As an executive coach, Cristian Hofmann works with CEOs, executive board members, boards of directors and senior leadership teams in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Over 20 years he has coached more than 1,500 leaders. His approach is Measurable Leadership Growth: The people you work with every day assess your leadership impact at the start and at the end of the engagement.
An executive coach is a sparring partner for leaders at the top of an organisation. The work is about your own leadership impact: How decisions are made, how a leadership body works together and how your environment perceives you.
Typical occasions are the move into a first executive board role, a significantly larger area of responsibility, stakeholder feedback that differs from your own view, decisions under pressure and collaboration on the executive board or the board of directors. For leaders below executive board level there is leadership coaching. Why successful top managers work with a coach: Top management coaching.
“I show top executives how to focus on the values and actions that matter for effective and authentic leadership.” Cristian Hofmann
Every engagement follows four steps. They start and end with the judgement of your stakeholders.
1. First conversation and contracting. You clarify concerns, goals and fit. If the company pays for the coaching, the assignment can be agreed jointly with HR or the board, including confidentiality rules.
2. Stakeholder survey. Superiors, peers and direct reports describe your leadership impact. Depending on the question, the Global Leadership Assessment GLA360, the Hogan 360 assessment or the SCOAP profile is used. The free Empowering Leadership Tool gives a first impression.
3. Coaching over six to twelve months. You work on a few clearly agreed development goals, following Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching (MGSCC). Between sessions you put actions into practice and ask your environment for feedback.
4. Measurement. At the end, the same people as at the start assess whether your leadership impact has changed.
The impact of executive coaching shows in the judgement of the people you work with. That is why, with Cristian Hofmann, an agreed part of the fee is tied to improvement confirmed by stakeholders (Pay-for-Results). This is the HOFMANN.coach impact guarantee.
Cristian Hofmann holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Supervision and Coaching in Organisations from the Institute of Applied Psychology at ZHAW and is a BSO-recognised coach and supervisor. He is certified in Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching (MGSCC), licensed for GLA360, Hogan 360 and SCOAP, and a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). More about him: Cristian Hofmann, methods and focus areas: Expertise.
Before his coaching practice he led people and leadership development at UBS, Swissport, KPMG and IWC. Cristian Hofmann is a Forbes contributor and a former member of Forbes Coaches Council, an ‘invitation only’ community for leading business and career coaches. He is also a lecturer at Swiss universities of applied sciences.
Two independent editorial teams list Cristian Hofmann among the top executive coaches in Zurich: Top 10 Coaches (2023) and Influence Digest (2021). How the lists were compiled: Top Executive Coach in Zurich: Two lists and 7 criteria. What clients say: Testimonials and references.
Sessions take place at his own coaching office at Dufourstrasse 77 in Zurich (Seefeld), at Fronwagplatz 8 in Schaffhausen, at the further locations in Basel and St. Gallen or online, in German or English. On request, Cristian Hofmann comes to your company. Offices and directions: Executive Coaching Zurich and Business Coaching Schaffhausen.
The fee depends on scope, duration and objectives of the engagement and is set out in a written proposal after the first conversation. The website shows no prices because engagements at the top level vary widely. An agreed part of the fee is tied to improvement confirmed by stakeholders (Pay-for-Results).
By a university degree in coaching, membership in a professional body such as BSO or ICF, certified instruments for measuring leadership impact, personal leadership experience and references at executive board level. A coach who promises impact should also have it measured. In detail: 7 criteria for choosing an executive coach
A mentor passes on their own experience and advises from their career. An executive coach works with your goals and your environment: They ask questions, gather feedback from stakeholders and make change measurable. Both can complement each other. For a targeted change in your own leadership impact, coaching is the better fit.
In four steps: First conversation and contracting, stakeholder survey, coaching over six to twelve months with feedback from your environment, and at the end a new assessment by the same people.
Cristian Hofmann supports leaders who join an executive board or a board of directors for the first time, in Zurich, Schaffhausen and online. The focus is on the first months: Clarifying the role, gathering stakeholder expectations and building impact in the leadership body.
Often, yes. Many companies fund executive coaching as leadership development. On request, Cristian Hofmann agrees the assignment jointly with HR or the board, including confidentiality rules.
Content stays between coach and client, including towards the employer who pays for it. What is reported back to the sponsor is agreed jointly at the start.
Find out in a first conversation whether executive coaching suits you, in Zurich, Schaffhausen or online: Get in touch or call +41 79 284 28 28.
Global Gurus 2023: Ranked first in the category Coaching Development Program.
Empowering Executives
Empowering Executives
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more
