Leadership coaching is an individualized process that builds a leader’s capability to achieve short-and long-term organizational goals. Coaching is personalized, customized, usually conducted one-on-one for a defined period of time and with a specific business purpose in mind.
Executive Leadership Coaching, however, focuses on one on one individual coaching with executives, individuals in top leadership positions, pastors, leaders, and business owners helping to achieve their individual business and leadership goals while providing additional insight on overcoming obstacles, decision making, organizational issues, and greater career satisfaction
When is Executive Leadership Coaching Needed?
According to Forbes.com:
People, relationships, organizations and behavioral change are what executive coaches know best. When an executive is struggling to learn how to best manage herself and engage others, you’ve found the sweet spot for executive coaching.
He might be a chief executive officer trying to figure out how to work with his board chair. Or a regional vice president scaling up to global responsibility, learning how to lead her former peers. Or a technical wizard who destroys teams with his resistance to all ideas but his own.
But be warned: An executive coach is not a consultant. He may have technical or functional expertise. But he should not be used as an answer person, an extra pair of hands or a bolster for a weak leader. He helps executives think through and tackle their own problems. Self-reliance, not dependency, is the goal.
Being an effective leader is not always easy and like any skill, it takes time and effort and needs nurturing; it really helps to have an executive coach who can support you on your journey of mastering leadership.
The Business Transformation Coach, LLC.
