Executive Coaching in Context
Design and conduct sponsored one-to-one executive coaching with sharper judgment about role, power, professional formation, stakeholder interests, evidence, and boundaries.
The work this course teaches
A direct look at the engagement system, contextual judgment, and boundary discipline developed across the course.
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Executive coaching is an engagement system
A title does not tell you who the client is, what the sponsor can know, where confidentiality holds, or what evidence belongs in the work.
Advice, executive polish, and generic leadership tools.
- Treats the job title as the whole context
- Leaves sponsor, confidentiality, and reporting vague
- Confuses assessments and activity with evidence
- Drifts quietly into consulting or performance management
Context, contracting, evidence, and boundaries - end to end.
- Defines the actual client, sponsor, stakeholders, and unit of work
- Uses context as a hypothesis, never a label
- Builds contribution evidence without leaking sessions
- Makes the coaching boundary explicit and defensible
Work the sponsored engagement with sharper judgment
Six practical capabilities, from first contract through final close.
Contract sponsored work
Name client, sponsor, stakeholders, confidentiality, records, reporting, outcomes, and re-contracting triggers.
Prepare without anchoring
Separate facts, working hypotheses, counter-hypotheses, and what must still be asked.
Adapt across contexts
Account for career depth, board and CEO roles, ownership, funding, regulation, culture, and organizational stage.
Use evidence responsibly
Choose assessments, stakeholder interviews, 360s, AI, and data practices only when purpose, competence, consent, and limits are clear.
Coach recurring agendas
Work with influence, strategy, change, conflict, executive presence, and developing others while keeping ownership with the client.
Close and defend the boundary
Review contribution, update sponsors, terminate cleanly, refer when needed, and explain why the engagement still belongs in coaching.
The full engagement lifecycle in 15 modules
Approximately 30 hours of video, guided reading, case work, tools, verification, and capstone production.
00Orientation & the Coach in ContextLocate yourself, the work, and the limits of the course.0.5h · 3 videos
01Define the WorkSeparate executive coaching from adjacent helping roles before the engagement drifts.1.5h · 5 videos
02Contract the Sponsored EngagementMap client, sponsor, stakeholders, confidentiality, reporting, and outcomes.3h · 6 videos
03The Waterline DisciplineDecide what can be shared, what remains private, and what requires re-contracting.2.5h · 5 videos
04IMPRINT in PracticePrepare contextual hypotheses about formation, power, risk, trust, time, and information.2.5h · 6 videos
05Career Depth & Trust CurrencyAdapt to professional formation, accumulated authority, and role transitions.2.5h · 5 videos
06CEO, Board & Governance PowerCoach clearly where ownership, fiduciary duty, and positional power change the field.2h · 6 videos
07Organization Context ModifiersAccount for stage, funding, regulation, culture, structure, and operating pressure.2.5h · 7 videos
08Evidence, Assessments & the Tandem AnchorUse data and instruments with purpose, competence, consent, and limits.2h · 6 videos
09Coaching the Executive AgendaWork with influence, strategy, change, conflict, presence, and developing others.2.5h · 6 videos
10Review, Evidence & CloseRun midpoint review, sponsor update, contribution evidence, and clean termination.2h · 5 videos
11Boundary, Ethics & SupervisionRecognize drift, conflicts, impairment, referral needs, and supervision questions.2h · 6 videos
12Credibility in a Crowded FieldExplain the work accurately to buyers without borrowed authority or inflated claims.1.5h · 4 videos
13Capstone: Design the EngagementProduce and defend a complete Executive Coaching Engagement Pack.2h · 4 videos
14Course CompletionPass verification and submit the private capstone for instructor review.0.5h · 3 completion steps
Build the engagement, then defend it
Reusable working materials, private tools, scenario verification, and an instructor-reviewed capstone turn exposure into evidence of learning.
Agreement, formation, context, assessment, dialogue, evidence, boundary, credibility, and capstone packs.
