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Executives who operate Fortune 1000 companies, command-level military officers, and successful entrepreneurs all have thousands of people and billions of dollars depending on them to make good decisions. These leaders need to stay in top shape emotionally, intellectually and physically to function at high effectiveness.

Their responsibilities dictate that they be creative, knowledgeable of the field and aware of the elements that are influencing politics, new technology, and the marketplace. They must understand people and relationships and be responsive, resilient and responsible. And, it’s lonely at the top, these leaders are not able, most of the time, to confide in the people they lead. So where does a high level leader get necessary, unfiltered feedback regarding the effectiveness of his/her actions?  How do they stay sharp and focused?

The fact is that most all Fortune 1000 leaders utilize the one resource that resolves all of the above challenges flat out! They retain the services of a skilled and experienced Executive Coach. And let me make it clear, when an exec is being coached it is not because something is lacking in the executive. It is a sign that the corporation rates the executive as valuable enough to invest in his/her continued development. Coaching is considered a status perquisite!

A professional Executive Coach is not like a football coach. There is no “rah rah” pep talk to “win the one game”, to “beat the other team”.  Today’s executive must perform on-going for the long haul and not just one game or season. A highly effective leader needs to be collaborative, be able to able to manage stress, and maintain a balanced life: inner mind and outer actions, at home and the office. He/she is paid to think (clearly) and get the results.

The professional executive coach is skilled and experienced in providing stress management, problem solving approaches, mind training techniques, goal setting methodologies, process and system excellence consultation, succession planning counseling, strategic planning facilitation, negotiation insight, collation building strategies, assessing and developing emotional intelligence, training leadership approaches and much more. Top-level coaches have served at least 5 years as an exec in the C suite themselves. A Professional Executive coach has received formalized training from an accredited coach training institution in addition to being accredited in such specialties as 360 assessment, Emotional Intelligence, NLP, biofeedback, type indicator personality assessment, stress management, mindfulness, change management and leadership training.

An executive coach may serve in many ways. It’s a confidential relationship that allows the exec to bounce off ideas, get unfiltered feedback, be held accountable (if that is desired), learn and grow professionally, emotionally, and intellectually. Sometimes your coach is better related to as a trusted personal advisor.

You can learn all there is to know about swimming in a classroom. You can be taught the viscosity of water, the aerodynamics of moving through the water, the stroke, training methods, breathing techniques etc.  But the truth is that until you get in the deep water you don’t really know the first thing about swimming. It’s the experience of swimming alone that gives you a real understanding of swimming.

It’s the same with the experience of being coached. You don’t know what you don’t know. I have been enjoying the advantages of being (formally) coached for many years and I can testify the ROI is many multiples the investment. The relationship has enormously helped me in my leadership role as an Executive Coach and Organization Development Consultant for the last 35 years.

I strongly encourage you to experience for yourself what it’s like to have a session with a qualified Professional Executive Coach. It is truly a transforming and empowering experience.

As a professional courtesy, I invite you to experience a 30 minute complementarily coaching session. Click here and schedule a confidential session with a highly skilled and experienced executive coach. You have everything to gain….

Written by:

Randall “Randy” Preiser, CEO of Preiser Consultants… an Organization Development firm that provides Executive Coaching to leaders and Organization Development to Government Agencies, Hospitals, Fortune 500’s, privately held business

Randall@PreiserConsultants.com