Benefits of Coaching

Recent studies indicate that coaching is now used as an important tool in assisting professionals and leaders at all levels in business to achieve new goals. Here are a few facts you might find interesting:

• 100 leaders from Fortune 1000 companies found the average ROI for executive coaching was 5.7 times the cost of coaching and resulted in a significant return.

• Human Resource Executive reports that Dell Computer Corporation has seen a 90% satisfaction rate and a higher rate of promotion among over 350 executives who have participated in a coaching program.

• A study conducted by MetrixGlobal, LCC on a Fortune 500 telecommunications firm found that executive coaching at the firm resulted in a return on investment of 529 percent.

Why work with an HI Coach-in-Training?

The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara has been providing coach training to leaders, consultants and business owners for over twenty years. Our program specifically targets ‘seasoned’ professionals. This means that our coaches-in-training are already successful leaders, consultants and business owners in their domains of expertise. In addition, many are already practicing as coaches and simply wanting to deepen their learning in this field.

All coaches-in-training are required to provide 50 hours of coaching and they are guided and mentored in their work from master coaches. The reasons we believe you would receive great value from coaching with one of our HI coaches-in-training include:

• These individuals are seasoned, experienced professionals

• You are able to receive good coaching at well below market price for this service

• These individuals have skill sets that will be a strong ‘fit’ with business owners at all stages of business development and leadership development

The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara has designed a premium coaching ‘package’ that allows WEV members to access great coaching at an extraordinarily reasonable price. The package includes access to a process that is tailored specifically to your needs and a choice of coaches so you might find ‘just the right fit’ for your current situation. For details about the package, please click on the Business Arrangement button above.

Characteristics of a good coaching relationship

Our HI Coaches-in-Training subscribe to a set of characteristics we know are important and essential in order for a good coaching relationship to exist. You will gain professionally and personally from a coaching engagement with the following set of characteristics:

• Carefully crafted coaching contract. This is the first order of great coaching, getting a clear contract around what the client wants to change, improve, and achieve in the course of the coaching engagement.

• Outcome measurements. The coach and client create ways to measure progress and results relative to the coaching goals. At the conclusion of the coaching engagement it’s important for all parties to articulate the outcomes and positive results.

• Feedback mechanisms. A coach will provide feedback, encouragement and candid conversations, balancing the need to support with the need to challenge. Coaching is not giving advice. Coaching helps individuals and leaders achieve clarity about their goals and identify the skills needed for making changes in their lives.

Understanding the role of the HI Coach-in-Training

Coaches strive to:

• Inspire, motivate, keep on track; build confidence, self-esteem, and develop personal and professional leadership skills

• Provide a listening post where problems, issues, blind spots (problem areas) and potential growth areas can be identified, solved or redirected

• Provide a feedback rich environment where you have an opportunity to engage in difficult conversations that are essential to the change process

• Guide you toward more effective, natural performance as a person and as a professional

• Question the status quo, encouraging you to explore other scenarios and options aligned with your goals

• Assist you to consider possibilities that are new, enriching, and outside your normal frame of reference

• Assist you in creating short term solutions and strategies that serve a longer term plan

• Engage you in an action-oriented process

Understanding my role as the coachee/client??

You are seeking to make some changes ­ big or small, relative to your work as a business owner, and an individual balancing work and life. An essential ingredient in successful coaching is the articulation of your goals. What outcomes are you looking for and how will you assess successful attainment of these outcomes? Your clarity in these areas will help you guide a successful coaching relationship and realize your intended outcomes.

The bulk of the work rests with you. While a coach can guide the process, ultimately, you will be the one to implement the action steps along the way. The pace of your progress is heavily influenced by your willingness and ability to work at your own identified issues and to take steps that serve your own stated outcomes.

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