Executive Coaching Doesn't Have to be a Headache
An estimated $1bn is spent on coaching in the US every year1
and in 2016 73% of blue chip organisations reported that they were
increasing their spending on coaching2. With some of the most applauded companies
leading the way, it is patently clear that organisations are now recognising
how executive coaching can help unleash and leverage their leadership talent
for competitive gain. So what’s stopping you?
Is it because your past experience of executive coaching
hasn’t been positive? Maybe your leadership team didn’t value the experience. Perhaps
you found it difficult to identify a coach that had an affinity with your
organisation. Is it possible that you invested your hard-earned budget in
executive coaching but didn’t see any results?
Or, if you were to be brutally honest, was the task of sourcing,
matching and administering the programme well within your capability but far
beyond your capacity – you have a day job, right? Yep, I can feel my head aching too!
It can be all too easy to jump on the bandwagon and
implement an executive coaching programme without completely comprehending the
size of the task. It doesn’t surprise us
that people say that about half of all coaching initiatives fail as we know
first-hand how much effort it takes to create a sustainable executive coaching
programme that delivers real behaviour change and direct financial ROI results.
In fact, we think it’s a good thing that you stopped and
took some time to reflect because by doing so you have increased the chances of
delivering an executive coaching programme that will work for your
organisation.
So, instead of reaching for the paracetamol, why not let us
help soothe your sore head.
At Notion, we are wholly dedicated to all things
coaching. This is what we do, all day
and every day. For you, the daunting challenge
of looking at such a busy market to identify the best executive coaches for
your leaders is akin to searching for a needle in a haystack. For us, however, we have already done the
hard work for you. We have a rigorous
assessment process and only work with leading Executive Coaches that can prove
longevity and success in the coaching field as well as in commercial
environments. We work closely with our
clients to understand their needs and offer a superb matching service which
delivers against their requirements, whether that is about the Executive Coach
possessing deep industry experience, comprehensive international exposure, a
particular personal development discipline, or perhaps something more left
field. We also understand the importance
of the relational element of this matching process. For each leader, we create a bespoke webpage
offering a selection of highly relevant Executive Coaches; and we always advocate
that chemistry sessions occur before any programme commences to ensure that the
foundations for a successful relationship are set from the beginning.
There is no need to worry about searching the market,
arranging meetings, co-ordinating briefings, writing biographies, completing
paperwork, checking credentials, following up, dealing with questions – this is
all done by our in-house team at no extra cost.
All of that is important but there’s much more. To really make sure that an executive coaching
programme doesn’t fail it is paramount that its objectives are clear from the
outset. It isn’t uncommon for executive
coaching to be shrouded in secrecy due to the confidential nature of what might
transpire between the two parties.
However we believe that this lack of transparency marginalises the
impact of executive coaching and diminishes trust. Of course we safeguard the actual content of
the coaching conversation but do so in a transparent and collaborative process
that has clear objectives and expected results that are shared at regular
intervals with all of the key stakeholders.
This ensures that progress can be tracked and outcomes reported in both
behavioural and direct financial ROI terms – and guess what? We do all of that
too!
Headache! What headache? All that’s left for you to do is to
pick up the phone and call us on +44 (0) 1926 889 885 or click to find out more about our Executive Coaching programmes.