Enhancing Performance
for
Business ~ Executives ~ Careers ~ Life
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"The coach drives -
you perform"
Performance Improvement
In organisational terms, improving performance
can mean increasing technical, managerial, and organisational or business
competence.
For the individual,
performance improvement can mean increasing knowledge or skills; developing
natural abilities or refining personal qualities and the
personal effort
involved ultimately creates a higher level of competence and a positive
attitude to environmental opportunities and responsibilities.
The more senior the manager, the more
specialist skills and personal support that they are likely to require.
As well as functional and technical
competence a Director needs skills such as:
Asking powerful questions,
Listening not only to what people
say, but what they mean,
Exploring new organisational
structures and strategies,
Assessing the interactions of team
members with strong and differing personalities,
How to influence major decisions
at board level.
The coach facilitates
and aids development of these skills and can add support and confidence to a
director's style, help stimulate new ideas,
or reflect back to
the director the possible reactions from others of implementing certain
decisions being considered.
Naturally such
discourse would be difficult between a senior manager and a coach from within
the organisation.
This is why executive
coaches are mostly external consultants, who offer objective analysis and
subjective support,
free of bias towards
the desired outcome ~ aware of and free of operational ramifications or
contextual limitations.
For the
best synergistic results, the individual manager learns to own the development
and make the organisation a learning ground.
In turn,
the organisation will see and feel the benefits of the coaching programme.
Performance
improvement is more than just about increasing profits, individuals must feel added
purpose and meaning in what they are doing.
People also have a
life outside of the organisation and the need for leisure time and good
relationships must also be considered as part of the
coaching process for
overall performance improvement.
This is why some coaches call themselves
"Life Coaches", seeking not only to improve individual performance to
benefit the organisation, but also add quality to life for the sake of the
individual.
"Should
you want to improve your performance now,
contact
us directly or come to one of our events."
For more information contact
John Fielder & Mike Bell
John
- 01344 303370 -------------- Mike - 07754 937341
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