Focus
Business Coaching For Increasing Focus
Business Coaching For
Increasing Focus
Business coaching, which may
also be known as executive coaching in some areas, is one of the most effective
ways for managers, supervisors, entrepreneurs and those aspiring to these
positions to be able to focus on their goals and objectives. By learning how to
set goals, stay focused and achieve these goals an individual is able to move
forward in their profession and reach any level that they seek.
Moving Forward
Unlike therapeutic
interventions, coaching is designed to work on the present and the future while
using the past as a point of reference. The past is not something that can be
changed; all we can learn to do is use more effective strategies and plans to
shape our own futures. This can include both from a company or business wide
perspective as well as from a uniquely personal perspective.
Business coaching provides
the opportunity for business leaders to stay focused on their goals without
dwelling on past problems, indecisions, bad choices or mistakes. Instead, using
these less than positive experiences to determine what and where you need to
improve allows for continued professional and personal growth.
Focus On You
Too often business
professionals are not able to stay focussed on their own personal development
and growth as the demands of the job simply consume all their time. While
running and managing the business is important, if you are not able to do your
job at the level you expect you are constantly creating fertile ground for
dissatisfaction with yourself and your job. This in turn leads to burn-out,
lack of focus, and lack of confidence in the ability to make the tough
decisions that are all part of leadership roles.
Objective Feedback
Having regularly scheduled
appointments with one of the experienced business coaches at Philippe Jacquet
& Associates ensures that you have the time that you need to work on your
own personal development. The sessions can be held around your schedule, but
with dedicated time it is a priority and not something that gets pushed into
the "to do later" column.
Your personal development
goals may include specific business skills and strategies you want to develop,
some which may also be highly beneficial in other areas of your life. They can
also include effective communication, better problem solving, increasing
confidence or some aspect of improvement in your leadership abilities.
The one-on-one, private
sessions with your business coach also allow open, objective feedback. In the
business world, especially as an executive or manager, this type of feedback is
very difficult to obtain. In the session the business coach can point out areas
of possible challenge and can guide you through exploration of other options
you may want to consider.
The business coach will also
help you to stay focussed on your goals during the sessions. Goal setting and
objectively measuring your journey towards achieving those goals will be a
regular component of your private coaching sessions. Understanding how you are
achieving your goals and that changes are occurring in your ability to deal
with the issues that are challenging is one of the many positive elements of
this unique service.
Posted by: Philippe Jacquet