Leadership Coaching

For over 20 years, Benchmark
Communications, Inc. has provided
coaching services to executives who hold
or are moving up into or hold C-level
positions. Our process is designed to
assist senior executives in handling the
challenges of a rapidly changing
business environment.

Executive Development

Specifically, we help them recognize
the impact they have by expanding
their leadership awareness and by
strengthening their focus on their
responsibilities associated with their
senior level roles. At the strategic level,
we help leaders understand how to build
organizational capacity for expanding
their company’s strategic position and
market share. On a personal level, we
explore their leadership aspirations,
focus on developmental opportunities
for growth, address blind spots, and
guide them to develop innovative ways
to tackle their leadership challenges
at work. 


In all cases, executives expand their
capacity to positively influence their
organization to achieve the highest
levels of success.

Areas of Focus

Life Cycle Coaching™ – A program
designed for leaders who are stepping
into new positions, taking on bigger
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projects, working on special assign-
ments, expanding into larger organi-
zational responsibilities, and wanting to
step into a greater leadership presence.
The First 100 Days – Helps new leaders
focus on how to maximize their learning
during this critical, formative period – so
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crucial in defining an executive's future
success. We help them focus on
leadership, brand and culture in ways
that maximize business growth
and profitability.

"Developmental Coaching – Helps
leaders better understand how to
leverage their strengths and develop
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and grow their capacities for ongoing
learning and development in the face of
ever-changing leadership challenges.

WE-Centric Presence Coaching
Focuses on helping leaders to realize
how they set the tone in their culture
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and/or in the process of establishing
new organizational cultures – and thus
how best to approach enterprise
challenges from a more a WE-Centric
point of view.

Engagement Coaching – Designed
to help a leader engage their entire
organization in new and exciting ways –
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first by understanding, then embracing
innovative techniques and technologies
for achieving their business goals
most effectively.

Innovation Coaching – Focuses on
helping leaders create cultures that
support and encourage thinking about
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business challenges in new and different
ways, ultimately keeping organizations
a step ahead of their competition.

Diagnostic Evaluations

DNA Assessment powered by InfoTool
our DNA Assessment is the first diagnostic
evaluation tool ever to identify the keys
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to a business’s productivity, while isolating
the predictive actions leaders can take to
increase their opportunities for success.

The DNA Assessment has the ability to
give each leader a laser-like insight into
the unique DNA of their own culture,
helping them align other leaders and
teams while build organizational focus
around their most important and vital
issues, dynamics and skills necessary to
sustaining a competitive advantage.

Forte Communications Assessment
Provides a comprehensive breakdown of
your communication style as a leader.
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Not only can this assessment help you
to better understand yourself; when
done  in tandem with a Benchmark in-
house Certified Forte Communication
Coach, you learn how to make a greater
impact on others by adjusting your own
style of communication to better
accommodate their preferences.

In knowing your own communication
style, and how it can be modified to
have the biggest impact on those you
work with, you will quickly develop a co-
creating work environment and achieve
outstanding business results.

Who Am I Assessment – Enables you
to more fully understand and thus shape
your communication/leadership style.
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Based on ground breaking work of the
iconic psychiatrist and researcher, Carl
Jung, this assessment assists you in
identifying, embracing and maximizing
your unique, leadership strengths within
one of the 4 key, Who Am I styles:
Thinker, Sensor, Intuitor and Feeler. 

Outcomes

Understanding your communication style
and that of others is vital to your ability
to build healthy thriving relationships
and organizations.

Testimonials

"I would like to thank you for the support
and insight that you have given me in
operating my organizations over the
past seven years. As President and Chief
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Executive Officer of The Monet Group,
Inc. and Yves Saint Laurent, Inc. I
retained your services to aid in
restructuring and strengthening each
organization. In both organizations, your
ability to work with people and achieve
success was strengthened by your frank
and empathetic management style Judy,
I would like to thank you, as Benchmark
Communications guidance has helped to
improve each company

Judy Harrison
CEO
Monet, Inc.

"We at Ferragamo thank you for the
support you provided to one of our high
performing leaders at the time of his
promotion. It seems to have really
helped him to achieve great success in
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the Vice President of Sales role. He has
built a strong team, is an extremely
powerful leader and his division is
currently experiencing huge double-digit
increases over last year and over plan.
In addition, we've begun discussions
about future opportunities for him within
the organization and his long-term
career path with Ferragamo. We thank
you for helping him become so successful
and we look forward to working with you
again on future endeavors. As always, I
personally appreciate your thoughts
and insights …

Amy Zuckerman
EVP Human Resources
Ferragamo Inc. USA

"On behalf of our executive team I
wanted to thank you for helping us
improve our organizational effectiveness
during a time of significant change. You
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served as a teacher, mediator, facilitator
and coach for a diverse management
team, each member of which brought
unique positions and strong egos to the
table. You are not only able to help us
resolve issues that affected their
performance of the entire group, but
were also instrumental in guiding the
careers of individual members. Needless
to say, it has been an extremely
enlightening experience working with
you. I value your professionalism and
understanding of business strategy and
the qualities you bring as a person.
Thank you.”

Cathleen Raffaeli
CEO
ProAct Technologies