Leadership Development Coaching
As you progress in your career, success and performance depend less on what you know—and more on how you lead.
Your mindset, your presence, your ability to create clarity and inspire others. These form the foundation of leadership.
Work with 360° Coaching to strengthen your foundation. This is the work that determines whether strong performers become trusted, effective leaders.
You’ve already proven yourself — with grit, instinct, and follow-through. You’ve landed the roles. Earned the trust. Checked the boxes.
It’s time to grow, but you feel stuck.
What’s holding you back?
You’ve seen it before. Capable professionals repeat the same development goals year after year — “I need to delegate more,” “I need to communicate better” — and nothing really changes.
It’s not a motivation problem.
It’s not a knowledge problem.
The reality is that willpower alone doesn’t rewire behavior.
The pressure is different now. The stakes are higher. And the leadership you’re being called into requires more than trying harder.
That’s where leadership development becomes imperative—and where most programs fall short.
At 360° Coaching, we go beneath the surface. We help leaders:
Understand the protective instincts behind stuck patterns
Practice new ways of showing up in high-stakes situations
Develop the emotional agility and awareness to lead effectively
Leadership development with 360° Coaching is structured, personal, and grounded in the real-world demands of leadership.
Go beyond goal-setting. Create lasting change⇒.
Work With a Coach Who Gets It — and Gets You
Led by Ellen Lindsey, LCSW — a certified leadership coach, experienced therapist, founder, and former COO — this program blends deep self-awareness with strategy, stretch, and real-world accountability.
We serve professionals across Austin and Central Texas — with a preference for onsite engagement and a readiness to travel when needed.
“I continue to employ her advice and insights in both my business and personal life. Ellen is also just a joy to be around!”
~ Founder and President of a Global Design Consulting Business
Call me. I look forward to getting to know you and exploring what your development efforts might bring.
The Leadership Development Process:
From Insight to Behavior Change
Sustainable leadership development doesn’t come from insight alone.
It comes from understanding your patterns, choosing a meaningful focus, and practicing new ways of leading in real situations.
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We begin with a 360 Review to establish a clear, behavior-based baseline.
This process gathers feedback from people all around you. The data gives you a volume and quality of information you’ll never get in a typical performance review.
Using insights gleaned from this data, we explore the internal beliefs and patterns shaping your current leadership style — including the ones that now need to shift.
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The “gap” is the space between where you are — and where you want to grow.
We proceed by identifying your One Big Thing — a professional development goal that, if achieved, would create meaningful change for you and visible value for your team or group.
Aspirational goals are useless without a step-by-step way to reach them.
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Next, we move into structured exploration and experimentation on the road to transformation.
Through coaching conversations, targeted reflection, and real-world “stretch” experiments, you’ll begin to see how your internal operating system shapes your external behavior.
Together, we’ll examine specific leadership scenarios and test new ways of showing up — with honest feedback, safe accountability, and support.
This is where real rewiring happens: outdated habits loosen, new patterns take root, and you begin to lead with more intention and impact.
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With new awareness and behavior change taking hold, we focus on solidifying your transformation.
We’ll revisit your One Big Thing and reflect on the mindset shifts, habits, and leadership choices that have moved you forward. Together, we’ll co-create a sustainability plan that keeps your growth alive long after coaching ends.
The result? A leadership presence that’s more flexible, grounded, and effective — ready for whatever challenge comes next.
This is how development becomes durable—not dependent on coaching.
Curious how this process would apply to your current role or challenge?
First, we get a BASELINE to understand how you currently lead—your patterns, instincts, and impact. This is where the work begins.
With greater self-awareness—recognizing motivations, habits, and blind spots—we can map a development path that’s realistic and meaningful.
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There are limits to insight alone. From there, we clarify VISION. With accurate feedback in hand, we define what stronger leadership looks like for you in real situations.
