The transition will define you before you define the role.
Every executive transition has a window — roughly 90 to 180 days — where the organization decides who you are. We coach leaders through that window so the transition becomes a launchpad, not a trap.
Every leadership transition follows a predictable arc. We coach the four areas where newly transitioned executives are most likely to stumble — and where getting it right compounds for years.
Leadership transition coaching is a structured engagement designed for the critical early phase of a new executive role. Unlike general executive coaching, it focuses specifically on the transition moment — the identity shift, stakeholder mapping, early-win strategy, and executive onboarding that determine whether a leader succeeds or stalls in their new position.
The ideal time to start is between accepting the role and your first day, or as early as possible in the new role. The transition window is finite — the organization forms an opinion about you early, and that opinion is difficult to change. Starting coaching before or during this window gives you the highest leverage on your long-term success.
Regular executive coaching focuses on ongoing development in your current role. Transition coaching is time-bound and focused on the specific challenges of moving between levels — the identity shift, stakeholder mapping, political landscape navigation, early-win identification, and avoiding the career-limiting mistakes that happen in the first 180 days.
The most common mistakes are moving too fast before understanding the political landscape, relying on the same skills that earned the promotion, trying to prove yourself through operational wins instead of strategic positioning, failing to build peer relationships at the new level, and not renegotiating your identity from the person who does the work to the person who sets direction.
Leadership transition coaching at Stratos ranges from $2,995 for a focused 5-session engagement to $5,999 for a full 12-session engagement covering the complete transition arc. Ongoing advisory retainers are available at $3,500 per month. Most transition clients choose the 12-session engagement to cover the full first 180 days.
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