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Executive Career Rescue

The Issue
A trusted and valuable executive in a rapidly growing energy company is on the verge of having to resign, due to a combination of job fit, performance, and communication problems.

The executive's job was facilitating senior leaders to design and produce major international deals in energy acquisition and management.

Challenges         Top
As a result of being in over her head…this executive was:

• Dropping important details;
  
• Losing credibility from a weak personal style in meetings and presentations;
  
• Missing the "core issue" on critical matters;
  
• In immediate danger of being dismissed for a key promotion that would further leverage her talent and expertise in the organization.
  

The organization and her boss lacked patience for a long-term coaching intervention
     – something needed to change quickly.

The position she was being targeted for was a good fit for her technical expertise, and the organization urgently needed the position filled.

Overarching Goal         Top

• In a very short period of time, identify and correct the patterns that were limiting her contribution to the organization, thus saving her job and the company's investment.
  

Jackson & Schmidt Intervention         Top

• One pre-meeting phone interview with the executive
  
• One-on-one interview with superiors and clients
  
• One 6- hour in-person coaching session with the executive.
  

Solution:   Executive Development Programs

The Payoff         Top

• The executive has been promoted to a position in an international office and is consistently producing results that satisfy all her clients and managers.
• She is happy, engaged in her work and growing in the company.
• This talent turnaround saved the company at least $500,000 in replacement and severance costs.

The Moral         Top
A little goes a long way…with the right coach at the right time..