TAC’s Leadership Coaching and Mentoring service focuses on the leadership, career, organizational development, and strategy issues facing top IT executives. This service provides a secure, confidential means for IT executives to receive personal coaching and direction by industry professionals who have walked in their shoes, gain insights on leadership, learn best practices, and keep up to date with career trends.

The scope of the IT leader’s responsibilities has dramatically changed over the past few years. The IT management team must be connected to every aspect of the business, be knowledgeable about the enterprise’s operations, and deliver measurable value to the business stakeholders. IT leaders are under constant pressure to optimize costs and innovate, while driving significant contribution to the business. They need to provide personal service, decision making support, and relevant, fresh ideas. This service was designed to assist our clients in a wide variety of situations including:

• Developing the key skills required to lead today’s emerging organizations
• Transforming and re-building their organizations to support the requirements for the next decade
• Understanding the impact of emerging technologies and how they impact their specific organizations
• Enhancing the effectiveness of job functions, business alignment, and IT management teams
• Creating and delivering effective executive presentations and communication plans
• Understanding the competencies and attributes needed in the marketplace
• Defining cultural values and attributes needed to be successful in your role
• Connecting with an appropriate peer network of industry professionals
• Getting on the radar screen of companies that can enhance your capabilities
• Enhancing the overall success of your role as an IT leader
• Avoiding common pitfalls of the senior executive
• Understanding the hot skills required in current market conditions

Deliverables:

Leadership

One-on-one coaching sessions

On-site full-day sessions at your place of work may involve you, your management, peers and direct reports, as your situation requires. The purpose of these sessions is to gain the perspective of the various IT stakeholders in order to bridge any gap in perception, in order to maximize the effectiveness of you — the technology executive — and your team.

Ad-hoc access to your personal coach

An executive coach — assigned to you — is available to you through both e-mail and telephone to provide advice on various leadership issues as they arise.

Organizational Transformation

Creating the organization of tomorrow

Facilitated design sessions assist you in creating a new organizational template which better aligns with emerging technologies, new skills, individual expectations, business goals, and new services offerings.

Strategy

Leveraging technology to create a winning organization

We will assist you in creating a dynamic strategic model that provides the capability to effectively leverage market opportunities, corporate goals, changing culture, global service offerings, and technology trends.

Events

Complimentary invitations are to all TAC-sponsored events

Subjects covered by our Leadership Coaching and Mentoring service include, but are not limited to:

IT business strategy and alignment

Business relationships

Maximizing one’s personal potential

Leadership and communication skills

Marketing IT

Organization and team development

Networking

Building an effective strategy

Service benefits include:

Trusted Advice: Every Leadership Coaching and Mentoring client will work personally with one of our industry experts, typically a former CIO who has broad experience advising CIOs on leadership, business and IT management issues. You will have a trusted advisor who will be vested in your career and success. Through one-to-one counseling, your expert will shares best practices, help network with peers, and ensure that you have the best information to make the most informed decisions.

Leadership Support: As you look to make critical decision, you need a partner who can provide you with specific answers that relate to your individual company needs and challenges. You will be armed with the information needed to better align the IT management teams, increase the trust of the business leaders, communicate and market IT, and network with other leaders.

Best Practices: TAC will provide you access to peers with similar challenges, and the best approaches for working with your current and future initiatives. You’ll have access to our SmartTips, providing information on a variety of technology and business topics.

Team Extension: Our Leadership Coaching and Mentoring service includes the ability to extend aspects of the program to key management personnel. This gives your team the ability to leverage the roundtables, teleconferences, and team coaching (if applicable) to align with your agenda.

To retain our Leadership Coaching and Mentoring service, please contact us online or call us at +1 781 791 9582.

About The Advisory Council

Founded in 2002, The Advisory Council provides IT organizations with enterprise-wide access to objective, actionable advice for resolving IT challenges and issues. Through its suite of services, products and workshops, TAC helps IT organizations make decisions more quickly and cost effectively. TAC’s Expert Decision Support Network consists of more than 200 Experts, covering 97% of all IT practice areas. Clients include Fortune 1000 and midsize companies, government, and educational institutions.