Executive Coaching
One of the great joys of my
career is sharing with people who want to improve how and why they do
their work. With the rate of change today, with public perception of
leadership diminished, individuals should use all the resources available
to them. "Executive coaching" doesn't really imply, to me, that someone
needs 'coaching';. Rather, it is an unremarkable term that signifies a
person's desire to have an unconditionally honest and compassionate
response to an executive's question about his/her progress in an
organization.
It is so very hard to
obtain those answers internally for so many reasons: (a) people need to
protect their own jobs and don't want to be vulnerable; (b) people really
don't know the answer and don't want to appear incompetent; (c) people are
limited by their own job restraints and fail to think strategically beyond
their position.
An executive coach offers
a number of services:
a. private coaching on key leadership issues that will position a person
for greater challenge
b. "just in time" coaching on important strategic directions
c. assistance in hiring the right team that will complement an
executive's skills
d. an ongoing non-negotiable honesty that is difficult to find
e. the exploration of personal mastery
I have worked with boards
of directors, presidents of companies, and university chancellors and
provosts. While the environments may differ, many of the problems are
similar. My 35 years of experience in working with over 300 organizations
has been invaluable to these clients.
Executive Coaching may be
for you if:
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you have a board of
directors who need to understand the true meaning of governance
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you want to expand your
company into new markets or new business lines
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you want better branding
of your organization
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you want clearer
strategic direction and meaningful key result areas
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you want to establish
your leadership position in the marketplace
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you want to increase
profitability
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you want to merge
different companies with different cultures
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you want to lead a major
organization change
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you want to establish a
community visioning process to determine where your community will be in
twenty years and the legacy you will leave for your children and your
grandchildren
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you want to add quality
systems to your operation
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you want to proactively
evaluate personnel so they will gladly assume more responsibility
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you want to improve
communication systems internally and externally
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