on value
is coaching worth it when I'm already performing?
You were promoted for being excellent at the last job. The new one is run through other people. Coaching is where you learn that trade before a quarter teaches it for you — more expensively.
coaching for the newly promoted · highland beach, fl
they promoted you for the work. so why does leading the work feel like a trade you were never taught?
Nestor Advisory is a one-on-one executive coaching practice for directors and VPs in their first eighteen months at a new altitude. We treat leadership the way a maker treats a craft — learned slowly, by hand, one engagement at a time.
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what we practice
three disciplines, held to one standard
No frameworks sold by the pound. Each engagement is built around the person in the chair and the people who depend on them — assessed honestly, shaped over time, and finished when the work is sound.
01
one-on-one executive coaching
A six-month engagement of fortnightly sessions with the same principal from first call to last. We work the real material — the decision you keep postponing, the room you lose, the direct report you cannot reach — not a syllabus.
02
360-degree feedback assessments
Confidential interviews and instruments gathered from chair, peers and direct reports, then read back to you in a single sitting. You leave with an unvarnished portrait and three things worth changing — not thirty.
03
leadership transition programs
A structured first-120-days program for the newly promoted: who to meet, what to decide early, and what to leave alone. Built so your first quarter sets the tone rather than spends it.
before you commit
the questions directors actually ask us
on time
how long is an engagement?
Coaching runs six months, fortnightly. A 360° takes about three weeks end to end. The transition program spans your first 120 days. We do not sell endless retainers.
on who
who will I actually work with?
The principal who takes your first call is the one in every session and the one who reads back your 360°. Your story is held by one set of hands, start to finish.
on the 360°
what happens in a 360 assessment?
We interview the people around you under confidentiality, pair it with a validated instrument, then sit with you to read the whole portrait aloud. Themes, not scorecards.
on discretion
will my employer or team know?
Nothing leaves the room without your word. When a sponsor funds the work, we agree the boundaries of what's shared before the first session — in writing.
on fit
what if it isn't the right match?
Every engagement opens with a fit conversation at no charge. If we're not the right bench for you, we'll say so and point you somewhere better. Craft only works on the right piece.
the engagements
priced per engagement, not per hour watched
the reading
360° feedback assessment
$3,200 / one assessment
A clear-eyed portrait of how you lead, drawn from the people around you.
- Up to 10 confidential interviews
- Validated leadership instrument
- 90-minute read-back session
- A written three-theme summary
the bench
one-on-one executive coaching
$12,600 / six-month engagement
The core of the practice — your own coach, fortnightly, for half a year of real work.
- 12 fortnightly 1:1 sessions
- Between-session notes & prompts
- One short-notice call per month
- A mid-point 360° pulse included
the passage
leadership transition program
$24,800 / first 120 days
For the just-promoted director or VP — a guided passage through the first quarter that decides the rest.
- Entry 360° & stakeholder map
- Weekly sessions through 120 days
- First-quarter decision plan
- Close-out review with your sponsor
bespoke
team & sponsor engagements
by quote
Cohorts of newly promoted leaders, or work scoped with HR and sponsors. Shaped to the brief, not a catalogue.
- Scoped to your leadership bench
- Agreed confidentiality boundaries
- Fixed-fee per engagement
how the work is built
the shape of an engagement
1:1
one principal
The same coach in every session, from fit call to close.
360°
a full view
Chair, peers and direct reports — read back in one sitting.
120
first days
The window a transition program is built to protect.
6
months on the bench
Fortnightly sessions — long enough for habits to set.
how an engagement unfolds
slow-made, step by step
01
the fit conversation
A no-charge call to hear what you're carrying and decide, both ways, whether this is the right bench for the work. Honest if it isn't.
02
the reading
We gather the 360° — interviews and instrument — and read the portrait back to you, naming the few themes that actually matter.
03
the work
Fortnightly or weekly sessions on live material: the decisions, the rooms, the people. Practised between sessions, refined in them.
04
the close
A review of what changed and what holds without us. We finish when the work is sound — not when a retainer renews.
a title is handed to you in an afternoon. the craft of leading is taken up over years — one honest conversation at a time.
choose an engagementstarting out
four steps from first call to first session
you reach out
Call or email and tell us the role you've just stepped into.
the fit call
A 30-minute conversation, no charge, to test the match.
scope & terms
We agree the engagement, confidentiality and fixed fee in writing.
first session
Usually within two weeks — the work begins in earnest.
book a fit conversation
let's see if this is your bench
Call (561) 927-7021 or write to newbusiness@joinnestoradvisory.com.
3015 S Ocean Blvd Apt 7C, Highland Beach, FL 33487 — point me toward the office
Hours: Daily 9:30am–4:30pm