Executive Coaching

"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within."
- Bob Nelson

"We hold the torch so you can discover the incredible potential within and utilize it in fresh new ways that enhance your leadership, your work performance, your business relationships and your experience of work and life." - Sharon Golden

Today's leaders and managers require agility for change and fresh ideas to address emerging new realities. In order to meet the ever changing demands of business, leaders at all levels need to continuously cultivate their leadership skills. The current business climate requires a new level of presence that allows leaders and managers at all levels to draw on inner resources for listening and leading from wisdom and inspiration. A coach can assist individuals in navigating the tides of change and facilitate leadership skills for innovative business outcomes that meet the changing needs of business.

A coach can help to uncover the incredible potential within people and ignite that potential for healthy high performance. Just as athletes have experienced the performance edge that can be gained by having a coach, executives have confirmed the power of coaching to improve performance and assist in achieving business objectives.

The primary goal of executive coaching is to assist individuals in developing and utilizing their full capacity as leaders and managers to achieve business outcomes. Coaching is a powerful tool for developing key competencies and unleashing and maximizing the potential within people. It's an effective way to address the individual professional development needs of leaders and managers, improve critical communication and interpersonal skills and enhance ability to embrace change.

Companies use coaching to address a wide range of people and organizational needs, including:
  • Performance Issues
  • Relationship/Communication Issues
  • Building Effective Teams
  • Cultural Change
  • Reorganization Needs
  • Developing Agility for Change
  • Developing "High Potentials" as Future Leaders
  • Transitions During Leadership Role Changes
  • Development of Specific Leadership Skills
  • Strategic Changes and Executive Team Alignment
  • Aligning People With Business Processes and Goals
  • Targeted Business Outcomes (i.e., increased sales, improved customer service etc.)

In addition to the coaching opportunities identified above, CEO's, COO's and leaders at all levels within an organization, including small business owners, can benefit from having a coach as an objective resource in developing strategies and building successful business outcomes.

Our Coaching Philosophy

The core of our coaching philosophy is that the answers you seek are within. We help you discover valuable inner resources of wisdom and creativity that support you in leading from within, guide you in reaching goals and making desired changes. We hold the torch so you can discover the incredible potential within and utilize it in fresh new ways that enhance your leadership, your work performance, your business relationships and your experience of work and life. You determine the specific goals you choose to work toward and we collaborate with you in achieving desired outcomes.

The Benefits and ROI

The information provided below on the benefits and Return on Investment for Executive Coaching is from Right Management Consultants and was based upon research that was conducted by Manchester Consulting. If you would like to receive a copy of the Executive Summary by Right Management Consultants titled, "ROI For Executive Coaching," please contact us.

Benefits of Coaching

According to a study on executive coaching conducted by Manchester Consulting, companies reported the following business outcomes when executives participated in coaching programs: (see Executive Summary by Right Management Consultants, "ROI For Executive Coaching.")

  • Improved productivity, quality, organizational strength, customer service and shareholder value;
  • Decreased customer complaints;
  • Better relationships with direct reports, immediate supervisors, peers and clients;
  • Higher retention rate among executives who received coaching;
  • Better teamwork and job satisfaction, reduced conflict and renewed organizational commitment; and
  • Achievement of goals for interpersonal improvement and personal growth;
  • Better management and leadership skills, and
  • Business agility for necessary change.

Return on Investment = 6X's

The business value of providing executives with customized leadership coaching has often been verified by those who have experienced or witnessed it firsthand, but hard data was hard to come by until Manchester Consulting released a ground breaking research study on this topic in 2001. Their research indicated that exeutives who received individual coaching estimated the dollar value of business outcomes to be nearly six times their investment. Executives in the study participated in a mixture of both change-oriented coaching and growth oriented coaching aimed at sharpening performance.

Experience the Benefits of Coaching

Contact us for a complimentary introductory coaching session to experience the benefits of coaching for yourself. Coaching sessions are available on-site at your business location, at a convenient off-site location or by telephone for increased flexibility.
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