Step into the C-Suite: How Executive & Leadership Coaching Opens New Doors

Coach Clients At The Highest-Level With Specializing in Corporate Leadership Coaching

If you’re a certified life or spiritual coach looking to grow your impact and income, executive and leadership coaching may be a powerful next step. In today’s evolving business world, leaders and teams are turning to coaches not just to solve problems—but to drive growth, navigate change, and lead with clarity.

Adding this specialty to your toolkit allows you to serve corporate clients and high-level professionals who are seeking guidance across a range of modern workplace challenges.

Why Add Executive and Leadership Coaching to Your Practice?

Coaches trained in this specialty work with professionals navigating complex leadership demands: managing people, leading through change, improving performance, and aligning with a fast-paced, global workforce. These leaders are often looking for support with:

• Improving team communication and collaboration

• Enhancing employee performance

• Building or sustaining positive company culture

• Navigating remote work and global business operations

• Supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) initiatives

• Advancing careers or handling transitions like mergers and acquisitions

• Maintaining focus during personal challenges

By offering coaching in these areas, you can provide meaningful support while stepping into high-value coaching engagements.

Potential Job Titles and Coaching Opportunities

Professionals with executive and leadership coaching certification may pursue a variety of roles, including:

• Executive Coach

• Leadership Coach

• Organizational Coach

• Performance Coach

• Corporate or Business Coach

• Leadership Development Consultant

• Talent Development Coach

• Career Advancement Coach

• Team and Culture Coach

These roles can exist within corporations, consulting firms, or private practice settings. Many coaches also partner with organizations on a contract basis to support leadership development initiatives.

What You’ll Learn

Life Purpose Institute’s Executive and Leadership Coaching Certification is a specialty course that builds on your foundational coaching skills. It explores 12 key leadership coaching areas and teaches how to apply five core coaching tools in a corporate context. You’ll also learn how to:

• Navigate the logistics of corporate coaching agreements

• Market your services to businesses

• Understand workplace dynamics, including generational diversity and global business culture

This course is designed to support certified coaches in confidently entering the executive and leadership space without re-covering foundational content.

Meet Your Instructor: Leah Grant, MCC, CMC

The course is led by Leah Grant—Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), and Training Director at Life Purpose Institute.

Leah brings nearly two decades of coaching experience, specializing in service-based business owners and high-level executives. She is one of the top coaches working with financial advisors and advisory teams in the U.S. through her collaboration with ClientWise LLC. Her corporate coaching clients include professionals from Google, Disney, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Northwestern Mutual.

In addition to her MCC and CMC credentials, Leah is a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and NLP Practitioner. Her coaching blends strategic leadership development with holistic approaches such as meditation, communication techniques, and mindset work. Students praise her Socratic teaching style, intuitive insight, and deep understanding of both personal and professional growth.

Course Format and Requirements

The program includes:

• A 3-day live virtual training

• Two follow-up sessions for peer session feedback and exam prep

• A comprehensive course manual filled with tools and templates

• An online exam

• Certification as a Certified Executive and Leadership Coach

Prerequisite: You must be currently enrolled in or have completed a 60-hour foundational program in Life or Spiritual Coaching from Life Purpose Institute or another ICF-accredited program.

Is Executive and Leadership Coaching Right for You?

If you’re looking to coach beyond the individual and into the world of organizations, this certification offers a direct path. It’s ideal for coaches who want to expand their niche, support professionals at the top of their game, and step into a growing field where coaching makes a measurable difference.

To explore whether this path fits your goals, Life Purpose Institute offers free consultations. You can also call 858-484-3400 to discuss payment plans or create a customized training package.

Fern Gorin, P.C.C., L.M.F.T. is the founder and Director of Life Purpose Institute. Life Purpose Institute teaches Life Coach Certification Programs and Spiritual Coach Certification Programs to students worldwide. 

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