Great leaders understand that they can only fix the problems they know about. They will go to great lengths to empower their organizations to identify issues with the business. Many leaders aren’t quite as enthusiastic about digging into problems with their own skills and leadership capabilities. While they may employ “open door” policies and “360 review” strategies, it’s difficult to rely on the input of subordinates and of peers, who may have leadership issues themselves. Even with quality data, analysis and application is challenging for someone who has a business to run.
That is why so many successful leaders turn to a leadership coach. Not because the coach is a better leader, but because the coach understands what makes a great leader, and has the tools to measure and evaluate both strengths and weaknesses. Those measurements are where the work begins, not ends. A leadership coach takes the data and, using deep analysis and years of experience, creates a path to better results today, while mapping a path to greater achievement in the future.
Transformational Leadership Coaching
Small improvements are a great way to start, but to become a truly inspired leader requires a plan of action customized to take advantage of each leader’s natural strengths. This is where the value of a leadership coach cannot be understated. Consider the following example:
A leader gets feedback that they tend to interrupt team members. The leader tries to “work on that,” and makes progress for a few weeks, but as the needs of the business ramp up the pressure for results, the leader quickly falls back into old habits until the next time they receive that same feedback.
Next, a leadership coach comes in and measures and observes. They understand that the tendency to interrupt is symptomatic of other issues, and why the leader’s attempts to “work on that” have failed. They provide the leader with some quick strategies to improve the tendency, but they also take it as one factor as they develop a customized leadership plan. Because coaching means more than sending out a plan, the leadership coach provides transformational leadership coaching that helps the leader work through the plan and achieve the desired benefits.
Leadership coaching is not the same as simply teaching leadership skills. If you’re ready to develop the plan that will take you and your team to the next level, contact us today.
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