What You Should Expect From Your Business Coach.
Posted on July 29, 2014 by Arthur Helmstetter, One of Thousands of Business Coaches on Noomii.
I am often asked, “What does a business coach do?” and “How can a coach help me”. There is no simple answer since each coaching situation is unique.
A coach, whether it is in business, career development, sports or any other activity should be expected to do the following things:1. Define a vision of a desired outcome: a winning season, increased sales or profit, etc.
2. Provide an objective and frank view of the current situation: The external and internal factors impacting the organization
3. Use a systematic process to analyze the situation and identify those actions that will move the organization to the desired outcome.
4. Guide the organization to commit to actions to be executed, and set measurable goals that will be used to evaluate progress to the desired state
5. Establish accountability of the individuals and the organization to perform the actions they are responsible for.
In this process, the value a coach provides becomes apparent. You should expect an effective coach to provide:
• A clear view of what is important and what is not drive change in an organization, thereby assisting the organization to focus the available resources in the most efficient way.
• A results focused environment where politics, personality, and opinions are replaced by
fact based analysis, open communication, decisive decision making, and focused action.
• Insights from a perspective from outside the organization based on broad experience
• A system that measures results and provides feedback on what is and is not working.
So there you have it: what to expect from your business coach. But there is another side to the equation of effective goals based coaching, and that is the organization and people the coach is working with. To learn more, contact me for a copy of my article on the secret of “How to Use a Coach Effectively.
As a small business owner myself, I understand the challenges you face in today’s challenging marketplace. At the same time, with a career as a manager, marketer, and strategist in large companies, I provide a unique set of tools to help the people I coaches. To understand how coaching may be able to help your company, contact me at art@ohiobusinesshelp.com or 937-985-0481.
Our initial discussion will be on me.
