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4 min

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Blogs

Professional woman making her case to her manager across a desk with a one-page document, on getting your company to pay for executive coaching

How to Get Your Company to Pay for Executive Coaching

Andreas PetterssonJuly 18, 2026

Want to get your company to pay for executive coaching? A former CEO who approved those budgets shares the pitch, the email template, and the one-pager.

Covers: Why Companies Pay for Executive Coaching, The Five Windows When Approval Gets Easier and The Email That Gets It Funded

A clear glass cube laser-etched with '7x' beside a small brass weight on a concrete surface, symbolizing the measured return on investment from executive coaching

Executive Coaching ROI and Statistics: What the Research Actually Shows (2026)

Andreas PetterssonJuly 18, 2026

Executive coaching ROI and statistics for 2026: where 788% and 7x really come from, what meta-analyses show, and the industry numbers, with sources.

Covers: Where the famous executive coaching ROI numbers come from, What peer-reviewed research shows about coaching effectiveness and Executive coaching industry statistics for 2026

Manager gesturing while coaching a focused executive with arms crossed in a glass-walled office, illustrating a one-on-one meeting that grows people

One on One Meetings That Grow People, Not Task Lists

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

One on one meetings shouldn't be status theater. Get the 5/15 agenda and five growth questions that turn your 1:1s into your team's growth engine.

Covers: Why most one on one meetings fail, The 5/15/Rest agenda for one on one meetings and Five one on one meeting questions that grow people

Diverse team collaborating around a round table with laptops and sticky-note plans in a creative office, illustrating executive presence in action

What Is Executive Presence? The Operator’s Definition

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

What is executive presence? A former Canon CEO defines it from the inside: perception, outcome-first communication, and how to stay in the room.

Covers: The executive presence definition, operator’s version, The over-explaining trap (curiosity beats self-promotion) and Executive presence examples: what it looks like live

Dark-wood executive library wall lined with leather-bound books with one title spotlighted, evoking a curated executive-presence reading list

Best Books on Executive Presence: An Honest Shelf

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

Which executive presence book is worth your time? A CEO coach's honest shelf: Machiavelli, the Stoics, Hewlett read fairly, my own, and the ones to skip.

Covers: How I judge an executive presence book, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. Robertson

Confident businesswoman in a suit standing at a glass boardroom table with a night city skyline behind her, projecting executive presence

Executive Presence for Women: Without Asking Permission

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

Executive presence for women, from the coach who wrote Power Without Permission: the unfair reality, the always-challenge rule, and a real client playbook.

Covers: The unfair part, said plainly, Why executive presence for women starts with self-perception and Always challenge. Never predictably.

Two businessmen in suits smiling and shaking hands in a modern glass office, representing an executive presence coaching partnership

Executive Presence Coaching: What It Costs and Who Actually Needs It

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

Executive presence coaching explained by a coach who runs it: what the market charges, the six-month process, how to vet a coach, and who should skip it.

Covers: What executive presence coaching actually is (and isn’t), Who hires an executive presence coach and What executive presence coaching costs in 2026

Composed executive in a suit sitting alone at a boardroom table with calm authority, illustrating strong executive presence

How to Develop Executive Presence (Exercises Included)

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

How to develop executive presence: the exercises I run with real executives, the Middle-Manager Detox, and the plateau rule that gets people fired.

Covers: Why most advice on how to develop executive presence fails, The Middle-Manager Detox and Kill the politics on day one

Two business leaders in suits sitting across a table in a focused one-on-one meeting, dramatic low-key lighting

The One-on-One Meeting: The Complete Guide for Leaders

Andreas PetterssonJuly 11, 2026

What a one-on-one meeting is actually for: growing people, not collecting status. A CEO's complete system, with the 17-direct-reports story and templates.

Covers: What Is a One-on-One Meeting? (And What It Isn’t), The Purpose of One-on-One Meetings: Grow People, Grow the Company and The Doctrine: No Status Reporting in the One-on-One Meeting