Five Reasons to Hire a Leadership Coach

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You’ve no doubt heard of the growing field of leadership coaching and you may be wondering in what scenarios it would make sense to hire a coach yourself. As a leader, you may find it useful to partner with a coach as you:

-          Step into a new role: consider how you want to show up as a leader- the values you represent and how to convey them, as you set a vision and support your employees in delivering value to the corporation.

-          Lead a diverse team: recognize clear communication may not always be self-evident across cultures and understand how you’d like to build collaboration so the team jives together and gains recognition for the impact it makes.

-          Navigate organizational politics: discern how decisions get made in your company and what it takes to advance, while appropriately influencing through relationships and maintaining a reputation that reflects what’s important to you.

-          Overcome imposter syndrome: explore and challenge a mindset that may be holding you back from achieving what others think you’re capable of doing, equipping yourself with a perspective that empowers you to perform confidently.

-          Grow your learning edge: push yourself to expand professionally and hone a leadership characteristic you’ve been wanting to master, like offering input more frequently in meetings or intentionally stepping back to give direct reports the opportunities they crave to tackle difficult tasks on their own.

-          Something else relevant to your career path . . .

If you identify with any of these descriptions you may find it useful to align with a leadership coach who can provide a confidential space in which to uncover what shows up as you contemplate stepping into the future you’d like to create, choosing options that inspire you and experimenting with applying them in real-life circumstances to find what works. To explore partnering, reach out to Emily@VolareInsights.com and we’ll connect on a call to see if it’s a fit.

Humans are created for collaboration, so give yourself a break if you think you need to have everything sorted on your own. We’re all on a journey and can benefit from having someone walk alongside us. Soar into possibility!