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Even leaders need guidance to guide them. Executive coaches offer comprehensive guidance to help leaders enhance their skills, enabling seamless transitions between strategic thinking and emotional intelligence as required. Change is inevitable in this ever-changing world of business, and these executive coaches help navigate these transitions. Below are the leading executive coaches making their names in the corporate world. Let’s have a look at them.
John Mattone
John Mattone is the pioneer of the field of intelligent leadership. Apart from being the world’s aspiring executive coach, he founded John Mattone Global, developing transformative and effective coaching methodologies for leaders worldwide. John is the author of 10 books, including bestsellers like Talent Leadership and Intelligent Leadership.
Globalgurus.org announced John Mattone as the world’s #1 coaching expert for the fifth time in six years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024). John was also a finalist for the 2017 Thinkers50 Leadership Award, which honors the world’s top leadership authority and thinker. John Mattone Global (JMG) owns 15 registered IP trademarks authorized by the USPTO. It is also an industry-leading coach certification company offering ICF-approved and accredited certification programs to coaches and leaders through Intelligent Leadership, their trademarked and licensed brand.
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
Nobody can compete with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith regarding developing leaders and providing executive coaching. He authorized numerous influential books like “WHAT Got You Here, Won’t Get You There.” Thinker50 has recognized him as one of the top 50 business thinkers in the world, solidifying his position as an effective executive coach. World leaders, CEOs, and executives have benefitted through his expertise in leadership development. Dr. Goldsmith has done his PhD from UCLA. He introduced the framework for effectively using 360-degree feedback in leadership development.
Dr. Goldsmith’s innovative team development and peer coaching methods show his utmost commitment to encouraging long-term, positive changes in leadership behavior.
Myljoy Polestico
Myljoy Polestico is gaining traction with successful businessmen and international leaders as her name consistently stands out when it comes to energy management, effortless productivity and getting into flow. Time is a limited resource, and CEOs and leaders recognize Myljoy’s unparalleled coaching approach in maximizing time and energy to achieve success. She is an accomplished International Professional Certified Coach (PCC), accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). With over two decades of corporate experience and a decade of managerial expertise, her coaching approach helps clients navigate through the intricacies of organizational dynamics and leadership development.
Myljoy partners with executives and their teams to illuminate blind spots and drive them towards their highest aspirations. Specializing in career development, she expertly guides leaders through strategic planning, personal branding, career transitions, and advancements, ensuring they are equipped to seize growth opportunities. Her innovative approach includes energy management, optimizing physical, mental, emotional, and energy to enhance resilience and performance.
Collaborating with Myljoy hones executive communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, fostering confidence, assertiveness and strategic influence. Her unwavering dedication to her clients’ journeys profoundly impacts their professional growth, paving the way for sustained success and personal fulfillment.
Anna Maria Casas
With over 27 years of experience, Anna Maria has proved to be a distinguished executive coach of her time. She has been working with world leaders and international businesses helping them to navigate the world of collaboration. She has expertise in developing and implementing high-impact transformational leadership programs.
Anna Maria has shown her leadership roles at big companies like Nike, Ascom, and Sage. Her determination helped her to bring a significant change in management initiatives resulting in enhanced organizational success across Europe. Anna Maria is a fellow executive coach at the Institute of Coaching (IOC) affiliated with the McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School and she is also working as a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) in the US.
Kathy Devi McFadden
Kathy Devi McFadden is a trusted advisor to forward-thinking leaders around the world. For over 20 years, Devi has been in collaboration with these leaders, making a huge impact on their businesses and lives. She partners with leaders to unlock their full potential, leading to increased performance, improved well-being, and a more fulfilling life.
With the unique blend of a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Divinity, Devi is able to help leaders harmonize personal and professional aspirations. As a Professional Certified Coach and Team Coaching specialist, Devi possesses the proven frameworks and methodologies to unlock full potential, both individually and within teams. Additionally, as a Member of the International Coach Federation and European Mentoring and Coaching Council she stays at the forefront of the coaching industry, ensuring leaders receive the innovative and effective strategies. Devi works successfully across industries and with clients around the globe.
Michael King
Michael King is the president and founder of Teams. Coach. He is a coach to global Fortune 500 leaders, brave entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants, and innovative small business leaders. Michael is a “king” in the coaching industry, widely known for simplifying complexities for his clients. As the pioneer of the Apex Automated Coaching System for teams, he has over a decade of experience working with finest leaders, guiding them to increase productivity effectively.
Michael is the head coach for TEAMS.COACH and specializes in helping exhausted executives improve their creativity and results within their companies. He is appreciated for his straightforward and impactful approaches, focusing on practical solutions and strategies that bring positive and beneficial changes to a whole new level.
