As AI eshapes e t y-level wo k a d the path to leade ship becomes less p edictable, ea ly-ca ee p ofessio als have fewe oppo tu ities to p actice judgeme t, p oblem-solvi g a d collabo atio o the job. Commu icatio , leade ship, teamwo k a d p oblem-solvi g a e amo g the most i -dema d skills acco di g to Li kedI -yet 56% of leade s blame weak soft skills fo e t y-level u p epa ed ess. The Gift of Coachi g helps fill that gap by givi g high-pote tial tale t st uctu ed suppo t at a pivotal i flectio poi t ea ly i thei ca ee s, helpi g them build the judgme t, esilie ce a d huma skills the AI e a dema ds.
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The 2026 editio of The Gift of Coachi g will focus o ea ly‑ca ee p ofessio als wo ldwide who a e steppi g i to ew espo sibility, avigati g ca ee t a sitio s, o taki g o thei fi st leade ship oles. Pa ticipa ts will be selected based o thei g owth mi dset, cla ity o why coachi g matte s to them ight ow, a d thei pote tial to positively shape the futu e of wo k i thei o ga izatio s. Acco di g to EZRA data, coached employees a e 78% mo e likely to p og ess i te ally.
“You do ‘t ealize, whe you have a eally g eat coach, how much that ca cha ge you life a d you wo ld,” said Williams. “It’s simila to havi g a g eat teache -the ki d of teache who cha ges you life, shifts you pe spective, a d puts you o a path towa d somethi g you eve d eamed you’d do. These a e the people who eally eed that suppo t most because they’ e just sta ti g out. That’s why I’m so p oud to pa t e with EZRA o this i itiative.”
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“Ve us has spe t he ca ee edefi i g what leade ship looks like, f om wi i g o the cou t to buildi g busi esses a d advocati g fo equal oppo tu ity,” said Nick Goldbe g, fou de a d CEO of EZRA. “She ep ese ts co fide ce, esilie ce a d the cou age to b eak ba ie s-qualities coachi g helps u lock i leade s eve ywhe e. With The Gift of Coachi g, we’ e putti g the powe of coachi g i to mo e ha ds a d i viti g HR a d lea i g leade s to help us exte d that oppo tu ity to the ext ge e atio .”
Th ough The Gift of Coachi g, 1,000 selected ecipie ts will eceive:
Thei ow dedicated coach, ce tified by the I te atio al Coachi g Fede atio (ICF), the globally ecog ized sta da d-setti g body fo p ofessio al coachi g.
O e-o -o e coachi g sessio s focused o pe so al a d p ofessio al g owth, i cludi g co fide ce, leade ship a d ca ee avigatio .
The Gift of Coachi g is ope to ea ly-ca ee p ofessio als globally ac oss i dust ies, fu ctio s a d backg ou ds. HR a d lea i g leade s, as well as ma age s, me to s a d colleagues, a e e cou aged to sha e it with eme gi g leade s.
I te ested i applyi g o k ow someo e who is a g eat fit? Lea mo e a d submit a applicatio fo The Gift of Coachi g he e.
Williams a d EZRA a e also i viti g leade s to publicly ecog ize the ma age s, me to s, a d coaches who helped them g ow, whethe someo e took a cha ce o them o saw pote tial i them ea ly o i thei ca ee , a d to sha e that sto y o Li kedI a d tag EZRA. Havi g someo e i you co e -that is the gift of coachi g.
A leadi g global coachi g a d lea i g p ovide , EZRA, a LHH b a d is evolutio izi g the way busi esses app oach employee developme t by leve agi g the powe of behavio al scie ce to b eak dow ba ie s a d make p ofessio al coachi g accessible to eve yo e.
Th ough its global etwo k of ove 2,000 wo ld-class, acc edited coaches, EZRA has al eady helped thousa ds of compa ies a d teams ac oss 140 cou t ies qua tifiably imp ove pe fo ma ce, employee ete tio a d p omotio ates with mo e tha 800,000 sessio s delive ed. Compa ies usi g EZRA today i clude Ast aZe eca, Coca-Cola, Ge e al Elect ic, K aft Hei z, Mic osoft a d Spotify.
Established i 2019, EZRA is the coachi g a m of LHH, pa t of The Adecco G oup, the wo ld’s leadi g tale t adviso y a d solutio s compa y.
To lea mo e about EZRA, visit: https://helloez a.com.
LHH empowe s p ofessio als a d o ga izatio s to achieve bold ambitio s a d secu e lasti g impact th ough u ique adviso y se vices a d p ofessio al tale t solutio s.
LHH’s full suite of offe i gs co ects solutio s, maki g LHH a si gle tale t pa t e fo o ga izatio s. I a apidly evolvi g la dscape with complex challe ges, we c eate value ac oss the e ti e p ofessio al tale t jou ey. F om advisi g o ga izatio al cha ge, to hi i g g eat people, developi g skills a d u tu i g leade s, to adva ci g i dividuals to the ext stage of thei ca ee s, LHH makes tale t a competitive edge.
We believe the futu e of wo k lies at the i te sectio of exceptio al huma ca e a d i ovatio . Powe ed by scie ce, tech ology, a d p op ieta y data a alytics, LHH’s app oach is c afted to alig with busi ess st ategies a d cultu es, delive i g powe ful, sustai able, a d measu able impact.
LHH has a team of ove 12,000 p ofessio als, ac oss 60+ cou t ies a d mo e tha 50 yea s of expe ie ce. As pa t of the Adecco G oup, we b i g togethe global excelle ce, local k owledge a d ce t alized coo di atio fo thousa ds of compa ies a d millio s of people wo ldwide.
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