Executive Coaching

True thought partners for executives holding the whole system together.

At a certain level, the job stops being about doing the work and becomes holding the whole system together. Henley is the thought partner built for exactly that.

Individual Executive Coaching

For leaders navigating real complexity, with a thought partner working alongside them.

  • 9 to 12 months of sustained one-on-one coaching
  • A dedicated, certified executive coach
  • Sessions built around real, current decisions
  • One significant challenge or opportunity anchoring the whole engagement
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Learn alongside peers

Cohort Executive Coaching

For executives learning alongside peers, whether from your own organization or leaders across industries facing similar challenges.

  • 9 to 12 months, cohort based
  • Groups of 6 to 8, with flexibility for larger teams
  • Bring your own team, or join executives across companies and industries
  • A certified executive coach, with the same depth as one-on-one coaching
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Solo Strategic Retreat

For the executive who needs to step fully away to think clearly again.

  • Three-day immersive retreat built around one specific challenge or opportunity
  • Dedicated coach onsite as your guide on the side for all three days
  • Location away from the office, chosen to fit the work
  • Follow-up session once you are back, to carry the work forward
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Don’t see what quite fits your needs? Chat with us about custom engagements →

Trusted by leaders at

  • Gates Foundation
  • Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
  • Recursion
  • Genesys
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Grant PUD
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  • STCU
  • Rippleworks
  • WomenLift Health
  • NW Center
  • Supio
  • Cascade PBS

… and many others.

20+ years designing leadership coaching and development programs for organizations across technology, energy, healthcare, and public sector industries in Seattle, Washington and the greater Pacific Northwest.

97.7%
of Henley clients rate their coaching experience Excellent or Great
96.6%
would recommend their coach to someone like them

The evidence

Is executive coaching worth it?
What the research shows

Independent research keeps landing in the same place: sustained coaching moves performance, relationships, and skill, with a return that pays for itself.

70%

of coaching clients report real improvement in work performance

Harvard Business Review

86%

report improvement in their relationships with the people around them

Harvard Business Review

84%

of CEOs who worked with a coach say it helped them develop genuinely new leadership skills

Harvard Business Review

7×

a median return of seven times the cost of coaching

International Coaching Federation

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Henley Leadership Group client results

What changes for the leaders we work with

Direct results from our clients’ engagements. Here is what executives tell us shifts once coaching is underway.

93.1%

agree the quality of their relationships at work improved since coaching began

86.2%

agree the quality of their work improved

73.6%

report significant or life-changing improvement in flexibility of thinking and perspective-taking

73.6%

report the same in awareness of how their words and actions affect others

67.8%

report significant or life-changing improvement in their ability to encourage experimentation and learning

Why it matters

Why executives need a thought partner

Every engagement on this page starts the same way: a thought partner in the room with you, working the real system you lead so the ideas actually move. The format changes depending on what that looks like for you right now.

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Leaders today experience higher stress levels than the people they lead.Gallup, 2026 State of the Global Workplace

25%+

More than a quarter of leaders name a lack of strategic clarity as the single biggest limiter of their effectiveness, ahead of nearly every other factor.LHH, 2026 survey of 2,500+ companies

How executive coaching with Henley works

Three things stay true in every engagement

We anchor on one real thing

A specific challenge or opportunity becomes the throughline for the whole engagement.

You get a genuine thought partner

Someone working the problem alongside you, session after session.

The work is built for real execution

Change that holds in your organization and in your career.

In their words

Executive coaching
client testimonials

The personalized coaching our team receives not only strengthens individuals but also fosters trust within our team, leading to significantly improved business outcomes.

Lindsey M.

CEO, STCU

My coach has changed my life as a leader. A door has been opened that was bolted shut. I am grateful for his guidance, teaching, and leadership.

Executive

Habitat for Humanity

My executive coaching experience with HLG had and continues to have a material impact on my professional and personal relationships. Starting with a very thoughtful 360 that allowed me to discover my blind spots and coaching on how to course correct. Because of this experience, I believe that I am a more transparent and engaged leader, wife, mother and friend.

Vice President

DaVita Rx

I do not exaggerate. This is the first development program I have been involved in that goes past the fluff that is typical in these types of programs.

