As an Executive, Manager, or Business Owner, you have BIG responsibilities. Everyone, from your employees, to your peers, to your boss, customers and stockholders, is relying upon YOU to do your job and doing it extremely well. But as has often been said, it’s lonely at the top — and who can you turn to when YOU need support?
The most successful business leaders around the world work with an Executive Coach as their own personal “Secret Weapon” for success — and YOU can too! Your coach is your personal ally, someone you can rely upon to be completely objective, confidential and on your side — a true partner in creating the personal and professional success you so richly deserve!
The Top Reasons Why Successful Business Leaders Hire an Executive Coach
ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS:
Focused on a division or company as a whole
- Create and articulate a company vision – you can’t lead a successful company without one!
- Position the company for future growth by improving the existing culture of the organization
- Politics and organizational dynamics
- Financial (revenue, profit, cost savings, productivity)
- Strategic planning – are you planning for the long haul or focused on reactive troubleshooting?
- Customer Satisfaction – are you meeting their needs?
- Developing/improving systems and processes
- Provide follow-up coaching after a training workshop or seminar to reinforce new skills and maximize your training investment
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT:
Focused on the Leader’s own skills
- Identify strengths and weaknesses to improve overall personal and professional effectiveness
- Develop key strategic skills and move from being a mere technician to a strong strategic leader
- Help you identify and deal with blind spots that could be costing you
- Accelerate the rate of personal skills development – you will move faster toward your goals with the accountability of coaching
- Stalled in career, or newly hired/promoted into a leadership role – times when a leader needs specific skills development and support
- Relationship building/networking and people skills development – stop being a “Lone Ranger” and leverage your relationships!
- “Managing Up” – dealing effectively with your manager
- Leadership skills development/improvement – being a leader is different than being a manager
- Advanced communications skills and listening abilities
TEAM BUILDING GOALS:
Focused on creating dynamic work teams
- Improve the business leader’s ability to effectively create and lead a strong team
- Improve a team’s overall performance and productivity
- Increase team-building and communication skills among team members
- Increase job satisfaction of team members – keep them feeling happy, challenged and valued!
- Ability to attract and retain talent in the team or organization – companies are now providing coaching as a standard benefit for top performers
- Deal with personnel challenges
PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Focused on developing the Leader as a whole person
- Give the Leader a place to create an innovate without barriers
- Get an objective opinion from someone with no vested interest in the outcome of the situation – get a fresh perspective!
- Provide a safe place to vent (or fall), when necessary, without fear of repercussions
- Reduce stress, increase overall personal effectiveness, and still have a great life.
- Work/life balance – often a challenge for a business leader
- Have a sounding board, a place to speak openly and feel understood, not judged
- Personal Development: you can’t be a strong leader if your personal foundation is weak!
In summary, as a leader, perhaps even THE leader, in your organization, you have both the power AND the responsibility to do whatever it takes to create a business that is personally and professional fulfilling, for yourself, the people who work in it with you and the clients/customers you serve each day.
Yes, business is about profit, and profit is certainly a good thing! But more importantly, businesses exist to fulfill a need, someone’s need, anyone’s need. Not just the needs of those who buy your products and services, but those who work in the business and those who invest in the business. Well run, ethical, successful businesses with big visions and great leaders serve to create jobs, which help to support families, put food on tables and provide clothing and education for our children. They contribute to the economy at large. When you and your company are strong and successful, EVERYONE wins!
YOU, as a business leader, have an opportunity to do it differently, to do it better, to create a business that meets those needs. Get a bigger vision. Be a true leader, not just a manager. Start today by hiring a coach!