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Then comes EXPERIMENTATION. We focus on small, reachable shifts—testing new responses, expanding capacity, and practicing adaptive mindsets under real pressure.
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Finally, we REINFORCE what works. New ways of leading are repeated, refined, and integrated—so growth lasts beyond the coaching engagement.
Leadership sounds like…
Developing in leadership means expanding your capacity to meet the demands of greater responsibility and increasing complexity. This is the core of leadership development—not just new skills, but new ways of navigating pressure, people, and actions.
How can you tell when someone’s capacity is growing? You can hear it in the way they speak and respond.
You see a greater tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. You’ll notice less reactivity, more intentional choice in responding.They will be able to honor competing demands without falling apart. And, through that, there is more nuanced, less black-and-white, thinking.
Leaders who are expanding their internal capacity are oriented toward learning from and empowering others. Here’s what that sounds like:
CLARITY
“I understand how my behavior is impacting others.”
“Let’s focus on what’s within our control right now.”
“This conflict isn’t just about the task...”
COURAGE
“I’ve been avoiding a tough conversation. But it’s important to address.”
“I’m willing to challenge this, even if it’s uncomfortable.”
“I have a different perspective, but I’m very curious to learn from yours.”
RESPONSIBILITY
“I helped create this dynamic—and I can help change it.”
“I’ll take responsibility for my part in this breakdown.”
“I’m not waiting to be rescued. I’m ready to show initiative.”
PURPOSE
“I know what really matters—and I prioritize that even under pressure.”
“This decision needs to reflect our long-term values, not just short-term gain.”
“I’m here to serve the growth of my team, not just the bottom line.”
By developing
self-awareness,
emotional intelligence,
and a growth mindset,
leaders can create environments
where CREATIVITY REIGNS
and organizations can
SWIFTLY RESPOND to emerging challenges.
What You’ll Walk Away With
Leadership development with 360° Coaching gives you more than insight — it gives you traction.
A stronger mindset and leadership style.
Equipped with a personalized growth plan built around your unique strengths and patterns — and a way of leading others that people will feel.
Clarity, presence, and self-trust.
You’ll show up with more steadiness, make better decisions, and lead through uncertainty with confidence.
Practical tools you’ll actually use.
From self-assessment strategies to thought-experiment models, you’ll have usable frameworks to apply right away.
A growth outlook for the road ahead.
You’ll stop avoiding challenge — and start using it to expand your capacity and impact.
360° Coaching helps you build the self-awareness, emotional agility, and leadership mindset that make the difference — executive coaching and leadership development services for leaders, teams, and organizations in Central Texas.
And the ripple effects? They go beyond the office — into your relationships, your family, your sense of self.
Where high-performers get stuck
These aren’t signs of failure. They’re signals. And if you’re ready to listen, they can lead to real transformation.
You’re smart. Driven. Capable. But even the best leaders hit limits. And most of the time, it’s not a skill gap — it’s mindset, pressure, or invisible patterns getting in the way.
These are common inflection points as responsibility increases and leadership becomes more complex. Sound familiar?
Imposter Syndrome
▸ Even high achievers wrestle with quiet self-doubt that slows them down.
Burnout & Leadership Fatigue
▸ When the output is constant, you can lose connection to purpose.
Pressure Without Support
▸ It’s lonely at the top, and you’re craving real connection, not just performance reviews.
Plateaus or Lack of Fulfillment
▸ You’ve “made it,” but you’re not feeling it.
Conflict & Misalignment
▸ The team, the work, the direction — this isn’t working!
Who is this for?
Founders and Entrepreneurs ready to stop white-knuckling and start leading with presence
Licensed Professionals and Leaders at a plateau — unsure what’s next, but certain it’s time
New VPs or Managers craving feedback and the leadership development no one’s ever given them
Burned-out Executives searching for clarity, meaning, and renewed momentum
Whether you're preparing for a board seat, growing into a CEO role, or just ready to break the cycle — this work is for you.