Coaching and leadership - Journey Within
‘Leadership is a journey, not a destination, marathon not a sprint, the process not an outcome’. - John Fitzgerald.
Leadership coaching is a challenging and fulfilling journey which is a collaborative partnership between the coach and leader. It helps in personal transformation and leads to building a healthy organization. Building trust, empowering through positive emotions, enhancing self-awareness, communication skills, and empathy helps a leader to unlock his/ her potential, improve performance, tap energy, seek purpose, shape vision, and achieve desired results through competence and commitment.
A study of 4000 corporates indicates that leadership coaching can enhance performance, improve client service, relationships, increase profits, employee retention.LEAD survey of 2300 business leaders who underwent coaching was proactive in making policies, had engaged employees, focused on strengths and respect across the organisation ;97%found it to be beneficial .’ Harvard Business Review article reveals that coaches are mostly engaged to address derailing behavior, facilitate the transition, develop high potential or act as a sounding board.
According to the center for creative leadership, the six principles of leadership coaching are creating a safe and challenging environment, working with the coachee’s agenda, facilitating and collaborating, advocating self -awareness, learning through experience, and being a role model coach. Personally, leadership coaching has helped me focus on my own leadership style, positive emotions, personal strengths, developmental areas, goals, values, and vision for the future .“When we do what we choose to do, we are committed. When we do what we have to do, we are compliant... Successful people focus on what they choose to do.”-Marshall Goldsmith
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