In his TED Talk opening remarks

Bill Gates exclaims, “Everyone should have a coach!”

April 2013, New York, NY, Ted Talk
https://youtu.be/XLF90uwII1k

I recently read in Fortune Magazine that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said,

“best advice I ever got was to get a coach!”

I’ve served as an Executive Coach to “C-Suite” executives, business owners, leaders and teams for more than 35 years. When I was CEO of one of the nation’s largest HMOs I retained a coach who helped me to create a SIOP – a strategic integrated operations plan. My coach enabled me to effectively deal with the challenging events, conditions and people to bring it into existence. The wisdom and assistance I gained was invaluable when I was struggling with the overwhelming and chaotic circumstances that were inherent in running a growing enterprise.

The chart below gives insight regarding the differences of a Consultant, Coach and Therapist. It is a solid overview of the beneficial services executive coaches provide.

Harvard Business Review 2009

There are many great advantages to retaining an executive coach. I have listed a few here:

BOTTOM LINE: Get yourself a skilled and experienced Executive Coach!

Of course as I expressed earlier, you don’t know what you don’t know so
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. 

Written by Randall Preiser whose partial client list includes leaders from many national government agencies and Fortune 500 companies such as the US Post Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Florida Department of Health, Price Waterhouse, Bureau of Medical Economics, Coldwell Banker, Toyota, as well as many private and non-profit concerns.

Randall@PreiserConsultants.com