Executive Coaching for CEOs
Executive Coaching for CEOs in Vienna: Clarity, Strategy and Confidential Support at the Top
As CEO, you make decisions every day that shape your entire organisation. Whether you are stepping into a new leadership role or seeking fresh perspectives as an experienced board member – – professional executive coaching provides you with the confidential space and strategic support you need. Dr. Judith Girschik, Managing Director of the Leadership Institute Vienna, brings over 15 years of her own C-level experience, ICF PCC certification and 140+ five-star Google reviews to every coaching engagement.
The first 90 days in a new C-level position shape your success for years to come. Executive coaching provides you with expert support in shaping your new role and defining the goals that come with it. Executive coaching gives you a confidential sparring partner who understands boardroom pressure – someone who helps you identify blind spots, sharpen your leadership impact and make better decisions under pressure. Tools individually tailored to your needs help relieve your burden.
This boosts not only your personal motivation, but also that of your employees.
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What Executive Coaching Achieves for You as CEO in Vienna
Executive coaching offers a confidential setting to clarify professional goals, reflect on demanding decisions and shape your leadership role deliberately. The focus is on your specific situation and the next steps in your day-to-day leadership.
Better Decisions Under Pressure
When information is incomplete and different interests compete, careful reflection matters. Coaching gives you space to question assumptions, explore options and clarify your next steps. The decision and responsibility remain yours.
Stronger Leadership Impact
Your impact on your team determines 70% of employee engagement. Coaching sharpens your leadership communication, helps resolve conflicts early and builds the trust that high-performance teams need. Effect size g = 0.59 for self-efficacy and g = 1.29 for goal attainment (meta-analysis, 20 controlled studies).
Who Is Executive Coaching For?
We work exclusively with C-level executives – people who bear responsibility and are committed to investing in their own development.
New CEOs & Managing Directors – The first 90 days are your greatest opportunity and your greatest risk. Coaching accelerates your learning process.
Experienced Board Members – A confidential sparring partner helps you sharpen your strategy and find new energy.
Target Industries
Finance, Insurance, Health, Technology, Universities – and other industries where leadership quality directly impacts business performance.
References & Recommendations from Our Clients:
Positive Effects of Executive Coaching
Ich bin äußerst dankbar für diesen ersten Beratungstermin und habe mich sowohl fachlich als auch persönlich sehr gut begleitet gefühlt. Die Qualität ihrer Arbeit hat bei mir einen nachhaltigen Eindruck hinterlassen. Frau Dr. Girschik kann ich uneingeschränkt empfehlen - insbesondere für Studierende und Forschende, die eine klare Struktur, wissenschaftliche Tiefe und professionelle Begleitung schätzen.
Frau Dr. Girschik hat dabei mit ihrer fachlichen Expertise und klaren, direkten Art überzeugt. Klare Empfehlung!
Ich bin zwar nicht in diesem Land geboren, aber ich lebe und arbeite in Wien seit 8 Jahren und habe meinen Masterabschluss hier gemacht. Bis jetzt habe ich keine unangenehmen Erfahrungen gehabt im Bezug auf meinen Akzent. Der Großteil der Menschen denen ich begegne sind stets freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Ich bin sehr enttäuscht, dass die Dame sich keine Mühe gegeben hat, mich als Kundin zu gewinnen. Ich habe das Gespräch vorzeitig mit einem Gefühl der Verlegenheit, indirekten Ablehnung und großer Enttäuschung beendet.
Absolut empfehlenswert, bin sehr zufrieden und werde weiter zusammenarbeiten .
Bei meiner Zielsetzung hat mir dieser persönlich sehr weitergeholfen.
Eine klare Weiterempfehlung!
Eine klare Weiterempfehlung!
Frau Dr. Girschik hat mir sehr weitergeholfen!
Ich kann Sie nur empfehlen!
Frau Dr. Girschik hat mir sehr weitergeholfen!
