Leadership & Executive
Coaching
An organization cannot grow any faster than the people
in it grow. The comfort zone is the
failure zone for any business or individual. A leader's personal and
professional growth is especially critical.
No one can effectively coach themselves which is why the most successful
leaders in all fields engage a professional coach at some point in their
career. Many work with a coach through
critical business and career transitions while many others stay connected with
their coach on an ongoing basis.
With a coach you can gain new perspectives and insights
about yourself, your team and your organization. Friends, family, co-workers, employees and
bosses are naturally very supportive and encouraging. At times they may also provide valid feedback
and challenges to adjust behavior.
However, the personal relationships can become an obstacle and although
well intended the challenges may seem to be more for their benefit than your
own.
A Leadership Coach provides a unique blend of safety and
challenge. Safety is in the form of
empathic understanding and encouragement to look inward to reflect on personal
values and purpose then reconcile them to the outward circumstances and
organizational requirements. Challenge
is in the form of direct feedback and holding you accountable to focus on your
goals and to take the actions needed to achieve them.
Executive Coaching Involves:
- Defining the expected business
results needed
Self-assessment, receiving feedback,
and thoughtful reflection
- Identifying team behavior changes
needed to accomplish the results
- Addressing personal leadership
challenges for the Leader
- Identifying specific behaviors that
if changed could enhance performance
- Discussions that are supportive and
future focused
- Asking questions to challenge
assumptions and beliefs
- Encouraging alignment in important
aspects of the Leader's life
- Challenging actions and expecting
accountability for progress
- Helping the Leader discover blind
spots in how they see themselves
- Coaching is not therapy,
counseling or consulting
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