SOLUTION OVERVIEW

High-Speed
ExecutiveDevelopment
Proactive executive coachingexperience to accelerate
success and avoid common
executive pitfalls.

SOLUTION:YOUR VALUE:

Pressure PointTM
Development

Address the potential risks
and costs of executive failure
with proactive coaching to help
executives succeed faster.

VALUE TOLEADERS:
Executives find their key
pressure points and learn
to avoid the pitfalls ahead,
helping them find clarity andreduce stress.

“I didn’t have a true senseof the executive culture andhow to thrive and succeed.
This helped me understandthe top priorities of my role.”
Executive participant

WITH PRESSURE POINT DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES CAN:

Anticipate
Complexities
Executives learn to see what’s
coming their way and how toavoid the pitfalls ahead.

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SucceedFasterCoaches are laser focusedon rapidly helping new orsoon-to-be executives hit the
ground running.

Build
Resilience

Improve
Self-Awareness

Executives understand how
to overcome the key pressure
points that cause them tostruggle.

Executives gain deep insight
into themselves, their capability,
what they need to do to develop
executive effectiveness, andtheir future at your company.

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SOLUTION OVERVIEWSOLUTION AT A GLANCE

Four Forces of Executive Pressure

Personalized for Each Executive
An individual development plan with actionable next steps
prepares executives to overcome specific challenges.
Anchored on Research
DDI’s framework of the Four Forces of Executive Pressure andlibrary of common pitfalls are based on decades of assessing
and developing executives worldwide.
Focused and Efficient
Uniquely designed for emerging or early executives tocomplete within 6 to 8 weeks.
Structured Yet Flexible
Executives and HR teams have full visibility of the process
and output, with options to enhance with cohort-based
experiences and additional coaching sessions.
World-Class Coaches
A mix of current or former executives, organizational psychologists,
and business consultants, our coaches have deep experience
providing objective feedback and guidance to drive performance.

HOW IT WORKS

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Program Launch
A DDI coach meetswith the participant’s
manager to discussrole expectations,challenges, motivations,and aspirations.

Personal Assessment
and Reflection
An overview andself-assessment helps
the participant tounderstand thechallenges andcomplexities of seniorroles.

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Three Pressure PointSessions
Coach and participant
engage in a structured,individualized, reflection
on the pressures that theparticipant currently faces
and will face. Together,
they identify likely pitfalls
and create a plan fordevelopment priorities.

LEAF IndividualDevelopment Plan
The coach andparticipant build
Learning targets,
Experience needs,
Application plans, andcritical Feedback tosustain progress.

Debrief
The participant reviews
development priorities
and next steps from theLEAF Plan with theirmanager.

Examples of Common Executive Pitfalls
Tactical Obsession
Remaining overly involved in operationalor tactical activities

Passive Politics
Accepting partnerships at face value, without effort
to anticipate and positively influence stakeholders

Symptoms:• Involvement in “everything”• Lack of initiative from team players• Private frustration among strongest players• Erosion of team capability• Overload; fatigue

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