Business Leadership Development
Working with a coach can be similar to taking on a business partner or building a trusting relationship. So that you can fully understand what working with a business coach might entail, let’s answer the question: “what exactly does a business coach do?”
We focus on behavior change. Large change can come from small habits. We can help create the systems and patterns of behavior needed for this kind of change.
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Charts a path for your professional growth
A good business coach helps clients uncover the gap between where they are today and where they want to be. With the help of their coach, the entrepreneur or corporate leader can also create a solid and strategic business plan that drives company growth. Sometimes having an outsider's perspective is just what a leader needs to unlock new personal and company potential.
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Helps you discover and clarify your core values and vision
New leaders often struggle with defining their values and mapping them against a clear corporate vision. An experienced business coach can help walk a client through the process of aligning personal and corporate values. From there, the client can develop the strong vision, executive presence, and rock-solid confidence needed to lead their team to success.
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Provides customized coaching and expertise
No one knows the unique characteristics of their business better than an executive leader. That’s why trying to find actionable material in a book or website tailored for the general public makes no sense. Even executive workshops, while valuable, lack the one-on-one approach many leaders need.
Business coaches solve that problem in three ways. First, great leadership coaches have high levels of expertise in specific industries and disciplines. Second, they often have real-world experience as an entrepreneur and business leader themselves.
Third, coaches can combine these important elements with executive coaching certifications. As a result, they can offer tailored advice and actionable plans. All of this customization acts as an accelerant for the business owner or corporate leader. It ultimately results in exponential personal and company growth.
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Allows a safe space for vulnerability and growth
The relationship between a corporate leader and coach is a safe and sacred space. Once trust is built, coaching clients can feel free to share their deepest doubts without fear of ridicule or humiliation.
With the support of a business coach, the now unfettered corporate leader can explore novel ideas for growth or try on ways to become a better leader. Not only does this build a leader’s confidence, but it can also directly impact rates of growth, corporate culture, and company vision.
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Acts as an accountability partner and motivator
A business coach can give corporate executives and business owners a high level of accountability. With more accountability, clients and teams are more likely to take action on big ideas and the things that scare them. Coaches can be trusted confidantes for facilitating corporate growth and personal development.
Coaching can help with:
• Being better organized at work and home
• Establishing boundaries for better relationships
• Learning to be more flexible with our thinking and behavior
• Managing emotions, particularly in difficult situations
• Improve decisions making
• Improve executive functioning
"Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast, or a bridge player. We all need people who will give us feedback. That is how we improve." Bill Gates