What do leadership coaches do?
Well, similar to a sports coach, a leadership or executive coach starts by analyzing the situation and finding areas of success and areas of opportunity. Then the coach works with the executive to maintain the behaviors and approaches that are causing success and change the behaviors that are impeding it. Over time, the executive being coached will be able to refine their skills and become better at running their company.
Every executive and business leader can benefit from coaching, whether they need intensive support for their first few months of administration or they just need a second set of eyes to catch things that slip through the cracks. For inexperienced and moderately experienced executives, a good coach helps them develop their skills, and for experienced executives, a good coach helps them keep their skills sharp and polished as well as helping correct any minor inconsistencies that are evident.
A good leadership coach is a valuable asset to executives at all levels of skill and experience, and the sooner you hire one, the sooner you can start your journey to becoming the best executive you can be.