1:1 Executive Coaching
Confidential sessions over about six months, with clear goals and a development plan built together with the leader's manager. Common focus areas include team dynamics, navigating complexity, influence and presence.
Executive Coaching & Leader Development
Helping ambitious, high-performing people become effective, confident leaders in a changing world.
C3 Growth Partners coaches high-potential leaders and first-time executives stepping into bigger roles against a backdrop of rapid change in their organizations, markets and industries.
- Columbia University certified executive coach
- MBA, Harvard Business School
- Operating and advisory experience at LinkedIn, Lemonade, ALT and Jefferies
Our purpose
Leading a team and a business demands different skills than doing the work itself, and today's leaders have to build them while the world around them changes.
Stepping into a bigger role means navigating two kinds of change at once. We partner with high-performing individuals through that transition, when habits are forming and support makes the biggest difference.
Change within
The personal shift: new habits, a new relationship to authority, and leading through others instead of doing the work yourself.
Change around
The shifting system: new teams and stakeholders, reorganizations, evolving markets and technology that reshapes how work gets done.
Who we coach
High-potential and newly promoted leaders stepping into larger roles
How we work
Behavioral, results-focused coaching that stays confidential for the leader
What we bring
Finance and high-growth tech operating experience; formal executive and organizational coach training and certification
Our services
Practical, action‑oriented coaching
Three ways to work together, on their own or combined.
Assessments & 360 Feedback
360-degree feedback from peers, direct reports and stakeholders, with optional personality assessments including Myers‑Briggs. It gives a clear, data-driven view of how a leader is performing and where to focus.
Leadership Intensive
An 8–12 week engagement built around one specific moment: a new team, a reorganization, a challenging client, or another defined leadership challenge. It builds steadiness quickly when more is being asked of a leader.
Who we work with
Leaders in demanding, fast‑moving organizations
Sectors
- Finance & investment firms
- Law firms
- Global consumer & technology brands
- Growth-stage PE- & VC-backed organizations
Roles
- Newly promoted partners
- General counsel
- First-time executive team members
- Top performers moving into team leadership
Who we are
Isabel Canter
Executive Coach & Founder
Isabel started her career in finance before moving into operating roles in high-growth tech, where change is a constant. She held operating roles at LinkedIn during its $26B acquisition by Microsoft, at Lemonade during its $1.5B IPO, and at a venture-backed company during a $300M debt and equity raise.
Working alongside leaders through rapid growth, uncertainty and major transitions gave her a close view of what it takes to lead well when the ground is moving. She founded C3 Growth Partners after completing graduate-level executive coach training at Columbia University, and now helps leaders across industries lead effectively through change.
Operating and advisory experience: LinkedIn · Lemonade · ALT · Jefferies
Education & training
- MBAHarvard Business School
- BA EconomicsUniversity of Pennsylvania
- Executive Coaching CertificationColumbia University
- Myers-BriggsCertified Practitioner
- Growth EdgeDevelopmental Coaching
Get in touch
Start a conversation
Tell us a little about where you are and what you're working through, whether that's your own next step or a group of leaders in your organization. The first step is a 30-minute conversation.
Thank you.
Your inquiry has been received. Isabel will reply within a couple of days.
FAQ
Common questions
What does a coaching session look like?
Sessions are typically 50 minutes over video, weekly to every other week. They are shaped around where the leader is and what is happening at work, not a fixed curriculum.
How long do engagements run?
1:1 coaching usually runs about six months. Leadership Intensives are shorter and scoped up front, usually 8–12 weeks around a specific transition.
Is coaching confidential? What does the organization see?
Coaching conversations are confidential. For organization-sponsored engagements, reporting boundaries are agreed with the sponsor up front. Sponsors see progress and themes, never the content of sessions.
Do you coach remotely?
Most coaching happens over video, with clients across time zones.
Do you work with organizations as well as individuals?
Yes. Organizations often bring C3 in for newly promoted leaders, a cohort of first-time managers, or a high-potential leader at a critical moment. The coaching approach is the same; the structure is designed around your people and timing.
How do we get started?
Send an inquiry with a bit of context. The first step is a 30-minute conversation about what you're facing and whether coaching could help.