Coaching is personalized, confidential, and collaborative.
The International Coaching Federation (ICF, 2018) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
The process of coaching clients may involve the coach utilizing questionnaires and assessment tools; asking questions to not only gather information, but to also elicit the self-awareness and insight of clients; actively listening; jointly developing relevant between-session work with clients; helping clients to identify their resources (e.g., experience and qualities); helping clients to create strategies to overcome blocks to success; working with clients toward promoting a high degree of self-care; and helping clients to identify their values and vision. A key aspect of the coaching relationship is in developing appropriate action steps to help clients move forward toward their goals and aspirations.
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Executive-leadership coaching is useful for helping current executive leaders to effectively navigate the specific challenges they face to achieve their objectives and goals. Coaching serves to foster an executive's individual growth and leadership effectiveness to impact organizational success.
Additionally, this kind of coaching can also prepare individuals at any level to become effective leaders for the future by cultivating the executive leadership skills necessary to ascend at each level of leadership. For example, skills like self-awareness and insight, strategic thinking and decision-making, influence and presence, communication and storytelling, self-management and self-care, teamwork, conflict management, systems thinking, and culture development are highly coveted skills of an effective leader, just to name a few.
The return on investment can be significant. A Manchester Review Study and MetrixGlobal Fortune 500 Study provide industry research demonstrating the substantial ROI of executive coaching. Consider what the intangible and tangible results of coaching can be. It's often the intangible benefits like enhanced leadership confidence, improved stakeholder relationships, greater team trust and engagement, and improved communication that really drives the measurable benefits of team effectiveness, improved retention, productivity metrics, client/customer satisfaction, and successful business outcomes. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you calculate ROI.
Clients are thoughtfully selected to ensure a successful coaching engagement. Coaching is most impactful when both parties are dedicated to growth and partnership. The right results don't happen without the right clients for me to work with. A successful coaching relationship depends on compatibility, mutual understanding, and a shared commitment to the process. Therefore, I require potential clients to be throughly vetted using a questionnaire to determine if we'll work well together to be able to achieve the outcome that you want.
Some organizations may pay for executive-leadership coaching as their way of investing in you as part of your professional development. Check with your manager or human resources department to find out if they do and if not, whether they offer a professional development stipend or what they may reimburse you for any out-of-pocket costs.
Coaching is a financial investment in yourself. I charge based on value, not on time, so there is no "hourly" rate. There are both monetary and non-monetary considerations to the value of coaching. Executive-leadership coaching typically runs higher in price than other kinds of coaching because the results can influence impact at a larger scale. My fees range from what could be described as "ouch" to "faint." They vary depending upon the level of your role in your organization and the duration of the coaching engagement.
Kindness and consideration of your time and the coach's time is expected of all clients. Once you schedule your session appointment(s), that time is reserved in the schedule for you. Please cancel or reschedule appointments at least 24 hours in advance to allow others time to book.
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