Programs & engagements

Ways we can work together

Whether I'm working with one leader or a whole company, every engagement includes the same four things: self-awareness, practical tools, a peer community, and practice applying what you learn to the situations in front of you.

Team & Org Coaching

Leadership teams

Assessments

Hogan & more

Executive Coaching

One-to-one

Leadership Journeys

Cohort programs

Team & Org

Team & Org Coaching

We start with a discovery phase that includes one-to-one interviews, stakeholder perspectives, assessment data, and your own engagement and retention numbers. I bring all of it together into one description of how the team works together.

From there, we work in three stages. First, I help people feel able to be honest with each other. Then the team has the conversations it has been avoiding. Finally, we build the habits that keep the changes in place after I step away, because I want to leave behind a team that can keep coaching itself.

What you can expect

  • I coach the team as a whole, not just the individuals on it
  • Interviews, assessments, and your own people data are brought together in one description of the team
  • We talk about what's working, what's stuck, and what's been left unsaid
  • We build trust first, so the harder conversations can happen and the changes last
Assessments

What a Hogan profile can tell you, and what to do with it

On its own, a Hogan profile is a set of scores. It becomes useful when someone goes through the results with you and connects them to the role, the culture, and the decision you are making. That is what I do, whether you are hiring an executive, developing a leader, or trying to understand how a team works together.

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For selection & search

When you are making a hiring decision, I work with executive search firms and hiring leaders to interpret a candidate's profile in context: how the person is likely to lead, where they may struggle under pressure, and how they would fit your culture. You receive a written summary and a conversation about it, so you can make the decision with the evidence in front of you.

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For development & coaching

For a leader who wants to grow, Hogan is one of the best starting points for self-awareness I know. I go through what your results say, directly and with care, and then we turn them into a development plan built around the behaviors that matter most in your role.

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For teams

When a leadership team looks at its profiles together, it can see how the mix of personalities and values affects how the team collaborates, makes decisions, and communicates. We finish with specific commitments about how to lead better together, written in the team's own words.

Common ways we work together: partnering with executive search on final-stage candidates; onboarding & integration coaching for newly hired or promoted leaders (typically 3–6 months); a team workshop on how your leaders' profiles shape the way you work together; and development for high-potential leaders preparing for bigger roles.
Why I use Hogan

A quick walk-through

Why I use Hogan — the assessment I rely on most with the leaders I coach. It measures your reputation, not your self-image — the impression you make on the people around you. Hogan looks at you from three angles: HPI (bright side), HDS (dark side), and MVPI (values). The dark side (HDS) is what sets Hogan apart — how strengths get overused under stress. Built on research, not vibes — 50-plus years of validation and hundreds of studies. Behavior, not a fixed type — Hogan describes patterns you can work with and change. Curious what your reputation says? Let's talk — Adrienne Kortas, Kortas Coaching & Consulting.

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1:1

Executive Coaching

One-to-one coaching for senior leaders who want to grow without losing themselves in the process. We start by gathering evidence: interviews with the people around you, observation where it helps, and assessments such as Hogan, the Leadership Circle Profile, and the Enneagram.

From there, we work on the specific behaviors that will make the biggest difference in how you lead. I tell you directly what I see, and I stay with you while you decide what to do about it. The goal is a leader who keeps developing after our work ends, not a tidy report.

What sets it apart

  • Evidence-based: interviews, observation, and validated assessments
  • Behavior-focused, not personality labels
  • Confidential, candid, and supportive
  • Typically a multi-month engagement with regular sessions
KCC Leadership Journeys Suite

Develop confident leaders at every level

The suite is a set of multi-session programs that follow the same structure and are tailored to a specific level and audience. A company can run one on its own, or run several together so that leaders from emerging managers to the C-suite share the same language. Each can be designed for a women-focused cohort or a mixed group.

Emerging leaders

RISE

High-potential individual contributors and new or soon-to-be people leaders.

What it builds

Foundational people-leadership skills, confidence in giving feedback and having the core conversations, and a clear sense of how you want to lead from the start.

Signature elements: a kickoff retreat; interactive sessions on self-awareness and confidence; practical tools for 1:1s, feedback, boundaries, and managing time and priorities; senior-leader panels.
Mid-level leaders

Accelerator

High-potential mid-level leaders on track for broader scope and more senior roles.

What it builds

A clearer leadership identity, stronger coaching, feedback, and conflict skills, more cross-functional influence, and readiness for the next level of responsibility.

Signature elements: a multi-month cohort; Enneagram and values work; modules on leading others and navigating the wider organization; scenario practice tied to current challenges; a cross-functional peer network.
Senior women leaders

THRIVE

Senior women leaders at the VP/SVP level in fast-paced, client-facing environments.

What it builds

A clear leadership voice, skill and ease in high-stakes conversations, and a shift from constant firefighting to leading strategically, which supports both retention and advancement.

Signature elements: a multi-session program; self-awareness and brand-equity work; tools for difficult conversations, negotiation, and scaling yourself; a cross-organization community and curated dinners.

Adrienne is one of a kind. I feel like a transformed leader.

Participant, Women's Leadership Program
C-suite & exec teams

Executive Team Integration
& Culture Reset

C-suite and senior leadership teams in high-growth or rapidly changing organizations.

What it builds

Alignment on purpose, strategy, and how the team leads together; clearer cultural norms and decision-making expectations; and the trust it takes to have productive conflict at the top.

Signature elements: pre-work interviews and diagnostics; leadership offsites; real-case decision and conflict work; a co-created leadership charter and team norms; follow-up sessions to keep the alignment in place.
What the cohorts say

Programs that participants rate, and recommend

Participants in recent leadership cohorts rated the programs at the top of the scale, and 94% said they would recommend them to a peer.

5.0/5
Facilitator effectiveness, recent cohorts
9.8–10
Net Promoter Score across programs
94%
Would recommend the program to a peer

Aggregated from recent women's-leadership, emerging-leader, and executive-team program surveys.

Getting teams to vocalize and clearly articulate what they believe in is an art form, and Adrienne has perfected it. Thanks for all your help in getting us aligned and moving on this journey.

COO, Technology Startup

I truly might have been out the door, had it not been for this program.

Participant, Women's Leadership Program

Adrienne is an awesome facilitator and leadership coach. She's not from the company, so she gives plenty of real-world examples and applications.

Participant, Emerging Leaders Program
Research & perspective

Weighing an MBA, an EMBA, or a coach?

A short read on what each option costs and what it returns, whether your organization is paying or you are. Not everyone here is looking for leadership development, but if this is your decision, it is worth five minutes.

Read the study →
Groups & events

Facilitation & Speaking

I design and lead workshops, moderate panels, and speak on the themes I care most about: culture and values, the manager as coach, and leading well through complexity and change. People tell me the sessions are useful because they leave with something they can use right away, instead of notes they never reopen.

Topics I'm asked for

  • Culture and values
  • Manager as coach
  • Leading through complexity and change
  • Keynotes, workshops, and panel moderation

Not sure which fits?

Tell me what you are working on, and I will recommend the engagement that fits.