Coaching for CEOs

Successful CEOs continuously develop their leadership skills and strategies

When you’re the one in charge, you don’t always have a confidential and safe space to think out loud about complex issues and brainstorm solutions. Blanchard’s most gifted coaches have decades of experience working with executives to understand their challenges, tease out helpful insights and patterns, and help them challenge their assumptions to arrive at the best possible solution.

Our coaches help CEOs gain clarity and focus on the two critical success factors of highly effective CEOs—humility and focused resolve. In a world where CEO longevity is far from certain, give your top executive the support of a dedicated outside perspective.

Median CEO tenure among S&P 500 companies has decreased

20%

from six years in 2013 to 4.8 in 2022.1

39%

of
S&P 500 CEOs
have tenures
ranging from
one to five years.1

1. Harvard Law, CEO Tenure Rates

Deliver Organizational Stability With Longer CEO Tenure

CEOs at the helm of companies that are built to last have one big thing in common: they’re open to external feedback and challenging their expectations.

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See the Big Picture

Communicate clear strategic goals, distinguish genuine business threats from momentary fads, and monitor world events to anticipate marketplace changes.
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Live the Vision

Be a role model for the organization’s values and find new ways to share the vision, values, and strategic priorities to keep them top of mind for everyone.
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Master Restraint

Practice self-regulation and restraint, never allowing emotion or mood to affect their behavior, and avoid being reactive when faced with the unexpected.
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Develop Future Leaders

Provide individualized support to members of their executive team and build a succession plan that involves them and leverages their strengths.
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Set your CEO up for long-term success

Some of the world’s most successful companies have CEOs with decades-long tenures. Give your CEO the dedicated outside perspective they need to continue to make the right decisions for the company’s future with Blanchard’s CEO coaching.

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