How Does an Executive Coach Help

Posted by Green latte on December 26th, 2016

The term executive coach has come up in leadership conversations a lot. It seems that every one is either becoming a coach or wanting to become a coach. This brings to front a question on how does an executive coach help, if at all.

This article is based on the work done by Greenlatte, an executive and CXO coaching firm based in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.

Coaching as a term is borrowed from sports where a more experienced individual works with a player to help them sharply improve their skills. It works in the area of sports and every player has a coach who helps them improve their skill.

As businesses became more competitive, companies started seeking differentiating edge. This edge came in the form of an executive coach. A person who worked sharply with an executive to deliver high impact to business.

Coaching is not a recent phenomena. Leaders always have had coaches who have acted as sounding boards, questioned leaders, helped them see far and then take actions to achieve that distance. The first name that comes up is that of Alexander. Aristotle who was Alexander’s mentor and coach helped him see further than what Alexander would normally have. By constant questioning and encouraging in a self driven way through Aristotle Alexander was able to step out of his own confines and the people around him to take Greece to far greater heights than ever before.

How does a coach bring change? Or A coach works with an individual in a time bound way, very specifically on  a goal. With this goal defined, a coach help build an action plan for the coachee. The coach then systemically works with the coachee to implement the action plan. He steps in when action is not taken and helps find out the root cause and then re starts the cycle of taking action.

The benefits of this method are only too visible. All fortune five hundred companies have executive coaches for their CEO’s and CXO’s. A coach helps the leaders stay ahead by acting as a sounding board, accepting reality and taking definite action. Start ups too have benefited from a coach. Companies like Google, Amazon, Gilt and drop box had a coach assigned to their founders and founding team. In Certified Executive Coach India helps these people to scale themselves up at the same pace as their companies were growing.

A common question that is asked is how can coaching results be measured. Results in coaching can be measured through financial calculations like return on investment. A coach helps a coachee define a very sharp specific business goal. A measure to calculate the progress towards a goal is defined. Once the metric is defined, its financial impact may be calculated. The progress on this metric then gives a measure of the result of coaching. The impact of Executive Coaching In Mumbai is far higher than just a financial measure. As one person said “This is the single largest gift that my company has given me”

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