New leadership Coaching
Your best performer just became your most expensive leadership problem.
The Leadership Excel Program gives newly promoted and developing managers the structure and 1:1 coaching to close the gap and gives you the pre/post data to justify the investment to your C-suite.
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True North Executive Coaching has worked with an array of organizations, including Fortune 100 Organizations, Nonprofits and Startups
The promotion trap
Someone is exceptional at their job. You promote them. Six months later, their team is struggling: escalations are landing on your desk, talent is leaving and the person you promoted is micromanaging because nobody taught them anything different.
The replacement cost for a failed leadership transition: 50–200% of annual salary. It never appears on a single report but it’s in your turnover numbers, your engagement scores, and your exit interviews.
The problem isn't the person. It's the gap between what got them promoted and what the role requires.
Featured Program
Leadership Development Program
Fortune 100 Companies
Nonprofit associations
Start up Organizations
Key Outcomes at a Glance
100%
Of leaders, across the board, indicated that the program was very beneficial at making them a better leader
2/3
Or 69% of leaders indicated it significantly impacted their leadership effectiveness
3/4
Or 75% of leaders indicated that the one-on-one coaching contributed significantly to their ffectiveness
In their own words
“It broke me down and built me back up stronger. Thank you.”
“I can’t recommend the program more. For me, the one on one sessions were worth their weight in gold.”
“I really enjoyed these sessions. They were thought provoking, providing more than their share of “ah ha” moments.”
Who this program is for
Organizations developing their leaders through every stage of the journey.
Mara Benner partners with HR Directors, People Ops leaders, and CHROs at pivotal moments in their organizations. Her approach blends the rigor of business consulting with the depth of executive coaching and personal development work.
Depending on what their teams or organizations need, Mara draws on an array of tools and techniques to meet each engagement where it is.
Greater responsibility
Supporting organizations through leadership transitions, when new or expanded roles require structured development to match the scope of the position
Organizational complexity
Navigating complex dynamics, shifting priorities, or
high-stakes change.
Recalibration
Partnering with organizations reassessing how their leaders lead, realigning leadership culture with values, performance, and long-term wellbeing.
The Leadership Excel Program
9 Modules · 1:1 Coaching · 100% Virtual · Leader SIMple Goals Pre/Post Assessment · Written Impact Report
Leadership
Excel
Build leaders who can actually lead people
Key Benefits
Reduce the escalations that shouldn’t reach your desk. Participants learn how to manage relationships, define roles clearly, and communicate with stakeholders at every level. The situations that currently travel upward start getting resolved closer to where they start.
Align your managers to the culture you’re building. The program develops a personal leadership framework grounded in core values so your leaders understand why they lead the way they do, and make hiring and team decisions that reinforce your organizational goals rather than work against them.
Develop managers who grow their people, not just direct them. Participants learn real coaching skills, how to differentiate feedback from recognition, how to meet individuals where they are, and how to develop the people under them. The result shows in engagement scores and succession readiness.
Invest in leaders who hold up under pressure. The program builds emotional intelligence and self-regulation, not as soft skills, but as operational competencies. Leaders who manage their own reactions make better decisions, have fewer team conflicts, and generate fewer HR interventions.
Create communicators who manage up as well as they manage down. Participants learn to adapt their style to the situation, whether that means influencing senior leadership, navigating peer dynamics, or addressing performance issues directly. Tone and nonverbal presence are part of the work.
Build the self-awareness that prevents small problems from becoming yours. Leaders who understand their own patterns course-correct before issues escalate. The program uses real leadership experiences as the material, not hypotheticals, so the development is immediately applicable.
Produce leaders who sustain their performance over time.
Participants complete the program with the work-life integration
practices that support long-term effectiveness. Not a
post-training spike that disappears in 90 days. A foundation
they carry into the next role, and the one after that.
Create communicators who manage up as well as they manage down. Participants learn to adapt their style to the situation, whether that means influencing senior leadership, navigating peer dynamics, or addressing performance issues directly. Tone and nonverbal presence are part of the work.
Build the self-awareness that prevents small problems from becoming yours. Leaders who understand their own patterns course-correct before issues escalate. The program uses real leadership experiences as the material, not hypotheticals, so the development is immediately applicable.
Produce leaders who sustain their performance over time. Participants complete the program with the work-life integration practices that support long-term effectiveness. Not a post-training spike that disappears in 90 days. A foundation they carry into the next role, and the one after that.
Executive and Leadership Coach
25+ years experience
Mara has had a deep passion for supporting individuals in achieving personal and professional success. Her background includes over 25 years in leadership roles for corporate and nonprofit organizations. She spent 15 years at the corporate level reporting to the CEO of a national healthcare company, and has been a successful entrepreneur and advocate for healthcare policy change. Mara is also working with the GW Center for Integrative Medicine where a key focus for her is performance and wellbeing. She has received training in areas such as mindfulness, meditation, emotional intelligence, homeostasis and more to support the whole person.
Build leaders who can actually lead people
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