Make clearer decisions
Bring your toughest leadership situations into focus and turn complexity into clear priorities.
Executive coaching · The 90-day sprint
Executive coaching with Mark Murphy. Your next 90 days.
A focused executive coaching sprint with Mark Murphy. Get clear on your most important leadership challenges, put practical tools to work, and build changes your team can see.
Book a strategy callComplimentary. A conversation about your goals and whether the sprint is a fit.
Founder, Leadership IQResearch into practice.
Insight into action.
90 daysA focused coaching engagement
Research-ledPractical frameworks for real challenges
A clear review pointTake stock of your progress in week 12
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Individual focus. Practical change.
What is executive coaching?
Executive coaching is a focused development process that helps senior leaders examine how they make decisions, communicate, and work with others. It connects insight and feedback to specific changes in leadership behavior.
With Mark Murphy, the work takes the form of a 90-day, one-to-one coaching sprint. Bring a recurring leadership challenge: a decision that keeps reopening, a team that depends on you for every answer, or an important conversation that is not producing the change you need. Together, you identify a practical focus and review how your approach develops.
The goal is to make your leadership more effective in the situations you actually face. Our leadership blind spots research offers a starting point for examining the gap between intention and impact.
Start with what matters
What would stronger leadership make possible?
The sprint starts with your situation. Together, we identify the changes that can make the biggest difference to how you lead.
Strengthen your influence
Understand how others experience your leadership and sharpen the way you communicate.
Build a more aligned team
Address the behaviors getting in the way of accountability, collaboration, and performance.
Step into your next chapter
Build effective leadership habits as you take on a bigger role or lead through change.
How the sprint works
A clear focus. Practical action. A defined review.
The 12-week structure keeps the work connected to the leadership challenges you face now.
Start with clarity
A 90-minute strategic intake
Examine your situation, surface blind spots, and establish the priorities that will guide your coaching.
Put insight to work
Tools for the challenges in front of you
Apply research-backed frameworks, including the FIRE Model and Team Players, to your decisions, communication, and team dynamics.
Review and build on progress
A structured review in week 12
Document what has shifted and leave with a concrete plan to continue developing your leadership.
Explore your priorities
Find the right coaching focus.
Compare coaching costs
Understand fees, package scope, and the questions to ask before committing.
Executive presence
Make your judgment clearer and stay effective when challenged.
CEO coaching
Work on enterprise decisions, delegation, and executive-team accountability.
Executive transitions
Clarify expectations and establish leadership habits in a new role.
Choose an executive coach
Evaluate the approach, working relationship, and engagement scope.
Executive communication
Prepare clearer recommendations and lead difficult conversations.
Coaching topics & goals
Turn a recurring leadership problem into an observable goal.
Executive vs. life coaching
Match the kind of coaching to the change you want to make.
The client perspective
What leaders say about working with Mark.
“Mark Murphy is the most outstanding executive coach I know. He understands complex leadership situations, distills them into clear priorities, and provides practical guidance that creates meaningful improvement. He brings fresh insight, direct feedback, and deep executive experience that challenges your thinking and sharpens your focus.”
Dennis Hoffman
Founder & CEO
Engage USA
“Mark Murphy has a rare ability to help CEOs see their leadership with greater clarity. His coaching is insightful, direct, and highly practical, with a strong focus on improving performance and executive effectiveness. He quickly gets to the heart of the matter and identifies the behaviors that unlock better results.”
Robin Hafitz
Founder/CEO
Open Mind Strategy, LLC
“Mark Murphy brings a level of insight and clarity that is difficult to find. He quickly surfaces the real issues affecting performance, communication, decision-making, and leadership effectiveness. His coaching is direct, practical, and grounded in the realities CEOs face when leading teams, making decisions, and driving stronger organizational results.”
Dan Perrin
President
National Seniors Policy Center
Who the sprint is for
Senior leaders at an important moment.
C-suite & presidents
Navigate complex decisions, board dynamics, and organizational change with candid, practical guidance.
VPs & senior directors
Strengthen cross-functional influence and develop the leadership behaviors your next level demands.
Newly appointed executives
Establish effective leadership patterns early as you build relationships and set direction in a new role.
Your executive coach
Research-backed insight. Direct, practical guidance.
Mark Murphy, founder of Leadership IQ, brings original research on more than 1,000,000 leaders and the frameworks behind seven bestselling leadership books to the coaching conversation.
The focus is practical: understanding what is happening in your leadership, deciding what to do differently, and putting that insight to work.
Watch Mark explain the coaching approach
The coaching engagement
A focused executive coaching package.
Your coach is Mark Murphy. The sprint includes a 90-minute strategic intake, practical work on your leadership priorities, and a structured progress review in week 12.
Quote after the strategy call. The call is complimentary. We discuss your situation and whether the sprint fits, then provide a quote. Confirm your session schedule and full engagement scope before deciding.
For a detailed buying guide, see executive coaching cost: how to compare fees and packages.
A few practical questions
Before we talk.
What does executive coaching cost?
Quote after the strategy call. We discuss your goals and fit, then provide a quote for the engagement. The initial conversation is complimentary. Our executive coaching cost guide explains what to compare.
What happens on the strategy call?
We’ll discuss your situation, what you would like to change, and whether the 90-day sprint is a fit. If it is, we’ll map out what your engagement could look like. The call is complimentary.
How is the coaching tailored to me?
The engagement begins with a 90-minute strategic intake. Your priorities guide how we apply Leadership IQ’s research and frameworks to the challenges you face.
How will we review progress?
Week 12 includes a structured progress review to document what has shifted and create a concrete plan for continued development.
Let’s talk about your next 90 days
Start with your goals.
Explore what’s possible.
Choose a time for your complimentary strategy call. We’ll talk through your situation and see whether the sprint is the right next step.
Can’t see a time? Open the scheduling calendar.