centered executive coaching

The Point: The performance of a leader can be greatly enhanced with executive coaching. It’s just not the “practice” in and of itself of executive coaching, it’s the “perfect practice” that’s required in order to increase effectiveness and results. The Tip of the Spear Ventures’ Centered Executive Coaching methodology is based on proven leadership qualities and targeted results of the leader/business.

 

So what are these essential qualities of Executive Coaching (or the Tip of the Spear Ventures’ version titled “Centered Executive Coaching”)? Here are four (4) key qualities that if you’re investigating a coaching leadership development program you’ll want to insure are incorporated:

1. Leaders Lead

We’ve seen time and again that successful leaders lead. In other words, they not only come up with the mission direction for the organization, but lead the organization themselves by taking the initial first-steps. While leaders who don’t take such “lead by example” moments can sometimes find themselves out in front of an initiative, one of the principles of Centered Executive Coaching consists of target (goal) identification as well as action plan creation. It’s in this action plan creation that the leader is put into play as the main character!

2. Empathy

Empathy has been defined as the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing feelings, thoughts or attitudes of another. This is self-explanatory in the sense that a leader has to put themselves in the shoes of their clients if they are to understand the client’s problem. From that perspective, they can put in place appropriate methodologies to combat the client’s behavior that negatively impacts on their performance.

3. Ethical Nature of Professionalism

A good executive coach has a set standard of ethics to follow. There are those “do’s” and “dont’s” that they should follow religiously (NOTE: All Tip of the Spear Centered Executive Coaches subscribe to the International Coach Federation’s Code of Ethics (CLICK HERE to review the ICF’s Code). This is because ethics is one of the cardinal rules of all the professionals, especially those offering coaching services. Therefore, it is a case of preaching water and drinking water, not the other way round. Any demonstration of a lack of ethics and personal responsibility is unacceptable.

4. Ability to Put Ideas into Action

They say that you should be able to put the ideas that you theoretically teach or come up with into action. Leading by example is the phrase. When a leader does this, they will be able to show their constituents that what they teach is not only theoretical, but practical as well. In that case, they serve as inspiration to the clients, which serve as an efficient way of turning around their behavior for the purposes of positively influencing their businesses.

SUMMARY

From the discussion, we’ve illustrated that certain qualities are indispensable when it comes to good Centered Executive Coaching interactions. Leaders and executive coaches have to display qualities such as being ethical, having empathy and being good leaders themselves in order to produce good leaders through leadership development.

So which other qualities do you think a good leader/coach should possess in order to achieve the objectives of Centered Executive Coaching?

The Point: Executive Coaching can help you become a better leader, period! With statistics reflecting that more and more successful leaders are engaging in executive coaching, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the specifics behind “Why?” they are considering this as a preferred leadership development offering… Enjoy!

Many leaders would like to consider Executive Coaching, or the Tip of the Spear Ventures’ Centered Executive Coaching as something ordinary. On the contrary, this is a subject that holds a gravity that cannot be compared. It is exactly what should be done if you purely understand what it means to manage your time well, how to make timely and logical decisions, and to strike a balance between the personal and professional target in life and needless to say, meet your best productivity and job effectiveness among other reasons.

Executive Coaching Equals Balance

Does Executive Coaching help you balance your life? As an executive, your life majorly revolves around your office and other related duties at perhaps the expense of your family and personal life. This should not be the case. Having an executive coach helps one strike a balance between their personal and professional goals. This makes one forget about minor stresses that may be very injurious to their lives (or business).

Executive Coaching Equals Better Decision Making

In the same vein, the aspect of decision-making is very significant. Both in the office and at home, the value of making quick decisions cannot be overrated. Centered Executive Coaching equips you with the important techniques to handle the hurdles at the workplace as they come. This is of great relevance especially if anyone wants to achieve success in life (both personally as well as professionally).

Executive Coaching Equals Better Time Management

Time management can be thought of as a real disease. Any successful person in the context of holding an executive position cannot afford to not manage their time effectively. In the current life where change is the only constant thing, there seems to be a short time but with a lot in store to be done in a single day; quality time management is a must. This is a skill that never escapes you if you are being executive coached individually with by a coach who understands your tight schedule.

