Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection

Mark Twain

As a manager or board member, you are responsible for business and the first point of contact for the people around you.

For many you are the decision maker , but also the inspirator , the one who thinks along about solutions for complicated issues.

With all those roles and responsibilities, it is important to keep yourself sharp and to develop , to gain inspiration, to reflect on the current situation and to consider steps for the future.

Not always obvious, if only because you are usually alone . To think, to decide, to make happen.

Executive Coaching can help you with this, because it  is a 'safe space' for leaders, the space to explore their leadership effectiveness and organizational impact in depth.  

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A personal growth trajectory in which three facets are usually discussed:

• Communication : better communication and better listening, decision-making, assertiveness, conflict management, influencing/persuading

• Developing Organizational Culture & Leaders: Better Collaboration, Building Trust, Confidence, Leading Team/Culture Change, Coaching & Mentoring

• Managing performance : effective delegation, strengthening managers, strategic thinking, entrepreneurship, risk management, result accountability, timely action in performance problems.

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What do you get?

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1. Clarity (= sounding board )

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Very often you are faced with opportunities, challenges, and question marks that are difficult to discuss with someone from your own organization. 

I help you to focus on the important, to create more clarity in what is feasible, and to encourage action.   

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2.  Ideas  (= sparring partner )

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​Unlike your usual interlocutors, I'm not one of your stakeholders, nor career-dependent from you.

This independence is needed to be the right feedback provider and reflection partner. 

You get room for trustful conversations with someone neutral, unbiased, who doesn't have a personal agenda, and who gives you open and honest feedback, when required.

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3. Structure  ( = teacher )

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What you do in a consistent way on a daily and weekly basis makes you work more efficiently. 

If you were given more responsibilities, opportunities, the complexity within your activities increases.

Your way of working that led to this result may no longer be the best way to manage that complexity.

And rather than work more hours  it might be time to change the way you work.

I help you identify this complexity and discuss new ways of working.  

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4. Energy ( = supporter )

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The more responsibility you get or have, the more complex the change processes you will supervise.

No one really likes change, and it takes energy to manage your own emotions and those of others. With every change, you have people who are against it (they will fight that change and you) and people who are for it (they will need confirmation that they can do it too).

So you will have to keep your energy level high  and have a positive attitude to lead these changes and keep everyone's motivation high.

As a coach, I am a source of encouragement. With every major decision, you will experience ups and downs. A coach can help you ensure that these ups and downs have no impact on the result.  

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5. Perspective  ( =Partner )

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It is said that leadership is a solitary activity. Sometimes you unconsciously run the risk of losing your perspective and seeing problems that aren't really there. 

You can also shift your focus to issues that affect you emotionally, but that aren't the most important issues you need to deal with first. 

A coach understands your key opportunities and challenges, and can help you maintain a proper perspective on where your focus should be.  

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