John Alexander

Career/Life Coaching

John Alexander is President and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership, an international, nonprofit educational institution devoted to research and teaching in leadership and leadership development. As a participant in the Center's coaching network, John gives feedback in the Center's flagship Leadership Development Program and periodically serves as a coach to senior executives.

Coaching Approach:

John Alexander and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) specialize in coaching that concentrates on leadership and personal development. It is feedback-intensive, behaviorally focused, and results oriented. It can stand alone or be integrated into a larger developmental initiative, either as a one-to-one experience or in group or team settings. CCL devotes most of its attention to two aspects of coaching-the overall process and the actual content and conduct of the coaching sessions.

The Center for Creative Leadership has developed a core framework of coaching that provides a helpful structure while allowing the infinite diversity of coaching experiences to unfold. The framework consists of three elements: the relationship between coach and coachee, a leader development model, and a results orientation.

Lasting behavioral change, though important, is not the only positive result. Surveys and interviews do not often capture the sometimes profound insights that coachees gain about their long-term career goals, personal development goals, and individual learning styles.