Intelligent Leadership®:
Transformative Growth for Exceptional Leaders
Unlock Your Leadership Potential with Executive Coaching
Transform yourself into a leader who inspires, empowers, and drives lasting results. With Intelligent Leadership® coaching, you’ll gain the tools to unlock your full potential, lead with authenticity, and create a culture of innovation and success that stands the test of time.
Why Choose Intelligent Leadership® Coaching?
Growth doesn’t happen by accident—it’s intentional. Aligned with International Coaching Federation (ICF) standards,
Intelligent Leadership® (IL) coaching is a proven, results-driven framework designed to:
Leadership Impact Guaranteed
100% of participants experience significant leadership growth within six months or more of IL coaching.
Unlock Your Full Leadership Potential
Empower yourself to break self-imposed limitations and unlock your full potential as a leader.
Empowered Team Innovation
Equip yourself with the tools and strategies to create innovative, high-performing teams.
The IL Process and Philosophy
What is Intelligent Leadership®?
Intelligent Leadership® (IL) is a transformational philosophy developed by John Mattone, the world’s top executive coach. It is a comprehensive framework developed to help exceptional individuals break through self-imposed limitations and unlock their full potential.
It focuses on igniting the Inner Core, cultivating the Outer Core, and activating the 4 A’s.
Altruism
Genuine care for others' well-being.
Affiliation
Building meaningful relationships and connections.
Achievement
Striving for excellence and results.
Abundance
Fostering positivity and limitless opportunities.
How Does It Work?
Intelligent Leadership® transforms leaders from the inside out, ensuring lasting impact.
| Differentiating Factors | Traditional Leadership | Intelligent Leadership® |
|---|---|---|
|
Vision vs Goals |
Focuses on short-term goals. |
Envisions long-term success and sustainability. |
|
Control vs. Empowerment |
Uses micromanagement or autocratic styles. |
Empowers teams and avoids micromanagement. |
|
Immediate Results vs Long-term Impact |
Prioritizes immediate outcomes |
Ensures lasting impact beyond current tenure |
|
Self-awareness and Emotional Intelligence |
Often lacks emphasis on emotional intelligence |
Know themselves deeply and lead authentically |
“IL Coaching is about delivering results. 100% of executives who experience IL Coaching for a minimum of 6 months or longer improve their leadership impact. This is the IL Guarantee.”
- John Mattone
Tools for Success:
Mattone Leadership Enneagram Inventory (MLEI)
MLEI helps a person chart their own (or someone else’s) thinking patterns, emotional make-up and feelings, and provides an accurate picture of someone’s overall inner-core maturity.
Unlock Your Inner Core with the MLEI Assessment
The Mattone Leadership Enneagram Inventory (MLEI) is the same tool John Mattone used to coach the late Steve Jobs. This powerful assessment reveals:
- Your unique thinking patterns
- Emotional makeup and decision-making tendencies
- The maturity of your Inner Core
By mastering self-awareness, you’ll uncover the true power of your leadership potential.
The Intelligent Leader Benefits
Leaders who embrace Intelligent Leadership® experience:
Boosted Job Satisfaction
Engage teams and drive success.
Sharper Leadership Intelligence
Make confident and balanced decisions.
Stronger Emotional Intelligence
Build supportive workplace culture.
Fostering Sustainable Innovation
Inspire creativity and lasting change.
Clearer Communication Skills
Minimise misunderstandings and save time.
Creating a Lasting Impact
Lead with purpose and leave a legacy.
The Pioneer of Intelligent Leadership®
About John Mattone
John Mattone is a globally recognised executive coach, thought leader, and pioneer of the Intelligent Leadership® movement. His credentials include:
- Former coach to Steve Jobs, PepsiCo executives, and top government leaders.
- Creator of the #1 Executive Coaching Certification Program
- Bestselling author of 5 leadership books, including "The Intelligent Leader"
- World's #1 coaching authority ranking by Globalgurus.org —2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024
- Doctor of Philosophy , Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
John’s innovative techniques have empowered thousands of leaders to ignite their potential and achieve extraordinary results.
Master Coach & Director ILOA Coaching Solutions
About Puja Talesara Bhandari
Globally recognized leadership coach endorsed by John Mattone, Puja empowers leaders with transformational coaching and cultural versatility, driving excellence worldwide.
- Endorsed by John Mattone (former coach to Steve Jobs) as one of the top 10 executive coaches under 45 worldwide, celebrated for her ability to inspire and drive leadership growth.
- Global Goodwill Ambassador, ranked among Asia's top 30 LinkedIn influencers, and recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award in education and learning.
- Director of the Intelligent Leadership Online Academy (ILOA), delivering transformational coaching programs to leaders worldwide.
- A trusted leader with cultural and professional versatility, empowering organizations across diverse geographies with expertise in executive and workplace coaching.
Coaching Tailored to Your Leadership Goals
Choose the programme that fits your needs:
Group Coaching:
4-day live onsite coaching workshop
led by Master IL Coach.