Keep and reuseWork in your browser without sending client or sponsor information to Tandem. Export only what you choose to keep.
Privacy by designA randomized 24-question attempt drawn from a 36-item bank, with explanations and an 80% pass standard.
Applied judgmentProduce the context brief, stakeholder and agreement map, hypotheses, evidence plan, development agenda, sponsor boundary, close design, risks, and rationale.
Instructor reviewedBuilt for trained coaches moving into organizational work
- Have foundational coach education and real coaching practice
- Want to enter or deepen sponsored one-to-one executive coaching
- Need stronger sponsor, confidentiality, evidence, procurement, or boundary discipline
- Want a repeatable preparation method without reducing people to roles or types
- Need initial coach training; start with the ICF Level 1 pathway
- Want to coach the executive team as the client; choose Systemic Coaching or ACTC
- Need supervised experience or buyer introductions; this async course cannot supply them
- Want a personality system, consulting toolkit, or scripts that replace judgment
Authored end to end by a working executive coach
Written, recorded, and reviewed by an active Master Certified Coach who works where individual development meets sponsor expectations and organizational reality.
Alex coaches senior leaders and has spent years working inside the three-party reality of executive coaching: the leader, the sponsoring organization, and the coach. His approach is direct about power, evidence, confidentiality, and the line between coaching and consulting. The course turns that operating discipline into a repeatable engagement system without pretending context can replace curiosity.
More about AlexSelf-paced depth, with a real completion gate
Move on your schedule, then demonstrate the judgment the course is designed to build.
Learn on your schedule
All 74 videos, lesson pages, resources, and tools are online. All-Access remains available while your membership is active.
Work with reusable materials
Use 57 printable resources and six local-first tools while keeping identifiable client and sponsor data under your control.
Pass scenario verification
Complete a randomized 24-question attempt with an 80% pass standard and explanatory feedback.
Earn instructor approval
Submit the private Executive Coaching Engagement Pack. A first submission may be returned for revision.
Take the course through Practitioner Series All-Access
The existing membership includes Executive Coaching in Context, every other current Practitioner Series course, and new courses added while you remain subscribed.
The standalone price and offer are being finalized separately. Contact Tandem if you need employer procurement, an invoice, W-9, or reimbursement documentation.
Ask about standalone enrollment or paperwork.
Before you enroll
Is this an ICF CCE-approved course?
No. The application pack is in preparation. The course may not be claimed for ICF CCE hours unless and until ICF approves it and Tandem publishes the awarded total and CC/RD split.
How long is the course?
Plan for approximately 30 hours across 74 videos, guided reading, tools, case work, a 24-question verification attempt, and the Executive Coaching Engagement Pack. This is a workload estimate, not an approved CCE total.
Does the course qualify me as an executive coach?
It provides structured education and evidence of completion. It does not confer experience, supervision, buyer credibility, a protected title, or competence beyond the work you can demonstrate in practice.
What is included?
Fifteen modules, 74 video lessons, 57 printable resources, six local-first tools, the verification quiz, and one private instructor-reviewed capstone submission.
How do I enroll?
Executive Coaching in Context is included in Practitioner Series All-Access at $597 per year with a 7-day free trial. Access ends when the membership ends. Contact Tandem if you need a standalone offer or employer procurement paperwork.
Is my client or sponsor information sent to Tandem?
The six course tools are local-first. They work in your browser and do not require you to submit client or sponsor information. Your capstone should use a composite, fictionalized, or appropriately de-identified case.
What is the difference from Systemic Coaching for Executive Teams?
This course keeps one executive’s sponsored engagement as the unit of work. Systemic Coaching treats the team or relationship system as the client. If the unit changes, the agreement, competencies, evidence, and boundaries change with it.
Enter the room informed, without becoming attached to the read.
Start All-Access for the complete course, or inspect the public teaching before you decide.
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