Tandem Leadership Coaching

Even the highest functioning relationships take maintenance. And yet, too many pairs of leaders spend all their one-on-one time on what they’ll get done, and little on how they are while doing it.

Strong, considered relationship dynamics between leaders have the potential to drive each leader's individual growth, accelerate organizational impact, and set the tone for org culture. Dysfunctional or even “just ok” relationship dynamics can hamper individual growth, stagnate impact, or harm culture.

Leaders need a supportive and non-judgemental container to explore, strengthen, and deepen their most critical working relationships.

You might be co-founding, leading alongside someone, leading collaborative functional teams, navigating a complex relationship with a manager or direct report, transitioning into a crucial new working relationship, or working through a leadership transition. You know you want to deepen your relationship with your colleague, grow your own leadership capacity, and accelerate your impact - all at the same time. But how?

Maybe you're worried about offending your colleague or damaging an already fragile relationship. Or maybe you feel like you can’t find the time or energy to go deep, or you lack the confidence to be vulnerable with your colleague. Maybe the relationship works well and you know you’re too comfortable to grow or navigate a change. Maybe you know there are challenging relationship dynamics at play, but you don’t yet have the language to describe them; maybe you have strong emotions you’re struggling to communicate; or maybe you know you can do better work together, but can’t figure out where you’re stuck. Maybe you know you need loving and supportive accountability to implement change in your work relationships.

If any (or many!) of the above resonate - Tandem Leadership Coaching could be for you both.

For relationship coaching to work, there has to be reciprocal commitment and vulnerability. To make sure Tandem Leadership Coaching is a fit, we’ll start with an initial investment in three coaching sessions around a specific topic/objective: one for each leader and one as a pair.

If everyone is excited to continue, we’ll take the next step and co-create a set of goals and I’ll design a customized sequence of coaching sessions and support to address them. You’ll get pre-work before each session, and a thoughtful synthesis with homework afterwards. At the end of the series, we’ll debrief and leave you with a clear path forward. Throughout the process, pairs will become clear-eyed about their strengths, aware of relationship dynamics that help and hinder, enrolled in a shared vision for the next phase of their partnership, and bolstered with tactical plans to make it happen.