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Executive coaching session led by an APEX INTERNATIONAL consultant
Service — Executive Coaching

One-on-one support for executives developing their leadership

Tailored support for executives and managers facing leadership, posture or decision-making challenges.

Overview

A demanding, confidential space for perspective, built for executives

APEX INTERNATIONAL's executive coaching offers one-on-one support to executives facing leadership challenges: taking on a new role, navigating complex situations, evolving their management posture, or preparing for expanded responsibilities.

Our coaches are experienced senior consultants, trained in professional coaching methodologies, who combine active listening, rigorous questioning and a concrete understanding of the realities of leadership in the African context.

APEX INTERNATIONAL coach in a one-on-one session with an executive
Objectives

What coaching should help you achieve

Clarify your posture

Step back and reflect on your leadership style and its effects on your organization.

Strengthen your impact

Develop more assertive, effective communication and decision-making.

Navigate key moments

Get support through professional transitions or high-pressure situations.

Develop your team

Acquire the tools to help your direct reports grow.

Situations that call for individual support
Challenges we see

Situations that call for individual support

  • Taking on a leadership role, with strong, immediate expectations.
  • Recurring communication difficulties with certain members of the leadership team.
  • A sense of isolation when making complex strategic decisions.
  • Preparing for expanded responsibilities or a management succession.
Our approach

Individual support, confidential and structured

Every coaching journey is tailored, with objectives defined from the first session and reviewed regularly.

Initial diagnosis

Clarifying the executive's objectives and professional context with the coach.

Regular one-on-one sessions

A meeting cadence suited to the challenges, typically bi-weekly or monthly.

Progress assessment

Regular check-ins to measure progress against the objectives set.

Our methodology

A structured coaching journey over time

Scoping conversation

Clarifying the executive's expectations and, where relevant, those of their organization.

Setting objectives

Formalizing the priority focus areas of the coaching journey.

Coaching sessions

Regular one-on-one meetings over a period of three to nine months.

Final review

Assessment of progress and takeaways from the coaching journey.

Our solutions

Coaching formats suited to every need

New-role coaching

Support through the first hundred days in a new leadership position.

Management posture coaching

Work on leadership style and its impact on teams.

Transition coaching

Support through major professional or organizational change.

Leadership team coaching

Collective support for an executive committee on how it functions together.

Crisis management coaching

One-off support for executives facing high-pressure situations.

Mid-journey review

A structured check-in to adjust the objectives of the coaching journey.

Our value add

Coaches who understand the reality of decision-making power

Unlike generalist coaches, our consultant-coaches have themselves supported dozens of organizations on strategic issues: they intimately understand the real constraints an African executive faces.

This dual expertise guarantees support that is both compassionate in form and rigorous in substance, grounded in the concrete realities of your role rather than generic theoretical frameworks.

APEX INTERNATIONAL consultant-coach in conversation with an executive
Engagement process

What a typical coaching journey looks like

Week 1Scoping conversation and definition of the journey's objectives with the executive.
Months 1-3Regular one-on-one sessions around the priority focus areas.
Months 4-6Deepening and practical application in the real professional context.
End of journeyFinal review and recommendations to sustain the momentum built.
Expected results

What a coaching journey brings you

0Total confidentiality of session content
0Typical duration of an individual coaching journey
0A dedicated coach, present throughout the journey
0An approach covering posture, communication and decision-making
Executive coaching case study led by APEX INTERNATIONAL
Case study

Supporting a new CEO's transition into her role

Context: A newly promoted CEO, appointed from within, needed to establish her legitimacy with a leadership team made up of former peers, amid strong expectations for results.

Engagement: APEX INTERNATIONAL set up a six-month coaching journey focused on asserting her leadership posture, managing relationships with former peers and structuring her decision-making.

Outcome: The CEO consolidated her management legitimacy and confidently engaged several defining strategic decisions within her first year in the role.

Frequently asked questions

Your questions about executive coaching

No, unless the coached executive explicitly agrees. Confidentiality of sessions is a core principle of our coaching practice.

Each session typically lasts between 60 and 90 minutes, in person or remotely depending on availability.

Yes, many organizations fund coaching for their executives as part of their talent development policy.

Yes, in addition to individual coaching, we offer collective support for executive committees.

Leadership is developed, not improvised

Let's discuss your individual support needs

A confidential initial conversation to assess your personal and professional development objectives.

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