International Coach Federation defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaching is a client-driven process.
The coach’s responsibility is to:
• Discover, clarify and align on what the client wants to achieve
• Encourage client self-discovery
• Elicit client-generated solutions and strategies
• Hold the client responsible and accountable
Any individual who is willing to engage in process of self discovery, act towards envisioning and realizing a better version of themselves. Within the business context it is for a leader who is committed to
• Lead Authentically
• Experience personal growth
• Create positive impact for organization
When Status Quo isn’t an option
Know yourself
- Values
- Vision
- Myths
- Patterns
- Strengths
- Saboteurs
Take Charge
- Take stock
- ID Road Blocks
- Tear down barriers
- Unlearn
- Set Goals
Level Up
- New Habits
- Try, Fail, Learn
- Sustaining momentum
- Support Systems
- Celebrating Wins
- Gratitude and Paying it Forward
- Leaders are expected to deliver business results consistently over period of time while dealing with competing forces impacting organizational performance.
- Sustained success for an organization requires leaders to balance delivering results with the human side of engaging and managing their team/s.
- Coaching facilitates a deep personalized learning and holds space for leaders to unpack their personal leadership styles. It can help uncover blind spots, strengthen leadership skills, and change behaviors that can directly impact business results.
- Executive leadership coaching helps support and grow leaders especially as they transition into new roles, face new challenges or prepare to take on more responsibilities.
- The coaching journey focuses on making progress against the goals. At times engagement with other stakeholders (customer, manager, team etc.) may be necessary. 360 feedback, assessments may be used to enhance leader learning and coaching experience.