Case Study: Global Multimedia Company boosts leadership development with Sounding Board coaching

Global Multimedia Company - Customer Case Study

Global Multimedia Company, a large global media organization headquartered in New York City, partnered with Sounding Board to pilot a customized leadership coaching program for team leaders across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. The company wanted a scalable way to coach leaders against its key leadership capabilities, track individual progress, measure business impact, and extend leadership development beyond the coaching experience.

Sounding Board delivered a customized coaching solution built around six targeted leadership capabilities, using its technology platform, coach matching model, biweekly coaching sessions, and manager alignment calls. The pilot achieved an 84% completion rate, a 95% coach-matching success rate, and an 87% coach satisfaction rate; 92% of coachees and 68% of managers said the program improved the targeted leadership areas, while 84% of coachees reported better alignment with their managers. Sounding Board also helped the customer measure progress by leader, region, and pilot group for the first time, and the program led to additional coaching engagements.