The world has been drastically affected by the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19). The transition process to the new business reality can be extremely challenging to navigate and is one where executive coaching may benefit both the individual and the organization. The workshop draws on the conclusions from a systematic review of 21 empirical studies on executive coaching outcomes in the workplace focusing on implications for business practice during challenges inherent in organizational change. It presents the commonly reported executive coaching positive effects to illustrate the executive coaching impact on behaviors and skills related to leading, managing, and finding strategies for coping with challenging situations. Our findings suggests that executive coaching is an effective intervention that helps manager improving their self-management and control through planning, enhancing reflection and the overall self-awareness, developing their leadership and managerial skills, leveling up confidence and well-being and facilitating goal attainment and better connectedness. Based on these findings the workshop incorporates few executive coaching strategies which may be facilitated by both coaches through coaching sessions and leaders through coaching-based leadership style within organizations, possible challenges to this strategies adoption and the means by which these may be overcome. This one hour workshop helps participants to understand and improve their coaching practice and skills for enhancing their performance. Participants will leave equipped with a new set of knowledge and skills that enable them to engage more effectively in a coaching conversation and to deal with uncertainty. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to apply the learning and to create an action plan to help them use their coaching skills efficiently.
