What Are the Benefits of Working with an Executive Coach?

What Are the Benefits of Working with an Executive Coach?

Hiring an executive coach is a valuable and substantial investment in your professional future. But before you get started, you may have questions. Let us answer the most pressing one: what are the benefits?

There are a number of advantages to expect while working under the guidance of an executive coach, whether you are an individual executive or an organization seeking to improve your company talent. An executive coach like myself will work with you to establish a clear vision of your goals and help you implement an action plan to reach them.

If you are an individual seeking a promotion, higher compensation or improved leadership skills, working with a seasoned executive coach can help you become confident and productive in your approach. Here are just some of the personal results you may expect:

  • More effective leadership and communication skills
  • Boosted career planning, development and advancement
  • A positive approach towards office politics
  • Improved people management skills
  • Enhanced decision-making for you and the company
  • New approaches to managing that build upon your current strengths and style

If you are an HR or C-Suite executive in need of support or are looking to develop a valuable contributor to your business, seeking the assistance of an executive coach can pay off by creating the following affects:

  • Reduced employee turnover
  • New leaders thriving in larger roles
  • Enhanced communication skills
  • Control over recurring workplace challenges

A customized and comprehensive executive coaching program tailored to the growth of an individual will strengthen the core of your organization and improving client relationships.

The professional expertise of an executive coach can help you, as an individual, gain back control of your career and land that promotion you’ve been working toward. As a business leader, it can help you to mold your executive staff and improve company impact and productivity.

Having a partner to keep you on track to your goals is critical during this phase. Of all the benefits you may reap from the process of working with an executive coach, the most important is that you will develop an insight to the hidden potential of yourself or your business, and there’s no stopping how far that can take you.

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Do you want to motivate and lead your staff more effectively? My executive coaching services can help you hone your leadership skills and clearly define your goals and objectives.

 

 

How to Respectfully Disagree With Your Boss

Have I considered this issue from every perspective?

Every workplace holds a myriad of personalities and work styles, so it’s not implausible to find yourself disagreeing with your employer from time to time.

Your distain can run the gamut of opposing a new plan to contesting a written warning you received, but no matter the issue, there is a right way and a wrong way to approach the situation. If you take certain things into consideration, you can turn the uncomfortable conversation into a constructive one.

Before you speak up, ask yourself these questions.

Have I considered this issue from every perspective?

Before verbalizing your thoughts, take the time to put yourself in the shoes of others that will also be impacted. If your qualm is about an assignment or unrealistic expectations set upon your team, consider how others may feel too. Most importantly, try to understand why your boss has asked for this in the first place. While you still may not agree it’s in the best interest of the company or employee morale, your boss might show some appreciation if you treat his or her concerns as reasonable ones.

Is this the right time and place?

You’ll want to make sure you address the challenges you’re facing privately and in-person. Avoid typing your frustrations in an email, as that is not the most effective way to get your message across. When you set up your meeting, ensure you have the adequate time and space needed; a time and place where you don’t expect any interruptions.

How can I turn this around into a positive and productive conversation?

Hopefully when your boss comes to you with concerns about your choices or work performance, he or she makes sure to let you know that aside from needing improvement in a particular area, you are doing a great job. Return the favor by ensuring your disagreement is delivered in a positive light. Avoid being accusatory or using negative vocabulary. Instead of merely batting down your boss’ ideas, be sure to prepare your own suggestions for solutions as a possible replacement strategy.

Don’t be discouraged if your boss doesn’t go for your suggestions. If you’ve handled yourself professionally and respectfully, you will close that meeting having left your mark. Remember that speaking up can actually improve your relationship with your boss and help your career.

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Do you want to improve the relationship with your boss? My executive coaching services can help you hone your leadership skills and manage up, across and down more effectively.

 

The Dos and Don’ts of Overcoming Career Anxiety

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DON’T choose a job just for the paycheck

Career anxiety can come in many shapes and sizes but all can leave a poisonous impact on your day to day. Are you unhappy at work despite a great paycheck? Or a lackluster paycheck? Are you feeling unmotivated and unconfident?  Stressed about layoffs and minimal opportunities? Here are a few starter points to embrace or avoid when trying to conquer your nerves, self-doubt and career-induced fret.

DON’T choose a job just for the paycheck
While this is easier said than done in rough economic times, it is still crucial to your overall productivity to commit to a job that is rewarding, has room for advancement and, in general, makes you excited. While getting offered any job is a happy relief, make sure the one you accept is the right one for you.

DON’T sell yourself short
Asking for the big raise or a worthy starting salary is difficult but we can offer negotiating tips that will help. Not only is proper compensation important to alleviating your stress, but so is the right level of responsibility. Being under-qualified for a job means your skills are not being put to good use and this can become frustrating. Choose your opportunities wisely.

DON’T let social media scare you away
In these times the internet is hard to avoid. When looking for a new job, social media can give you a direct line to your competition but don’t be intimidated by those who may seem more experienced. Instead, take the readily-available information and learn from it, which can mold you into the perfect candidate.  The generational divide in social media is withering away and it’s a more powerful tool than ever before; use it to your advantage.

Now that you know what to avoid in effort to overcome your career anxiety, here are some things to embrace.

DO take the time to find your passion
Deciding what you want to do for the rest of your life isn’t easy at the start of your career. But just because you’ve made that choice once doesn’t mean it was the right one. Passion is a necessary key to successful career and while it can be a challenge to find your most desirous path, the payoff is immense. Finding the right career for you could be make-or-break for overcoming your anxiety.

DO choose confidence over self-importance
Your career anxiety may stem from a lack of confidence, but before you start attempting to build some, it’s important to know the differences here.  Confidence exudes through listening, showing respect for the time of others and being open to new ideas. Self-importance exudes by controlling conversation, disregarding the necessary roles of others and believing new ideas are worthless compared to your own knowledge. A business cannot thrive on one person’s ego so proceed with caution.

DO hone your skills
So maybe the problem isn’t that you haven’t found your passion but it’s that you have and you’re still anxious. Both online and in nearby communities you can find educational courses in your field. Taking some time out of your personal life to brush up on your knowledge could make all the difference. You might also learn a thing or two about the newer generation’s approach to your craft which, mixed with your existing knowledge and experience, can make you a dynamite candidate for any position you desire.

Career anxiety can be overwhelming but it takes a series of small steps to get to a point of ease. If you take the time to find your passions, embrace the tools at your disposal and learn your true value, you can land a successful career in which you are happy and well-rewarded.

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Do you want to motivate and lead your staff more effectively? My executive coaching services can help you hone your leadership skills and clearly define your goals and objectives.