Lori E.J.

Supervisor, Grant County PUD

With support from Henley Leadership Group, our leaders at every level, from front-line supervisors to the executive suite, have learned to challenge themselves, fight complacency, and bring their best every day.

Chief Executive Officer

Longtime Puget Sound Energy client

I feel like I am coming out of this coaching engagement with greater confidence, which was my primary goal.

Lee M.

Executive Director, Providence

Meet Henley Leadership’s certified executive coaches

Coaches who have led at the level they now coach

Every engagement is matched to a specific coach based on your situation, so the person across from you understands the challenges of leadership throughout a full system.

Meet the Full Team
30+

ICF-certified coaches on staff

80+

Countries where our coaches have led leaders

5,000+

Professionals coached to date

The executive coaching process

From first call to real,
measured movement

  1. Book a discovery call

    Tell us what you are facing.

  2. We build the right engagement around it

    Individual coaching, a Cohort, or the Solo strategic retreat.

  3. We take stock together

    Data collection to understand where you and your organization stand now, what is working, and where the real growth edge sits.

  4. We get to work on the real thing

    The actual challenge in front of you, built around what the data showed.

  5. You leave with more than clarity

    A plan you can actually run with, and real data behind the movement you made.

Common questions

Executive coaching, answered

Executive coaching is a structured, one-on-one relationship between a senior leader and a trained coach, focused on how that leader thinks, decides, and leads under pressure. It's built around the executive's real, current challenges rather than a fixed curriculum.

Every engagement is scoped around the executive's specific needs and the system they're leading within. We'll walk through options on our intro call.

No. Most of our coaching clients are succeeding by every visible measure. The value is staying ahead of the gap between what got you here and what's next.

Coaching is sustained and personal, built session by session around the specific decisions you're facing right now. The relationship continues long enough for real change to take hold and show up in how you lead day to day.

A mentor shares their own experience and advice. A therapist works on emotional and mental health. Executive coaching sits between the two, structured, forward-looking work focused specifically on how you lead, with a coach trained to ask the questions that help you find your own answers. Learn more about the difference on our blog.

Common signals include a recent promotion into a place that feels unfamiliar, feedback that hits in a way that stays longer than expected, or a sense that the skills and instincts that built your career aren't quite cutting it anymore. We see many executives start coaching while they are succeeding, so they can stay ahead of what comes their way in the future.

We use a range of assessments that will best fit the executives needs, which may include Leadership Circle 360, Enneagram, Collective Leadership Assessment, or Fascinate.

Most engagements run nine months to a year. Ultimately, we’re in it for the long haul. We believe that real change in how someone leads takes longer than a single conversation.

Most engagements are funded through an organization's leadership development budget, particularly for senior and high-potential leaders. Some executives invest in coaching personally, especially early in a transition.

Yes. The coaching relationship is confidential between the coach and the executive. Any information shared with a sponsoring organization, such as an HR partner, is agreed on in advance.

Sessions center on what the executive is currently facing: a specific decision, a pattern in how they lead under pressure, or preparation for a high-stakes conversation. The agenda shifts with what's live in their work that week.

Executives who hold real influence over the people and outcomes around them, and who bring genuine intent to grow into that responsibility, whether or not they've fully arrived yet.

Alongside. Coaching strengthens how you lead the team you already have. And if you'd rather bring your whole team into this work, reach out through our contact form and we'll build something around that.

Frame it around their next stage of growth. Executives respond best when coaching is positioned that way. We're also glad to have that first conversation directly with the executive, so you're not carrying the whole pitch alone.

Both happen. Sometimes an executive asks for it directly. Other times HR or a manager sees the need first and opens the door. Either way, the coaching works best once the executive is genuinely engaged, which is part of what we check for early in the process.

More ways to work with Henley

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Free white paper

Download our Executive Coaching White Paper

This white paper is a vital resource for leaders seeking to transform their leadership approach and drive organizational change. It offers practical insights and real-world examples from industries like healthcare and technology, demonstrating how these new habits can lead to more agile and resilient organizations.

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Bring us the real thing you are working on

One call, no pitch. Tell us what you are facing and we will show you what the right engagement could look like.

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