Who benefits from coaching

Coaching creates insight and momentum. It is developmental, not remedial.

A coach will help a client to see him or herself and the surroundings more clearly. As a result, more meaningful goals can be set that reinforce the client's values and create a more purposeful business life.

A coach is part personal consultant, part sounding board and even part manager - by encouraging and stretching from an external perspective.

The following table gives some examples of who benefits from coaching and how:

Organisation

• Increases retention rate of employees
• Raises performance standards
• Improves productivity
• Increases employee satisfaction, which directly relates to customer satisfaction
• Develops people for succession planning
• Staff can grow within an organisation
• Enhances creativity in a learning environment

Senior Director

• Increases level of performance
• Can hear him / her self talk aloud about things not ordinarily talked about to anyone else.
• Learns the bold truth about blind spots
• Can focus on issues not previously addressed
• Can find FOCUS and see the benefits of moving on
• Consistent approach to personal development
• Learns how to model coaching behaviour
• Can become more confident
• Work / life balance can improve
• More job satisfaction
• Reduction in conflict

The Team

• Is coached to know the strengths and diversity of all members
• Learns to recognise conflict as an opportunity for new information
• Clarity of purpose for everyone on the team
• A team can become self-directed and self - motivated
• Will become more productive.