Tuesday 5 April 2011

Approaches To Get Into Executive Coaching

By July V. Wansey


There are lots of instances in which a person might decide he needs a coach. A coach is often times a person that has a way of helping attain goals, whether athletic, personal or professional. Since I have a particular interest in becoming an executive coach, I'll share my findings here.

Executive training helps an individual fit his life's goals into a work-related context. And so, an executive trainer is able to help an individual perfect different skills, like management, communication, and selling skills. The executive coach might even help a person be a better leader by influencing a team's dynamics and the working relationship of team members.

There are a few things I've learned that are important to be aware of when considering turning into an Executive Coach.

Experience is one of the primary things you look for in an Executive coach. It seems to help to have been through a challenge - thus demonstrating, to oneself and potential clients, that there is knowledge and experience to overcome obstacles and achieve goals through strategy and rationality.

The second most important thing is to have developed a certain "way" of overcoming challenges and succeeding. I found that in most instances in my past, I've usually done certain specific things every time. Documenting that intellectual process is key, because it gives you an avenue to brand yourself later on when becoming an executive coach. Since there are lots of ways to get something done, the thing to consider is simply what works best for you.

Given that even top experts have coaches, it is probably safe to say that the final thing that is needed is a good guide so that you yourself always stay on track with what you are trying to accomplish as an executive coach. There are many programs that are designed to train top experts in managing their objectives within the realm of their companies and clients. Recently, it was brought to my attention that a good organization for this kind of specialized training is Executive Success Program, or ESP. Apparently some of the world's top leaders have been to either the main center in New York, or trained in other places across the world. Executive Success Programs utilizes a methodology by the name of Rational Inquiry. It is a patent-pending method that teaches a person to learn "how" to think, not "what" to think.




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