Ich kann Sie nur empfehlen!
Sie ist professionell und empathisch. Sie verliert nicht den roten Faden und konnte mir sehr gute Ratschläge zu meiner Zielsetzung geben.
Nochmals vielen Dank!
Frau Dr. Girschik wirkt sehr kompetent und engagiert und man fühlt sich mit seinen Anliegen, die man an sie heranträgt, gut aufgehoben. Der Umgang ist sehr freundlich und deshalb kann ich hier eine klare Weiterempfehlung aussprechen!
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The Positive Effects of Executive Coaching
Executive coaching almost always leads to favourable results in the following areas:
- helps managers develop greater self-efficacy and the willingness to take on more responsibility
- increases employee motivation and engagement
- improves individual performance
- helps identify and develop high-potential employees
- identifies organisational and individual strengths and development opportunities
- motivates and empowers people to deliver outstanding performance
At the corporate level, engaging a business coach shows success in human resource development.
During your executive coaching sessions, you create actionable plans and set the pace at which you want to achieve your goals. An important basis for this is your individual personality profile, which can be created online. Based on your individual strengths, your coach helps you plan and prioritise the approaches and strategies needed to achieve your goals. Your coach is available at regular intervals to discuss your progress.
Coaching shows particularly great success in the following areas:
- Planning, setting and achieving goals
- Increasing work and life satisfaction
- Actively contributing to team and organisational effectiveness
- Taking on more responsibility
- Easier and more productive collaboration (with superiors, colleagues and employees)
- More effective communication
- Greater conflict resolution competence
Coaching in organisational and leadership development is also a valuable tool for HR professionals: 80% of people who use coaching report higher self-confidence; over 70% benefit from improved work performance, better relationships and more effective communication skills. 86% of companies surveyed report that they more than recouped their investment in Coaching.
Coaching provides a valuable space for personal development. Especially when it comes to very personal topics (such as self-confidence and communication), conventional training often achieves little: In the short term, participants may learn new communication strategies that can boost confidence. However, short-term interventions rarely lead to sustainable improvement. The aim should therefore not be just superficial behavioural changes, but rather support for more far-reaching changes in individual thought processes. Executive coaching is often the most effective way to achieve this goal. It typically leads to greater resilience and assertiveness.
Achieving Professional Goals with Executive Coaching
Based on years of experience, a qualified coach helps you identify your goals. Together with you, they create a roadmap to achieve those goals. The external perspective of a professional coach can help managers and entrepreneurs distinguish between short-, medium- and long-term tasks and goals.
Your coach is there to help you focus on the desired end result. They remind you of important tasks and motivate you, when necessary, to continue pursuing your goals. Your coach also acts as a sparring partner and sounding board. When needed, they hold up a mirror to help you recognise potential blind spots.
My monthly executive coaching sessions help me navigate daily leadership challenges. By effectively addressing daily leadership demands, I can refocus on setting and achieving goals. (Heinrich S., Managing Director)
Executive Coaching: Personal and Professional Success
Together with your coach, you clarify your goals and develop a roadmap and action plan. This makes progress visible and gives you a structured way to review your next steps. Executive coaching provides a confidential sounding board for your ideas and challenges, supporting you in pursuing your professional and entrepreneurial goals.
Executive Coaching: In Person in Vienna or Online
Most executive coaching sessions take place in person at our office at Spiegelgasse 21, 1010 Vienna. Individual appointments can also be conducted via video conference if needed – keeping you flexible without compromising on the quality of coaching. Whether in person or online: the coaching process and methodology remain identical.
Further Services of the Leadership Institute
In addition to executive coaching, we offer further specialised services for executives and companies:
Executive Coaching – For board members, managing directors and C-level executives
Career Coaching – For professional reorientation and career planning
Business Mediation – Professional conflict resolution in companies
Potential Analysis – Your personal strengths and personality profile