Executive coaching engagement
Twelve sessions, 360 interviews, a written development plan and sponsor check ins.
Coaching leaders since 2013
The job changed. The skills that got you here did not.
Six month engagements for directors and executives, starting with confidential 360 interviews and a development plan your sponsor signs off on.
13 yrscoaching executives
6 mostandard engagement
8 to 12360 interviews per client
ICF PCCcredentialed coach
Engagements
Individual coaching and team work
Individual engagements are sponsored by the company but confidential to the client.
New leader transition
Focused support through the first quarter in a role, including a stakeholder map.
Confidential 360 review
Eight to twelve interviews synthesized into themes, delivered to the leader first.
Leadership team facilitation
Offsites and working sessions where the real disagreement finally gets said out loud.
Group coaching cohort
Six directors, six months, monthly group sessions plus two individual sessions each.
About the coach
Twenty years leading before I started coaching
I am Alison Northcott. I ran engineering and operations organizations of up to 400 people before training as a coach in 2013. Most of my clients are strong individual performers who were promoted into a job nobody explained to them. My engagements are sponsored by the company and confidential to the client, and I will not take work where that line is blurred.
•Session content is confidential, progress themes are shared
•Sponsor alignment call at the start, midpoint and end
•360 interviews go to the leader before anyone else
•I will end an engagement early if it is not working
Reviews
From leaders I have coached
“The 360 was uncomfortable and completely fair. Three of the themes I had heard for years and finally understood.”
Jordan A., VP Engineering
“I stopped doing my old job. That sounds obvious and it took four months and a coach to actually do it.”
Meredith C., Newly promoted director
“Alison facilitated the offsite where our leadership team finally named the thing everyone had been avoiding.”
Raj P., COO, healthcare technology
FAQ
Common questions
Who sees what I say in sessions?
Nobody. Session content is confidential. What I share with your sponsor is limited to whether the engagement is on track and what broad development themes we agreed to publish together, and you see that summary before they do.
Why six months rather than a few sessions?
Behavior change in a leadership role requires trying something new, getting real feedback from your team, and adjusting. That cycle takes weeks. Shorter engagements produce good conversations and no observable difference to the people you lead.
What if my company will not pay for it?
About a fifth of my clients pay privately, most often when they are between roles or their organization has no coaching budget. The engagement structure is the same, minus the sponsor alignment calls.
Do you give advice or just ask questions?
Both, and I am explicit about which one I am doing. Pure non directive coaching is unhelpful when a leader genuinely lacks context for a decision. I will say clearly when I am offering an opinion from experience rather than coaching you toward your own.
Contact
Start with a chemistry call
Thirty minutes, no charge, no pitch. Fit matters more than credentials in this work and it is obvious quickly.
Phone(219) 555-0119
Address1201 Third Ave, Suite 2200, Seattle, WA 98101, Seattle, Washington
HoursMon to Fri 7am to 6pm Pacific
AreaSeattle and Bay Area in person, remote clients nationwide