If you are looking to multiply your outcomes and lead your community, Michael King’s powerful frameworks and innovative methods are your key to inevitable success in today’s competitive world.
Anamitra Chatterjee
Anamitra Chatterjee, MBA PGD MSc is known for his diverse cultural and professional background with an extensive over 25 years experience across corporates and academia. He is an alumnus of LSE, UK & IIM Calcutta. He holds a Master’s in Executive Coaching (AMEC) from Ashridge UK. He works as an Executive Coach at Hult Ashridge and an Adjunct Faculty OB&HR at IIM Kozhikode India.
Anamitra, EMCC is an Accredited Executive Coach and Leadership Development Faculty. He has over 12 years of experience in independent coaching practice around the world. He is a certified practitioner of psychometrics: Hogan & LVI360, Belbin, FIRO-B & MBTI.
He states: “My leadership development and executive coaching practice is informed by my own belief in Performance = Potential – (Internal) Interference.”
He has coached over 230 senior leaders and 2600 hours with 25 clients. Anamitra Chatterjee was featured as ‘Top 10 Executive Coaches-2023’ Cover Story: Asia Business Outlook Bangalore India: 2023. His skills of listening, inquiry, exploration, challenge and support help the development of leaders and organization performance. Anamitra offers tailored executive coaching for his clients that meets the needs of leaders, teams and organizations.
Sinja Hallam
Sinja Hallam is a globally recognized executive coach, renowned for her dynamic approaches. She was voted as a Top 15 Executive Coach in 2022, is a recipient of the CREA Global Award in 2024, holds a Master of Business Administration and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She has a rich background in organizational change management and transformation across various industries—including banking, oil and gas, mining, and utilities—Sinja brings a deep focus to the complexities that all leaders face in the constantly evolving landscape of organizations. This expertise combined with her warmth, intuition and integrity gives her the rare ability to get to the heart of the matter quickly.
Coaching Fortune 100 leaders worldwide at SVP and VP levels, she is capable of pushing finest leaders to their limits and fostering strong belief not only in their own potential but also in driving meaningful change in the executive world. Sinja’s confidence in her strategies stems from her integration of positive psychology, emotional intelligence, and neuroscience to effect transformative change. She creates an encouraging and non-judgmental space for her clients and empowers them to work freely to challenge old beliefs and ideas to bring about new, authentic leadership styles incorporating the powerful heart-mind connections that will create the sustainable working environments of the future.
Maria Scarangella
Maria Scarangella, MBA, ICF-PCC, SHRM-SCP, is a prominent figure in the realm of executive coaching and leadership development. With a rich background as a Senior Executive spanning 37 years in Business Operations and Human Resources at GEICO, Maria brings a wealth of firsthand experience and insights to her consulting practice. As the President of Scarangella Consulting, she has cultivated a reputation for delivering practical solutions that drive sustainable growth and success for leaders and organizations.
Maria’s approach centers on empowering CEOs, SVPs, and VPs to unlock their full potential as strategic business partners. Her focus areas include strategic alignment, critical communication, inspirational accountability, and effective conflict resolution. Leveraging her extensive background in leadership and talent strategy, Maria is adept at guiding clients toward building high-performing teams, enhancing efficiency, and achieving tangible returns on investment. Throughout her career, Maria has used her leadership and organizational dynamics expertise to spearhead initiatives that significantly reduced expenses, and increased revenue. Her deep understanding of business operations coupled with her commitment to fostering women’s leadership development positions her as a thought leader in the field.
Beyond her consulting practice, Maria is highly sought after as a keynote speaker, podcast guest, and facilitator of executive retreats. Her ability to build trust and foster strategic alignment among teams has made her a trusted advisor to executives seeking transformative change.
Lynda Jackson
Lynda Jackson is considered the finest in the world at transforming heads of state, leaders, and executives into exceptional public speakers. With five degrees and over 35 years’ experience working with Royalty, Presidents, Heads of State, CEO’s and business professionals there is no problem Lynda is not able to solve.
A gifted psychologist and coach, Lynda is the only coach you will ever need if you need to be able to impress audiences of any size including those across the table.
A speechwriter, and astute communication strategist means she can produce spell-binding speeches and presentations for the clients that do not have the time or expertise in writing persuasive performances. A specialist in removing anxiety, she will help you become a confident speaker regardless of how many nerves you experience when speaking to groups of any size.
Her clients have spoken at Congress, the Economic Forum, the United Nations, the Club of Rome, the JP Morgan Conference and many other events as well as those professionals who must be at the peak of their game as communicators.
Her approach integrates psychology, speechwriting, and performance techniques which results in her clients delivering effective and impactful messages. Lynda is the coach behind many successful careers and her clients describe her coaching as game-changing for their career and life-changing. Lynda is the world’s leading executive coach in the field of public speaking and communication.
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Published by: Martin De Juan
