By Brenda Blom
As I work with leaders locally and internationally, it seems that the issues have been heightened during Covid. There’s more conflict in the workplace, due to increased stress placed on professionals from every direction from their families, from their team, customers and supply chain issues. One of the reasons I decided to go into executive coaching after studying business psychology was that I wanted to help people with big challenges working hard to help the world by helping them use their brain power more effectively. Our brains, when stressed, shut off all creative and problem-solving finesse. Covid is pushing us all to dig deep to perform better in our jobs, do work that matters to us, stay calm while building strong relationships. Not easy to do!
Organizations often hire executive coaches to work internally or externally to support executives with staggering pressure to perform and make optimal decisions. While organizations undergo organizational change due to growth, merges, leadership transitions, the effects can be disconcerting. Together with the unstable and turbulent times we are in, executives and employees often struggle to develop the capacity manage the psychological strength and cognitive mindsets to effectively thrive in their jobs. It is rare for leaders to have the mental space to stand back and look ahead. And to better regulate their own emotions, actions and lives to navigate whatever comes their way with ease. As companies plan for new leaders to step into roles of established leaders, executive coaching can help individuals transition to new goals as leader where executive presence matters over mere operational achievement. When leaders make better decisions, and operates with the best version of themselves, everyone in the organization benefits.
A recent study showed that executive coaching helped professionals in several ways. Here are the following top 5 ways.
1. Stress and anxiety relief as coaching provides the space to reflect on a issues with a thoughtful perspective with the support of a confidential coach.
2. Creating meaningful goals and building a practice of working toward achieving them can help build a sense of self achievement, confidence, and improved thinking.
3. The process of managing setbacks during the process of working to meet challenges, can build inner grit, emotion management and increased resiliency.
4. Better work/life balance not surprisingly is important to mental health and well-being and as a result allows professionals to give more energy and focus to perform at higher levels.
5. Improved relationships both with co-workers and with family and friends is an important benefit for overall success in all of life. In the workplace the ability to build strong lasting relationships is needd for collaboration skills, conflict management and to influence others.
Inspired by:
Anthony M. Grant (2014) The Efficacy of Executive Coaching in
Times of Organisational Change, Journal of Change Management, 14:2, 258-280, DOI:
10.1080/14697017.2013.805159 https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2013.805159
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