Long hours, economic pressures, and intense competition can grind down anyone’s resilience. Being a leader or entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. To be successful, it takes surrounding oneself with the right people and the right support.
Since the 1970s, life and leadership coaching has been offered to executives within organizations. This makes sense. The stress of navigating business uncertainties, inspiring employee engagement, embracing constant change, and leading in an unpredictable world is real. Add then there is the internal work of the leader, how they manage their stress, emotions, and energy. An organization wants its leaders to be at their best, both at work and at home because if a leader isn’t, that leader will not make it.
When you are a leader, you need to have a space where you can show up as you are. Whether you are angry, overwhelmed or need time to process an unfolding situation, having a place where you don’t have to mask your internal world is critical to your resilience. Talking with a coach about your challenges allows you to gain emotional distance from the situation, decreasing the associated stress.
Today, it isn’t just athletes and executives that seek coaches. The newly promoted leader is seeking a leadership coach. The professional who wants to transition to a new field or new company is seeking a career coach. The parent of a newly diagnosed teenager is seeking an ADHD coach. Coaching is becoming mainstream, and there’s a reason. It works.
Coaching helps leaders to identify and focus on the essential things. Leaders are invited to get curious about their own blind spots, challenge their perceptions, and cultivate a mindset rooted in curiosity and intentionality. The benefits of a leader or business owner who has received coaching to their organizations or their small business range from increasing revenue to innovation to retaining employees.
Here are some statistics:
- 73% of coaching clients say getting coaching improved their relationships, communication skills (72%), interpersonal skills (71%), work performance (70%), work/life balance (67%), and wellness (63%). (2009 ICF Global Coaching Study).
- Over half (51%) of organizations with a strong coaching culture have higher revenue than other, similar companies without the same culture.
- 62% of employees in these organizations feel highly engaged. (Human Capital Institute).
- 70% of coaching clients improve work performance, communication, and relationships thanks to coaching. (Institute of Coaching).-Studies show that individual and group coaching can help reduce procrastination and facilitate goal attainment. (Frontiers in Psychology).
- 75% of coaching clients say that the value they get from executive and leadership coaching is “considerably greater” or “far greater” than the money and time they invest. (International Journal of Evidence-Based Coaching and Mentoring).
These results clearly show if you are committed to developing personally and professionally, then working with a coach is proven to be the support you want.
References:
https://researchportal.coachfederation.org/Document/Pdf/abstract_190
https://www.hci.org/system/files/research//files/field_content_file/2016%2520ICF.pdf
https://instituteofcoaching.org/coaching-overview/coaching-benefits
