What could coaching do for me and my business?
People are the most valuable resource in many businesses and the vast majority of people just do not reach their full potential. Coaching supports individuals through periods of uncertainty and empowers them to take steps outside the "comfort zone".
The International Coach Federation study specifies a wide range of benefits reported by individuals who part take in coaching. These include:
- Increased self-awareness 68%
- Better goal setting 62%
- Lower stress levels 57%
- Increased confidence 52%
- Enhanced communication skills 40%
- Increased project completion 36%
- Training up to 80% more efficient if followed with coaching
Whether the key commercial goal is maximising productivity, improving the bottom-line or growing sales, the best strategic plan remains just a plan until individual people understand it and value the goal enough to make their best contribution.
After investing in skills training, Our Customers find that real performance improvement comes from releasing those skills through personal coaching to build what have been called Emotional Competencies* such as:
- Self-Awareness (Knowing one's internal states, preferences, resources and intuitions)
- Self Regulation (Managing one's internal states, impulses and resources)
- Personal Motivation (Tendencies that guide or facilitate goal achievement)
- Empathy (Being aware of others' feeling, needs and concerns)
*Goleman (1998) "Working With Emotional Intelligence"
You may already recognise these personal competencies as the factors that make the difference between satisfactory and truly successful performance but until now, felt that "you either have these qualities or you do not".
We now know these competencies can be coached.