What is Executive Coaching?
Executive coaching is a relationship between a “high potential” contributor within and organization and a professionally trained and qualified coach. This coaching is a contract between the organization and the coach to enable to employee to be able to make complex decisions within his or her organization.
The value of the coaching is in the development of the employee for a larger role within the organization. The coach is focused on speeding up the future leaders ability to imbibe skills for an enhanced role in the future. The coach is focused on growing the leader from where he or she is today to where they need to be in the future. The coaching is focused on the individual’s personal and professional life and it’s purposeful objective is to goal set and outcome creation and personal change management.
Areas an executive coach can help you in
- Building Leadership presence
- Handing Teams
- Grooming for Board development
- Goal setting and Planning
- Helping with Performance problems
- Showing you the ropes on Career development
- Improving Inter-personal relationships in and outside the workplace
- Being your Sounding board
When selecting an executive coach, look for these skills
1. Your coach should be self-confidence, comfortable to be around, and has wisdom gained through professional and personal experiences
2. Your coach should be a Positive thinker look for someone who is optimistic, has an appropriate sense of humor conveys hopefulness
3. Your coach should be a Goal oriented someone who focused on setting and pursuit of goals and does not give up when faced with a challenge
4. Your coach should be Assertive and able to assert himself/herself appropriately
5. Your coach should be open-minded and flexible
Executive or “business” coaching focuses on helping individuals go from where they are, to where they want themselves and their company to be. ... It is the client who determines the goals and commits to their goal, while allowing the coach to help hold them accountable and skilling them to be able to achieve these goals.