As I’ve begun meeting with individuals since starting my coaching practice, one of the most common questions I get asked is, ‘Why should I hire a leadership coach?‘ You can find a more comprehensive answer on the Emerging Trails site, but because this question lies at the heart of your decision to step into the world of coaching, I want to share a few of the most impactful reasons — as I’ve seen them firsthand:
Professional coaches help you integrate and build new skills specific to your unique situation and goals, and remain a committed accountability partner as your plans unfold.
New workplace insights and skills — not specific to utilization of a tool/system (ex: how to use a CRM) — are often taught/learned via training, books, podcasts, webinars, and workshops. There’s a range of useful nuggets to pull from each, but how are you integrating the learnings? How are you being held accountable to taking action and measuring results?
Integration and sustainability plans are going to (and should!!) look different depending on the individual. What’s most important to actually take on and prioritize? A Coach can work with you to narrow in on what aligns best with your short- and long-term goals, determine where to start, and will serve as your accountability partner.
Regular coaching sessions help you break free from the day-to-day grind by offering an objective perspective, fostering clarity on your personal and professional goals, and providing ongoing flexibility to adapt to change while keeping you focused on positive change.
You’re busy with your day-to-day job and life responsibilities, so you’re not carving out dedicated time to define and execute on plans that foster your growth in a way that’s authentic to you, especially with unexpected happenings that often shift focus or change what you want to achieve. “Just going through the motions,’ if you will, intentional or not.
Coaches bring an objective view — expanding ways of thinking without being tied to specific outcomes, which uncover new insights into personal motivators, blockers, behaviors, and values. While providing the space to develop a shared understanding of your big-picture professional vision, coaches also introduce necessary, ongoing flexibility in the ‘how,’ ‘what,’ and ‘why’ of the goals that form. A consistent theme of clarity emerges — essential for guiding decisions, creating actionable steps, and maintaining focus on what matters most to you in both your career and personal life.
Coaching may be a workplace benefit you’re not taking advantage of.
Many companies, small to large, offer Wellness and/or Professional Development benefits that will fund your ability to see a Coach on a regular basis, so you can both try it out and engage longer term without an expense hitting your personal bank account.
You may be surprised to see Wellness included here, but with a core component of coaching being to empower and evoke awareness in individuals, the clarity and change drives improved satisfaction and awareness… inevitably in and out of the workplace.
You can meet anywhere, and get the same benefits virtually as in-person.
The more important question here may actually be ‘What could a coach help me unlock that I can’t achieve on my own?’ The beautiful thing is you don’t have to know where to begin, just start! Remember it costs nothing beyond your time for a preliminary 1:1 chat on how we may be able to best work together, and I’d love to connect!
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