Managing Director, Executive Coaching

Overview

Fulchester Consultants is seeking a senior leader to establish, guide, and expand an executive coaching practice tailored for founders, senior executives, and leadership teams operating in dynamic and demanding environments. This position melds high-level executive coaching with leadership advisory, business development, and engagement with senior stakeholders, requiring a strong ability to foster trust at the highest organizational levels, facilitate impactful coaching, and enhance both the commercial viability and delivery excellence of a premium leadership service.

Role Purpose

Senior leaders today face significant challenges such as navigating uncertainty, aligning diverse teams amidst complexity, and driving change without organizational disruption. This role addresses these challenges by providing a reliable coaching partnership that comprehends leadership pressures, organizational dynamics, quality decision-making, and execution realities. The primary objective is to enhance leadership effectiveness, strengthen executive decision-making, and foster cohesive leadership performance through targeted coaching and counsel.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct the vision and strategic growth of the executive coaching practice.
• Provide personalized executive coaching to founders, senior executives, and leadership teams.
• Offer advisory services focused on leadership development, decision-making processes, executive alignment, and organizational transformation.
• Develop and refine coaching and leadership advisory offerings that meet client requirements.
• Build and nurture trusted, high-trust relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Engage in proposal development, solution formulation, and business development initiatives selectively.
• Maintain rigorous standards for coaching quality, customer experience, and consistent service delivery.
• Support commercial positioning through clear market strategies and proposition innovation.
• Identify opportunities to integrate digital solutions or AI-powered leadership tools to enhance executive effectiveness appropriately.
• Contribute to thought leadership, premium client materials, and initiatives aimed at growing the practice.

Beneficiaries

• Founders dealing with growth and complexity challenges.
• CEOs and executive teams managing high-pressure decisions.
• Senior leaders steering transformative initiatives.
• Organizations aiming to boost leadership coherence and execution discipline.

Success Indicators

• High trust levels and repeat engagements in executive coaching.
• Visible leadership improvements among clients.
• A commercially strong, well-positioned coaching practice.
• Consistently high standards in coaching and advisory services.
• Clear, replicable coaching offers that effectively address senior leadership challenges.

Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience in executive coaching, leadership advisory, organizational consulting, or a related senior field.
• Proven ability to coach founders, senior leaders, or C-suite stakeholders.
• Competency in operating credibly within complex, trust-dependent advisory settings.
• Experience aiding leadership decision-making, boosting executive performance, or managing organizational change.
• Commercial insight and skill in contributing to practice growth through consultative professionalism.
• Excellent judgment, communication, presence, and stakeholder management abilities.
• A methodical, ethical coaching approach guided by evidence and best practices.

Additional Preferred Experience

• Backgrounds involving executive coaching, leadership development, transformation advisory, or organizational consulting.
• Experience supporting founders or scale-up leadership initiatives.
• Roles entailing significant people leadership, change management, governance, or leadership operating frameworks.
• Integration of digital tools, analytics, or AI-enhanced leadership approaches is an advantage but not mandatory.

Why Join Us

This role provides a unique opportunity to lead a premier executive coaching practice with substantial influence over its positioning, quality standards, client impact, stakeholder relationships, and strategic future. It is ideal for professionals who want to combine executive coaching with strategic advisory while enjoying credibility, autonomy, and the capacity to shape leadership support offerings.

Equal Opportunity

Fulchester Consultants is dedicated to equal opportunity employment and nurturing an inclusive work environment. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged, with all candidates evaluated based on skills, experiences, and role-relevant capabilities.