Case Study: Coaching in a Career-Advancement and Leadership-Development Program for Women Lyne Desormeaux Desormeaux Leadership Consulting, New York, New York, United States This case study describes my experience consulting with an international company on a leadership-development and career-advancement program for women. It aims to highlight the decision-making process that I applied while designing and conducting the coaching element of the program and to share best practice implications for coaching in such programs. I begin by describing the program’s goal and the coaching request. Next, I consider the critical aspects of the coaching element; in doing this, I will highlight the challenges I faced and the choices I made. Then I report on the program’s outcomes, offer recom- mendations for organizations conducting similar diversity efforts, and make suggestions about what consultants who provide coaching in such programs should pay particular attention to. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of limitations and a summary of lessons learned. Keywords: coaching, leadership development, career advancement, diversity, executive education There are far fewer women in senior leadership roles than men. Many organizations are addressing the discrepancy and doing so in a myriad of ways. In 2019, a Fortune 500 global financial services firm piloted a career- advancement and leadership-development program to help address the situation in their organization. I was asked to consult on the design and implementation of the coaching component of the program. This case study will examine the decision-making process that I undertook to design and This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers. This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly. This article was published Online First April 6, 2023. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lyne Desormeaux, Desormeaux Leadership Consulting, 217 E. 70th Street #842, New York, NY 10021, United States. Email: lyne@desormeauxconsulting.com 127 Psychology of Leaders and Leadership © 2023 American Psychological Association 2023, Vol. 26, No. 2, 127–147 ISSN: 2769-6863 https://doi.org/10.1037/mgr0000140