Choosing a Coach
Author: Liz Bywater, PhD
Date: November 08, 2006
A growing number of business owners, managers, and senior executives are
discovering the benefits of working with a coach. Even those performing
at the very top of their game are finding room for personal and
professional growth.
The potential benefits of working with a coach include, but are not limited to:
- Improving your workplace communication skills.
- Learning how to work most effectively with peers, supervisors,
and direct reports. - Helping you see yourself as others see you - the good, the bad,
and the ugly! - Developing insight into your psychological blind spots - and finding ways to stop shooting yourself in the foot.
- Finding greater satisfaction and meaning in your work.
- Striking a better balance between work and home life.
- Discovering your untapped skills and talents - so you can
start making full use of them. - Making your best career path decisions.
- Becoming a world-class leader.
While it's a wise move to invest in a coach or mentor, it's critical to find someone with the right qualifications. A skilled coach should meet the following minimum requirements. She must:
- be able to quickly establish rapport and develop a trusting,
positive relationship with her clients. - have outstanding people skills and the ability to develop
these skills in her clients. - be an effective communicator.
- be unafraid to confront her clients with constructive feedback.
- be approachable and available to her clients.
- possess a sophisticated understanding of people and relationships.
- respect the sensitive and confidential nature of
the coaching relationship.
With the right coach, there's no limit to the level of success and gratification you can achieve.
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