10-week IL Online Academy (ILOA) with response coaching.
1-on-1 Coaching
Up to 10 sessions or 6–12 months of personalised coaching.
Exclusive CEO Coaching with John Mattone or comprehensive leadership coaching with Certified IL Coaches.
10 -week IL Online Academy (ILOA) Modules for Leadership Success
Through 10 focused modules, participants will learn to embrace change, craft a compelling vision, build self-awareness, foster resilience, and make meaningful connections.
Learning Objective: Possessing a mindset of courage will help you to be more open to change, transformation and disruption in all areas of your life. In addition, your ability to role model and lead others to better handle change is ignited from the courage they see in you.
- The predictive algorithm that determines your success as a leader and person.
- How to “look inside” and find the evidence you need to be courageous.
Learning Objective: Having a mindset of thinking different, bigger and better is the fuel you need to be bolder, more creative, more innovative, and more impactful as a leader and person.
- The journey of leadership is not about you—it’s about others; the ultimate measure of your leadership success will be the extent to which you have positively touched the hearts, minds and souls of others.
- What you want to do and become in your life is not sufficient. You need to be crystal clear on the vision of the leader and person you must become.
Learning Objective: Being self-aware—accurately seeing yourself the way others see you, is the foundational key to creating a leadership development plan (i.e., your personal prescription) that is targeted, accurate and actionable focused on leveraging your gifts and addressing your gaps.
- Your inner-core strength (i.e., self-concept, thoughts, emotions, values, character) will determine your outer-core success.
- “Prescription before diagnosis” is malpractice in medicine but also in the world of leadership and personal growth.
Learning Objective: Making the decision to be vulnerable—being open to feedback from others is the key to growth as a person and leader. People who create this positive habit, enjoy extraordinary success in their personal and professional lives. The “vulnerability decision” is also the seed of innovation and creativity.
- How to ask for feedback from those around you and how to thank them.
- How to share your plan for growth—your Individual Leadership Development Plan (ILDP) with others.
Learning Objective: The mindset of slowing down and engaging in deep, quiet thought, taking time for reading, reflecting, internalizing, and learning how to “take stock” of both the great things you did as a person and leader as well as where you fell short—at the end of every single day, is perhaps the strongest ignitor to positive change as a leader and person.
- Learn how to “unplug”
- Reflection exercise to create your Reflection Habit.
Learning Objective: Having a mindset that enables you to focus on the fewer value-add activities as opposed to constantly adding more and more to your to-do list, is critical to your success as a leader. Distraction is your enemy. Distraction will derail your gifts and success personally and professionally and is the root cause of why many organizations ultimately fail.
- Learn how to say “no”
- Learn how to focus and delegate
Learning Objective: Having a long-term mindset in a world that demands immediate results, instant gratification, and the pressure to perform and deliver results, is the key to creating the toughness and resilience you will need to combat the inevitable set-back’s, ups and downs, and pain that comes with the world of immediacy. You must be resilient for your team to see it and value it for themselves individually and collectively.
- Long-term goals exercise
- Positive habits you will need to create long-term success
Learning Objective: Being self-aware—accurately seeing yourself the way others see you, is the foundationa
Learning Objective: Finding your glow happens when you are in tune with your inner-core and expressing through positive leadership behaviors the real gifts and beauty of your soul. Your presence as a leader is based on the words you express, how you deliver those words, what you look like as you deliver those words, even what you don’t say. Your reputation—which can make or break you as a leader, comes from the quality of your presence. In turn, your presence comes from finding your glow.
- How mentors and coaches can help you find and ignite your glow
- Find your glow exercise
l key to creating a leadership development plan (i.e., your personal prescription) that is targeted, accurate and actionable focused on leveraging your gifts and addressing your gaps.
- Your inner-core strength (i.e., self-concept, thoughts, emotions, values, character) will determine your outer-core success.
- “Prescription before diagnosis” is malpractice in medicine but also in the world of leadership and personal growth.
Learning Objective: Having an accepting mindset that enables you to think about and ask yourself some of the most important questions you must find answers to along your journey of life and leadership, will determine your success, even your legacy, as a leader and person. Getting clear on your personal “constitution” will give you clarity and focus on what your true differentiators are as a leader and person and what makes you unique. Great people—great leaders touch others through their positive uniqueness.
- Core purpose exercise
- What brings you happiness and feeling of abundance
Learning Objective: Becoming great as a person and leader doesn’t magically happen. It starts with your decision to be great—to stand-out, to add tremendous value, to be unique, to be a trailblazer, to be a role model to others, to help others make their own decision to be great. Becoming great in any pursuit comes from a craving desire and deep belief that greatness can, will and must happen. If you think these things you will fail. If you deeply believe, you will succeed.
- Finding your deep belief that you can, will and must make a difference
- Making the decision to be great—start today
Real Stories, Real Transformations
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