High Performance CEO

Being a CEO today is like living in a fish bowl—so many people watching to make sure the ethics and legalities are in sync while performance expectations are met. Coaching for the High Performance CEO is intense and powerful for leaders new to the challenges of the top job: strategy change, upturns and downturns, mergers & acquisitions, hiring and firings and succession planning.

MDA coaches give straightforward feedback around the real issues and a safe place to think out loud in real time, when it’s needed most. Coaching top executives is tricky—they are smart, self-aware people who are easily bored with the typical “strengths and weaknesses” methods used in executive coaching. The centerpiece of MDA’s coaching is a deep understanding of the CEO’s performance around the 11 Roles of the CEO. Insight on performance is discovered through personal interviews, psychological assessment, and personal observation. From strategist to talent manager, visionary to business performance driver, MDA coaches help CEOs prioritize their roles to balance the needs of their five constituencies: employees, customers, the senior leadership team, the Board, and external stakeholders.

What makes this program unique is the connection between the CEOs personal leadership legacy aspirations and an accountability scorecard, which focuses the CEO’s development activity on the everyday executive behaviors that lead to better performance at an individual, team, and organizational level. We know of no other program as intense—or as effective—at driving high performance.  For more information about MDA's High Performance CEO program, contact Joe Volker or Paul Batz.