The Purpose of a Leadership Executive Coach
⦿ To reach your potential in leadership and business success
⦿ To get promoted, or to perform well in a new role
⦿ To manage your time better
⦿ To motivate yourself & others
⦿ To reduce stress & increase your work satisfaction
Unlock Your Leadership Potential : How To Choose The Right Executive Coach
“Business coaches need to have a grasp of psychology, such as what motivates people, what are their values, thinking etc. Coaching is not mechanical. It brings to bear the coach’s knowledge of business, business politics (how things work) and psychology (behaviour/actions). People who fail at coaching assignments typically have a program, a formula approach. [They say,] ‘We’re going to give you all this feedback, you’re going to set some goals and then you’re going to be a changed man or woman.’ It doesn’t happen because it’s not personal enough.” Prof. Timothy Butler, Director of Harvard Business School’s Career Development Program.
Why Choose An Executive Coach ? Key Strategies For Leadership Success
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7 Reasons Why You Would Choose To Use A Personal Executive Leadership Coach
1. You are quite busy and find it difficult to take time out from your busy work schedule to evaluate your life.
2. You want to stop spending all your time “battling alligators” and spend at least some of your time “draining the swamp”. In other words, you want to get more strategic in your use of your time, energy and resources; you want to use your time, rather than have time use you.
3. You’re ready to make lasting changes and want to learn new skills and strategies to improve your performance and your life.
4. You require support, so that you follow through on the things that are important to you, not skip them, or keep putting them off.
5. You want your level of performance, progress, and achievement to go up a notch, or two.
6. You want to build better relationships with people, which will endure difficult times .
7. You want to experience a feeling of being alive, aligned and full of passion again.
Strategies & Solutions
We will work together with ‘innovative strategies and solutions, focused specifically on reaching the personal and business goals you want.
Consider for a moment what it would be like to finally achieve the results you really desire!
Well, it is possible to develop and hone your capabilities and skills to achieve the results you want.
With Kerry Oldfield as your Personal Coach we’ll….
1. Specifically assess what you really want, need to improve, and value in your life
2. Establish clear attainable goals
3. Set step-by-step objectives/milestones to achieve these goals
4. Call for better actions and choices to make your aspirations manifest
5. Track your progress and hold yourself accountable
6. Measure your degree of achievement and success (according to your standards)
7. Encourage, challenge, support and inspire you to improve your performance and results
My Background & Experience
The approach I use is in keeping with Harvard University’s Prof. Butler’s comments on effective Leadership/Executive Coaching (as mentioned in the first video). The format is designed around understanding of key success factors
Psychology – A sound knowledge of what motivates individuals, and what blocks their higher achievement.
Organisational Behaviour – My extensive training in behaviour in organisations (collective behaviour), organisational culture (values, behaviours and actions), communication, decision-making etc. and how individuals can work with these factors.
Business Knowledge – Work design, work processes, business politics, innovation, productivity, dealing with change, customer/client satisfaction and market share.
Coaching Program Structure – Each coaching client has a program designed specifically around his/her needs and goals. No two coaching clients are the same nor indeed are their organisations. Therefore, my approach, far from being formulaic or programmed, (or a ‘one size fits all’ approach), entails great care in making sure the coaching design and strategy begins where the coaching client ‘is at’. Indeed, each coaching session addresses the specific needs, at that point, in the particular coaching client’s development journey.
Coaching Client’s Development Is Measured – The success of the coaching program for a coaching client is measured in terms of quantifiable results in management/leadership performance (objective), as well as quality measures (subjective) of improvement in personal and management effectiveness. This can establish that a sound return (ROI) has been gained by the investment in the coaching program. The approach is a dynamic, on-going process. It ‘evolves’ along with the client. I challenge and support my coaching clients in achieving their desires. I am fully committed to their goals, and I am a loyal supporter and trusted confidant.
Professionalism, an understanding of company culture, trust, openness, non-judgemental listening, empathy, integrity and confidentiality, to me are all vital to successful coaching.