Adrian Gostick

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Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching for Leaders
Driving High-Performance Cultures

Adrian Gostick works with senior leaders to strengthen the coaching behaviors that build trust, accountability, and cross-functional execution.

Thinkers50 Coaching and Mentoring Award
Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches
MCEC Master Corporate Executive Coach

Why Coaching Matters
for High-Performance Organizations

Even the best strategy struggles if leaders don't reinforce the right behaviors. Executive coaching helps leaders build the habits that create trust, alignment, and consistent execution across teams.

Adrian's coaching practice focuses on the everyday habits leaders use to build trust, align teams, and maintain execution under pressure.

Extend the impact of Adrian's keynote with executive coaching and help leaders reinforce the behaviors that sustain high-performance cultures.

Build habits that create trust & accountability
Strengthen cross-functional execution
Reinforce the culture the organization expects
Measurable behavior change through regular reviews
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Coaching Overview See how Adrian's executive coaching process creates measurable leadership change
360 Stakeholder Centered Coaching Model
1 Ask & StoryTelling
2 Goal Setting
3 Action Planning
4 After Action Assessments
5 Behavioral Rehearsal
6 Change Behavior & Perception
7 Follow-Up & Reinforcement

A Proven Coaching Process

Adrian's coaching work is grounded in the Stakeholder Centered Coaching process developed by Marshall Goldsmith, the world's most widely applied executive coaching framework.

This structured approach focuses on measurable leadership behavior change through regular coaching conversations, stakeholder feedback, and ongoing progress reviews.

Leaders work on practical habits that strengthen trust, accountability, and alignment across their teams.

Regular Coaching Conversations Structured one-on-one sessions that challenge thinking and reinforce new habits
Stakeholder Feedback 360-degree input from direct reports, peers, and supervisors to surface blind spots
Ongoing Progress Reviews Measurable milestones track real behavior change — not just self-reported improvement

Why Even Strong Leaders Use Executive Coaching

Even the best strategy struggles if leaders don't reinforce the right behaviors every day.

Executive coaching helps leaders sharpen the habits that create trust, alignment, and consistent execution across teams.

Working with a coach gives leaders a confidential space to test ideas, challenge assumptions, and strengthen the leadership behaviors others rely on.

The result is stronger leadership that reinforces the culture and performance standards the organization expects.

Research Applied in Leading Institutions

Adrian Gostick's leadership research has helped guide culture transformation initiatives across major organizations.

The Michigan Medicine culture change initiative at the University of Michigan incorporated leadership practices aligned with Adrian's work on recognition, engagement, and team accountability.

Many leaders also ask how executive coaching works alongside keynote programs and culture initiatives.

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Adrian works with a limited number of senior executives at a time to ensure each coaching engagement receives the depth and focus it deserves.

  • Stakeholder Centered Coaching (Marshall Goldsmith)
  • Measurable behavior change with 360-degree accountability
  • Works alongside existing keynote & culture programs