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ExecutiveCoaching 101
What is a leadership coach or an executive coach? What do you have to do to be a successful executive or career coach?
For most people, the terms executive coach and leadership coach are interchangeable. What it comes down to is developing organizational leadership. The first and most important thing an executive coach does is to help you develop as a person. It is this personal development that will allow you to tap into your potential as a great leader.
It all starts with deep self-analysis so that you thoroughly know yourself, your passions, your interests, your talents and skill set, your strengths and weakness, and you also deeply understand the values that drive you. Do you know how to bring out the best within yourself and inspire others to do the same? Can you build a solid team which works cohesively to master their self-defined objectives? If not, you might want to consider hiring a leadership or executive coach.
A leadership coach can help you hone in on your most compelling attributes while you simultaneously harness your ability to motivate and inspire. An executive coach can be instrumental to helping an organization succeed in today’s highly competitive business environment.
How effective is executive coaching or leadership coaching?
The numbers can speak for themselves. Manchester Inc. surveyed 100 business executives, most of whom were from Fortune 100 companies, who had previously worked with executive coaches.
More than half said that their productivity went up. Nearly half said that organizational strength improved. More than three quarters said that they had better relationships with their employees and slightly less than three quarters reported better relationships with their supervisors. About 40% said that customer service had improved. Two thirds of the executives said that teamwork and their relationships with their peers got better.
Advantages of working with a leadership coach
With the help of an executive coach, you can make the people you work with seem like the only people in the world. That will allow you and your team to succeed at almost anything you put your minds to.
As a result of leadership coaching you can build confidence in others and inspire trust. This, in turn, leads to developing and sustaining superior human relationships, which can benefit any forward-thinking organization.
A leadership coach can help you to find out and modify the your initiative such that you start fast and finish strong.And help you to talk when your decision is needed.
Your leadership coach will help you learn to read people better by becoming a better, more empathetic listener. You can learn to improve the temperament and behavior of your co-workers as well as other people around you.
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Does anyone actually make a living as a life coach?
Can I really make a living as a life coach? As a life coach trainer and former certifying examiner for the International Association of Coaching (IAC), that’s a question I’ve heard many times.
I’m glad people ask that question before making a career change. Because the fact is, it’s not easy to make a living as a life coach.
Why is this? Well, there are a number of factors. For one thing, change is hard. And as much as we say we want to make changes in our lives, deciding to hire a life coach means that we have to do some hard work! Not everyone is up to that.
Also, a coaching fee of $200 – $500 a month is a luxury most average income people just can’t afford. The fact is, private coaching is just too expensive for most potential clients.
Many coaches will argue that the fee is not at all expensive when you consider the progress that the client will make in terms of career satisfaction, meeting life-long goals and possibly even making a higher salary. I don’t disagree with that.
Nonetheless, it’s hard for most coaches to get clients.
It’s important to keep this in mind, because when you start searching for information on the Internet about becoming a coach, you’re going to come across all sorts of sites that promise you the big bucks.
That’s because they want to raise your expectations about how easy it is to become a professional coach and how much money you’re going to make.
Keep in mind that most Internet websites exist to sell you something. The coaching field is no different. The exceptions are sites from independent certification bodies such as the ICF and the IAC, and discussion forums such as the New Coach Connection.
Mentor Coach Barbra Sundquist specializes in life coach training. Visit her website “Become A Certified Coach” to get solid advice on how to become a life coach.. Also published at Does anyone actually make a living as a life coach?.