The Coaching Approach
How you lead under pressure matters as much as what you know.
Leadership isn't just skill. The way you make decisions, communicate, handle pressure and respond when things don't go to plan is shaped by patterns you may not always be aware of.
Climb Up coaching combines practical leadership work with deeper self-awareness, so we're not just working on what you do differently, but what drives the way you lead in the first place.
That's the foundation of our coaching approach.
How the Work Is structured
Two elements. One coaching approach.
Every coaching engagement combines practical coaching with the Energy Leadership Index (ELI), giving us both a baseline for how you currently lead and a framework for understanding what may be driving it.
01 Executive Coaching
We work on the leadership challenges you're dealing with in real time - decisions, communication, accountability, confidence, influence and how you operate under pressure.
The work goes beyond solving the immediate problem. We look at the patterns underneath it so you can recognize them earlier and respond more deliberately.
02 The Energy Leadership™ Index (ELI)
The ELI is a research-backed attitudinal assessment that looks at how you tend to think and respond in everyday situations and under stress.
Unlike a personality assessment, it isn't designed to tell you "what type of person you are." It gives us a baseline for identifying patterns that may be helping or limiting how you lead.
The difference between your normal results and your results under stress is often where the most useful coaching work begins.
Most assessments tell you who you are.
The ELI helps you understand how you show up.
The ELI measures attitudinal patterns rather than personality traits. That matters because these patterns aren't fixed. They can be recognized, challenged and changed.
The assessment takes approximately 20 minutes and is followed by a 90-minute 1:1 debrief where we explore your results in the context of your actual leadership challenges.
1 - Complete the online assessment
Approximately 20 minutes, completed online
2 - Receive your results
A personalized view of your patterns in normal conditions under stress.
3 - 90-minute debrief
We explore what the results mean in the context of how you actually lead.
4 - Use it in the coaching
The framework gives us a shared language for identifying patterns and tracking change.
Where This fits
The ELI is primarily used as part of our coaching engagements, but it can also be used independently or within leadership development programs.
Leadership Teams & Cohorts:
The framework can be incorporated into leadership development and cohort programs to create shared language around how leaders respond, communicate and operate under pressure.
Standalone ELI & Debrief:
The assessment and 90-minute debrief can also be completed independently for leaders who want greater insight into their leadership patterns before committing to a longer coaching engagement.
Individual Executive Coaching:
The ELI is included at the beginning of individual coaching engagements, giving us a baseline before the deeper coaching work begins.
Interested in working together?
Whether you're exploring coaching for yourself or leadership development across an organization, we can start with a conversation about what you're trying to achieve.
No pitch deck. No hard sell. Just a conversation about what's happening and where we might be able to help.
“I worked with Jenni and it was an incredibly valuable experience. She introduced me to the Energy Leadership Index in a way that was clear, practical, and easy to apply to my thinking and decision-making. What stood out most was her ability to ask thought-provoking questions that challenged my thinking, while creating a supportive space to reflect. That made the insights far more meaningful.
Each session focused on clear actions and outcomes, building accountability and momentum. I left every conversation with a stronger sense of direction and practical steps I could apply immediately. I’d highly recommend Jenni to anyone looking for a coach who is insightful, supportive, and results-oriented”
- Kirstie, Founder of KT Training | Coaching Client