Leadership Coaching for Executives
5 Signs that You’re Ready

Smart executives refuse to settle, choosing instead to get the support they need to take them one rung higher on the corporate ladder. Support can have many faces: it could be attending seminars or conferences to keep up with industry trends, participating in a leadership and executive coaching program, or hiring an  executive coach for your top leadership.

Recognize that all the above support mechanisms are active, not passive, experiences. If you haven’t been getting ahead it could be because you haven’t been willing to get your company to invest in your leadership development. You can turn things around.

5 reasons why an executive coaching program is perfectly customized for your leadership.

1. You’re willing to invest.

   Know that hiring an executive coach for your leadership development requires time, money, and effort on your part. Don’t look at the investment you’re putting in, consider what your return on investment is going to be. Understand that once you implement practices most effective leadership coaches teach you, you can easily get many times return on your investment. If you’re willing to invest in yourself, executive coaching might be for you. Complement this experience with advice from business leadership books.

2. You’re ready to get your hands dirty.

   Realize that coaching will only work if you’re willing to put in work yourself. An executive leadership development program is for action-takers — it’s not like a therapy or counseling session where you just come in and talk. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and to get to work, then consider an executive coach.

3. You’re ready to set excuses aside.

   Don’t show up with excuses on the table. An experienced executive level coach has heard them all and won’t let leaders get away with reasons and justifications for not being more proactive. Be accountable and remember that making excuses is only a waste of your own time and money.

4. You plan to stay the course.

   A business leadership coaching program for executives means you are in it for the long haul. Identify what you want to achieve and understand that you might not get results overnight. It may take several sessions to develop a concrete plan of action to achieve your career goals.

5. You’re prepared to take risks.

   It might not be easy to practice and implement what your executive coach teaches you if it requires you to step out of your comfort zone. Be willing to take risks and feel uncomfortable. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get the same results. If you’re not ready to take a risk, don’t get frustrated with your lack of progress.

If you’re a senior manager or a top level executive wanting to get more out of your current position, executive leadership coaching can help steer you in the right direction. A good coach will help you develop your insight, expand your skill sets, teach you how to increase your visibility, boost your executive presence on phone calls and virtual meetings, and help you assess your job satisfaction level.

Recognize that you don’t need to be at a crisis point or a turning point in your career to seek executive coaching and consulting services. Your coach can help transform a leaders perspective or improve certain aspects of how leadership does their job right now. This can help you procure some of the most satisfying leadership roles in your career.

Want to be the leader others aspire to be? Joel Garfinkle’s one-on-one executive coaching and leadership program can help you get there.