From Good to Great:
The power of executive coaching for today's leaders
Being a leader is not an easy task. It requires a unique set of skills that many individuals may not have developed fully, including communication, decision-making, problem-solving, and strategic thinking. As a result, many middle managers find it challenging to transition from "good" to "great" leaders. That's where executive coaching comes in and has deservedly become increasingly popular over the last years.
What is Executive Coaching?
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Executive coaching is a personalized and confidential development process with a trained professional designed to help managers, C-suite staff and individuals improve their leadership style and high-level skills, so they can succeed as professionals and business leaders. Executive coaching helps the clients identify their potential, strengths, and development opportunities, and leads them to enhance their performance, achieve success and career advancement.
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How Does Executive Coaching Work?
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Executive coaching typically involves a series of one-to-one coaching sessions between the professional coach and the individual. The biggest advantage is that executive coaching is one of the most tailored practices in talent development shaped to the individual's specific needs. Unlike traditional training programs, executive coaching focuses on the leader's unique personality and goals, hence providing personalized guidance and feedback that is highly relevant to the specific situation.
During the sessions, the coach uses various techniques including active enquiry, feedback, goal-setting guidance, and assessments to help the leader identify their strengths and weaknesses, develop new skills, competencies and overcome any obstacles that may be hindering their success.
Who can benefit from executive coaching?
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Any business leader, executive, entrepreneur, and an individual regardless of their status and role in an organization would benefit from executive coaching process. Especially when professionals are looking for a career change or a promotion to a higher position, managing difficult times and stress in the organizations, adapting to new managerial changes, going through mergers etc. The coaching process helps adapt to fast-moving environments.
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Who IS MY IDEAL CLIENT?
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Middle management and senior executives / C-suite, business owners, and solo entrepreneurs striving to become more efficient, productive, focused and content.
advantages of executive coaching
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Leaders often say that it is highly helpful to get an outside perspective on a situation. Middle level and senior managers are very often in a lonely spot and may benefit from a ‘listening ear’ on the specific case they are grappling with.
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Executive coaching can provide numerous benefits for leaders and their teams:
Increased Self-Awareness and Personal Growth
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Good leaders need to first understand themselves and how they interact with the world around them. Executive coaching can help leaders understand their strengths, weaknesses, and grow personally. A coach has the external perspective and objectivity without bias. A research by Harvard Business Review reveals a statistically significant positive relationship between authentic leadership and employees’ workplace performance.
Improved Leadership Presence and skills
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Leadership presence is a combination of confidence, charisma, and credibility. Executive coaching helps leaders improve their communication style, decision-making, and emotional intelligence skills. These skills are critical for effective leadership and can help leaders build stronger relationships with their teams.
Enhanced Decision-Making Skills
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Leaders are responsible for making critical decisions that impact their team, organization and even customers. However, making the right decisions is not always easy, especially when there are conflicting opinions and limited information. Executive coaching can help leaders enhance their decision-making skills by providing them with tools and techniques to make more informed and effective decisions.
Better Team Management
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By improving their leadership skills, including effective communication, leaders can become better at managing their teams. They can learn how to motivate, inspire, and engage their team members, listen, delegate, and build a positive team culture. In the words of Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, "When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
Accountability and action
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Getting on track toward the goals takes a lot of time, effort, and even money. The more purposeful and intentional leaders are about the process, the more efficient it becomes. An executive coach helps leaders find actions to reach the set targets and keep momentum going. An executive coach can guide through strategic planning and management, as well as implementation.
CONCLUSION
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Executive coaching can provide numerous benefits for leaders looking to achieve higher business results. If you are a leader looking to take your performance to the next level, executive coaching may be one of the best decisions you have taken. All the great sportsmen have great coaches, why wouldn't you?
What Clients Say
Gunta provided invaluable coaching during my transition from a corporate role to an entrepreneurial path. Her coaching felt like a supportive partnership. Drawing from her own transition experience, she understood my challenges, helped me develop clarity, and gently nudged me towards my goals.
Eugenia C., United Kingdom
