Executive Coaching Gives you the Edge
November 24, 2009 by Leadership Development & Management Tips
Filed under Team Building, Executive Coaching & Negotiation Skills
Executive coaching is a common leadership development practice among business leaders all over the world.
Coaching can be defined as “an ongoing relationship that helps clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance and enhance overall quality of life.
A well trained coach is good at facilitating the process of change–helping people make the changes they want for themselves and their organisations. A coach can assist you to face all kinds of challenges and create new ways of thinking.
A coach is trained to “actively hear and discern”, to listen for fears and to see self-defeating beliefs that get in the way of your success.
A coach will brainstorm possible problem-solving approaches with you, challenge you to step out of your comfort zone and hold you accountable to do what you actually should do.
“In a 2001 study of 100 executives, mostly from Fortune 1000 companies, Manchester Inc. found that the average return on investment was almost six times the cost of coaching. Participants report rich learning environments and improvements in decision making, team performance and motivation, and highly recommended coaching.”
Executive, Business Leader, Entrepreneur - you owe yourself this powerful way of personal mastery.
Thanks to Nico for contributing this article to our Leadership Development blog:
Coaching can be defined as “an ongoing relationship that helps clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance and enhance overall quality of life.
A well trained coach is good at facilitating the process of change–helping people make the changes they want for themselves and their organisations. A coach can assist you to face all kinds of challenges and create new ways of thinking.
A coach is trained to “actively hear and discern”, to listen for fears and to see self-defeating beliefs that get in the way of your success.
A coach will brainstorm possible problem-solving approaches with you, challenge you to step out of your comfort zone and hold you accountable to do what you actually should do.
“In a 2001 study of 100 executives, mostly from Fortune 1000 companies, Manchester Inc. found that the average return on investment was almost six times the cost of coaching. Participants report rich learning environments and improvements in decision making, team performance and motivation, and highly recommended coaching.”
Executive, Business Leader, Entrepreneur - you owe yourself this powerful way of personal mastery.
Thanks to Nico for contributing this article to our Leadership Development blog:
Nico Liebenberg is a Psychologist that is also the CEO of the international Organisation Development company called Dust. Dust specialises in Organisation development, corporate training and Executive coaching. Nico is currently busy with his PhD in Consulting Psychology.
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