Executive Business Coaching

Providing executive business coaching to company executives in one of the best investments a business can make. Without executives and employees who understand what is to be done and why and how to perform jobs well, the business will not flourish. There are a number of goals that can be achieved with executive business coaching, depending on what difficulties are being experienced by the employee. These goals can be achieved utilizing various means and venues, but all will yield the desired results upon follow-through in the program. Coaching can be utilized by small and large companies alike, and both will realize improved performance not only with the student, but with those who also interact with the student. Results may even filter down through the organization in a positive way.

Many executives experience at one time or another, burn out. High level employees have a lot of responsibilities to carry and may feel like family and personal life have to suffer in order to achieve the kind of performance expected of them. This does not always have to be the case. Employees can learn to balance work life with personal family responsibilities so that balance can be achieved in both areas. This results in a happier more satisfied employee at work and at home. Perhaps even an exercise program can be incorporated into personal time or early morning, lunchtime or evenings at work to help ease pressure and improve health. Doing so may even result in lowered physician visits for those who actively take charge of personal health, resulting in lowered health costs for the company. Executive business coaching can assist employees in achieving all of this.

To ensure high level employees stay engaged in the program, consultants implement strategies to ensure accountability and that all the goals are met. Focus is on positive reinforcement, working one-on-one either face to face or even over the phone. Meetings typically last anywhere from half an hour to one and a half hours. Coaches stay in touch utilizing emails and telephone and ensure that everyone who has contact with the employee receiving the training has input into the process. Three hundred sixty degree feedback provides a balanced perspective of the executive's performance. From this information can be gleaned key variables to add to the program as objectives and goals. Including everyone in the executive's sphere of influence improves working relationships and tends to reduce any conflicts that may exist prior to coaching.

Some executives may feel unequipped to handle supervisory responsibilities on teams, and therefore project a gruff personality when interacting with individuals around them. Others may feel inadequate or inferior, giving rise to power plays. All of these negative actions have deleterious effects in the work place. Executive business coaching provides new ways of looking at these challenges and shows employees tools and positive approaches to dealing with problems of the emotional kind. Personality and work-style tests can be administered that gives a window on how other people handle stress and conflict. For example, everyone reacts differently under stress. If a supervisor understands the behaviors of others when under stress, processes can be developed that take advantage of these behaviors to get the most out of them. A person may become very productive when upset or angry. This anger can therefore be channeled in a positive way to get projects done. Others in the team will realize when stress is encountered and can then utilize behavioral tools to further the work. Subordinates will also be able to understand how to deal with a boss exhibiting stress behaviors. Wisdom is profitable for anyone wishing to succeed. "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding" (Proverbs 3:13 KJV).

High level business leaders may find that business coaching certification may be in order so that greater understanding can be obtained about how better to lead and organization or to transition into a new position within the company. If moving to a higher level position, key tools must be mastered to discover how to gain more influence over subordinates and peers to affect positive outcomes. Business coaching certification is the answer in these difficult situations, and the outcomes are pretty much the same as for normal executive coaching, except there is the added focus of holistic management of an organization. Business coaching certification can be obtained in a time frame of as little as two months to as many as six months, depending on the abilities and time constraints of the student.

Regardless of the time frame needed, the outcomes experienced will put the student in the best possible position to meet objectives of superiors in the short term. Teamwork will improve, relationships with vendors and other company clients will be more positive and productive, the employee will find that going to work each day will become more pleasant and will be more committed to the work. Respect will also increase as the student's knowledge of how to manage increases. These outcomes are invaluable for executives when change must happen in a short amount of time, as when a merger is taking place. The company bosses will find that the return on investment will be well worth the time, effort and money invested.

In today's business environment where businesses quickly go under or are bought out by other corporations, change management is crucial to the success of these ventures. Investing into the talents of corporate professionals will never be a loss if management and students understand what objectives must be met and why. Do not wait until the merger has already taken place to send executives for business coaching certification. By then it may be too late.

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