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| Executive coaching has emerged as an essential factor
in successful strategic and operational planning. On paper, the best business
strategies seem sound because they are based on quantifiable results.
However, the strategy is being implemented by humans who sometimes behave
counter-productively.
Executive coaching is intended to yield consistently high performance among senior level managers. The short-term and confidential process mines those attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that are inhibiting an individual from the successful completion of his/her goals and fully contributing to the company-wide strategy. Often, in a management meeting, goals will be generated that are simply unachievable because of pre-existing patterns and behaviors that are deeply embedded in the entire organizational system. By freeing one senior executive from self-limiting assumptions, coaching can unlock the energy and dynamism within an entire organization. Most importantly, coaching provides executives with the confidence and self-understanding to adapt to rapid change without creating undue stress among their colleagues. The ultimate outcome of good coaching is enhanced leadership capacity to bring organizations to the next level of development. |