Executive Coaching Equals Practicality

Centered Executive Coaching is very practical and its applicability in real life is something that has passed the test of time and events. Unlike being coached as an organization, your executive coach leads you through matters that affect you and you alone. This is attributed to the fact that nothing else has an agenda in the process except yours. This personal touch ensures you feel extremely esteemed and makes you implement what you have learned with the vigor and the urgency it deserves.

Executive Coaching Equals Better Leadership

Logically speaking, not every being on this earth has a burning desire to lead. You are capable of managing, but perhaps not being a capable leader until you go through Centered Executive Coaching. This coaching exposes you to the most current challenges and their solutions one-to-one (1:1), plus how to go about solving future challenges when they arise. As a matter of fact, clients have said that Centered Executive Coaching helps keeps them competitive amongst their peers.

Spoiler alert- reading through this post is one thing- getting started is a completely different one. When will you get started? When will you reach the level of leading with influence!

The Point: Centered Executive Coaching can help you become a better leader, a better leader of others, and a better leader of your business… Period!

Many clients we introduce the Centered Executive Coaching model to as part of their leadership development would like to consider it as just another ordinary Executive Coaching program. On the contrary, Centered Executive Coaching is a subject that holds a gravity that cannot be compared. With it’s multi-focus offering, Centered Executive Coaching addresses three aspects of every business required in order to succeed:

• Focus Area #1: The Leader (Leader Centered Coaching)
• Focus Area #2: The Stakeholders (Stakeholder Centered Coaching)
• Focus Area #3: The Business (Business Centered Coaching)

Centered Executive Coaching therefore exactly what should be done if you purely understand what it means to manage your time well, how to make timely and logical decisions, and to strike a balance between the personal and professional target in life and needless to say, meet your best productivity and job effectiveness among other reasons.

Centered Executive Coaching Equals Balance

Does Centered Executive Coaching help you balance your life? As an executive, your life majorly revolves around your office and other related duties at perhaps the expense of your family and personal life. This should not be the case. Having an executive coach helps one strike a balance between their personal and professional goals. This makes one forget about minor stresses that may be very injurious to their lives (or business).

Centered Executive Coaching Equals Better Decision Making

In the same vein, the aspect of decision-making is very significant. Both in the office and at home, the value of making quick decisions cannot be overrated. Centered Executive Coaching equips you with the important techniques to handle the hurdles at the workplace as they come. This is of great relevance especially if anyone wants to achieve success in life (both personally as well as professionally).

Centered Executive Coaching Equals Better Time Management

Time management can be thought of as a real disease. Any successful person in the context of holding an executive position cannot afford to not manage their time effectively. In the current life where change is the only constant thing, there seems to be a short time but with a lot in store to be done in a single day; quality time management is a must. This is a skill that never escapes you if you are being executive coached individually with by a coach who understands your tight schedule.

Centered Executive Coaching Equals Practicality

Centered Executive Coaching is very practical and its applicability in real life is something that has passed the test of time and events. Unlike being coached as an organization, your executive coach leads you through matters that affect you and you alone. This is attributed to the fact that nothing else has an agenda in the process except yours. This personal touch ensures you feel extremely esteemed and makes you implement what you have learned with the vigor and the urgency it deserves.

Centered Executive Coaching Equals Better Leadership

Logically speaking, not every being on this earth has a burning desire to lead. You are capable of managing, but perhaps not being a capable leader until you go through Centered Executive Coaching. This coaching exposes you to the most current challenges and their solutions one-to-one (1:1), plus how to go about solving future challenges when they arise. As a matter of fact, clients have said that Centered Executive Coaching helps keeps them competitive amongst their peers.

Spoiler alert- reading through this leadership development post is one thing- getting started is a completely different one. When will you get started? When will you reach the level of leading with influence? Also, if you need help with your communication skills training as a leader, please read a previous post on our Leadership Communication Skills Training.