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In a world obsessed with quick fixes, the power of a long-term partnership is often overlooked. As an executive coach based in Bristol with over 15 years of experience, I’ve seen time and again how committing to work together for months or years drives far greater success than episodic hourly sessions.
Let’s explore why you’re better off enrolling in my premium 3-, 6- or 12-month executive coaching programs compared to dipping in and out for one-off meetings.
The Time to Build Trust and Rapport
Coaching is deeply personal work rooted in a relationship of trust, honesty and vulnerability. This takes time to establish. Unlike consultants dispensing generic advice, I work closely with you to understand your worldview, motivations, values and blindspots at a profound level using my proprietary CAI coaching methodology.
This is impossible to achieve in ephemeral hourly sessions spaced weeks apart. It requires months of consistent interactions, so we can have candid conversations on sensitive issues and form a deep bond as true partners. This firm groundwork enables breakthroughs simply not possible with a ‘stranger’ coach you meet sporadically.
The Space for Meaningful Habit Formation
Lasting transformation isn’t sparked by one great session. But by building and sustaining new habits over time. Be it waking up earlier, delegating tasks, having difficult conversations, thinking more strategically or projecting confidence. Habits that may feel uncomfortable at first.
Dropping in for the occasional coaching hour won’t lead to permanent behavioural change. But meeting consistently over months gives you the space to initiate, practise and solidify habits aligned to your bigger vision. It lets you try, fail, adapt and try again until actions feel automatic. These small steps compound into phenomenal results over the months.
The Opportunity to Internalise Learning
Hourly coaching delivers insights. But like any skill, internalising those teachings takes ongoing practice. Tiger Woods doesn’t just attend an hour of golf lessons. He engages coaches for years to ingrain techniques subconsciously.
Working together month-to-month lets you absorb my proprietary CAI coaching methodology at a deeper level. We build your mental muscle memory through repetition. You progress from grasping concepts intellectually to wielding them instinctively.
The Runway for Gradual Progress
A mountain isn’t ascended in a day. Real growth follows an upward winding path, not a straight line. Ups and downs are inevitable. It takes patience and long-term vision.
Trying to achieve peak performance via occasional hours is like attempting to climb Everest over a weekend. The journey to your best self requires months of dedicated coaching to navigate challenges, celebrate wins, process setbacks and maintain momentum between sessions.
The Reinforcement Through Accountability
Everyone needs accountability to stay on track. That’s hard to enforce with ad-hoc coaching. But when we commit to a 6- or 12-month engagement, you’re accountable to me and I’m accountable to you.
This shared accountability fuels consistency and urgency during tough times. I won’t let you stagnate when you miss a milestone or deadline. And you won’t let me coast without delivering full value as your coach. We keep each other focused and driven.
The Results That Endure
Hourly coaching provides a burst of motivation. But human nature causes that enthusiasm to peter out when left alone. Lasting results require the discipline of regular check-ins, accountability, goal reviews and planning together over months and years.
I’m in this for lifelong success, not short-term wins. Let’s write your next chapter together. One quarter at a time.
What are the benefits of long-term executive coaching engagements?
Long-term executive coaching over 3, 6 or 12 months provides more benefits than episodic hourly sessions, including:
- Time to build deep trust, rapport and vulnerability
- Accountability to stay focused on goals and habits
- Space for gradual and lasting behavior change
- Opportunity to fully internalise techniques through practice
- Consistent momentum versus sporadic motivation bursts
- Navigation of roadblocks, plateaus and setbacks
- Reinforcement to apply new skills instinctively
The profound relationship possible through months of engagement drives transformation at deeper levels.
How does extended coaching help ingrain desired executive habits?
Sustaining habit change requires persistence over time. Dropping into hourly coaching sporadically is insufficient. But meeting consistently over 6-12 months provides the space and accountability to cement new habits.
This extended engagement lets us break desired habits into incremental steps aligned to your bigger vision. We practise uncomfortable behaviors until they become automatic. Over months of repetition, new patterns override old programming. Desired actions become subconscious instinct rather than conscious effort.
For example, if you want to adopt daily journaling, initially this habit feels foreign. But committing to a 3-month coaching engagement allows us to start small. We could begin with journaling for 10 minutes per week, then build up frequency and duration from there. Within a quarter, journaling is wired in.
This habit integration is only possible through long-term coaching. Episodic hourly sessions lack the persistence for new habits to become permanent.
Why is accountability so important in executive coaching engagements?
Accountability fuels motivation, consistency and urgency, especially during challenging periods. In extended coaching, we keep each other focused on key milestones and priorities through regular check-ins and reviews.
I won’t let you stagnate or lose sight of your aspirations. And you won’t let me coast as your coach. This mutual accountability drives results month after month as we walk the talk together between sessions. It’s the discipline keeping you moving forward when progress stalls.
Frequent touchpoints allow us to celebrate small wins while realigning around roadblocks. Even on busy weeks, our partnership ensures the work continues with renewed vigor. Our journey is anchored in shared accountability.
How do monthly coaching engagements compare to hourly sessions?
Monthly coaching partnerships promote sustainable change versus episodic motivation bursts from hourly sessions. Meeting regularly helps internalise techniques through deliberate practice. It enforces accountability to stay the course. And it builds the authentic trust for candid conversations on sensitive topics.
The cumulative benefits of monthly engagements far surpass the disjointed value of hourly drop-ins. Compound interest trumps sporadic gains. Extended commitment unlocks exponential returns.
What are the benefits of long-term coaching for executives?
Long-term executive coaching provides benefits like:
- Time to build profound trust and rapport
- Accountability to maintain focus on goals
- Runway for gradual and lasting habit change
- Reinforcement to apply learnings instinctively
- Navigation of inevitable obstacles and setbacks
- Consistent momentum through ongoing continuous improvement
Monthly engagements over 3-12 months enable genuine transformation through deep relationship and cumulative gains.
How can extended coaching enable lasting habit change for executives?
Forming lasting new habits requires persistence over time. Through consistent monthly coaching, we can break desired habits into incremental steps aligned to your bigger vision.
Over months of practise and repetition, uncomfortable behaviors become automatic. Old patterns are replaced with wired-in instincts. But this level of programming requires long-term focus – not periodic hourly sessions.
Let’s unlock your potential together through lasting habit change!
