching method is based on transformational principles and positive psychology. I have a solid reputation for helping individuals in improving their communication skills as well as their sense of purpose, balance, and accomplishments. I use a natural warm approach to empower and ignite people’s natural creativity and resourcefulness. My approach is grounded on offering kindness, compassion, and a safe space for exploration when faced with difficult choices, situations, or decisions. This helps create a commitment to awakening one’s potential and expanding opportunities and possibilities in people’s lives.

What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?

The single most important thing is to recognize my clients’ lived experiences and to provide a brave space where clients can be themselves. These include positive psychology models, inclusive leadership models, and identity models.

Conclusion

There you have it, you’ve just read about the industry’s top executive leadership coaches.

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