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When and how to choose the right coach at the right time. Six Tips.
I know a high number of business owners. Some of them are leaders…..
Qs: What is the difference? How do they make that transformation?
A: The best business owners are leaders in the true sense of the word. They do the work on themselves to elevate their skills from “being in business” to “being in leadership”.
Not everyone will get it. Some people are just not learners. They think they know enough and they are enough, because they are good at what they do.
I’ve met a few like this. They have had many years’ experience and done OK. They don’t need any help……..
Or is that they have one year’s experience many times over?
(Same old, same old. No true growth. No real development. Just getting by.)
The people I choose to coach, are those who desire great things from themselves, their business and their team.
They see the bigger impact they can have through their business.
The mark of a great person can be seen by the number of people they have helped to develop and grow. Success can be defined by many factors. Making enough money from your business to please yourself is not great success in my understanding.
My clients have bigger goals and a passion for developing people, so that they, too, can have success. They become great leaders. Their businesses grow through expert leadership. They transform from business owners to great leaders and as a result, they have a more satisfying sense of success.
One of my clients has achieved many of his original business goals. The business practically runs itself. Now he is spending time helping his team evolve and aspire to their own sense of self actualisation. Many of the people working for him may go on to set up businesses for themselves and carry on my client’s legacy of growth and staff development.
He has grown into a transformational leader and deploys coaching skills as part of his leadership tool kit.
He feels a deeper sense of purpose and meaning throughout his working week, (which, by the way, is now a three day-week.)
He has learnt:
- the art of delegation
- to release control
- to embrace a sense of not wanting to be comfortable all the time
- to let go of key responsibilities.
He can now take a holiday and trusts his team to do things right and do the right things in his absence. (He has not abdicated responsibility, he has learnt to coach his team. )
This is what I love to do in my work. I love to share the power of transformational leadership with my business clients.
All coaches are leaders, but not all leaders are coaches.
My purpose is to build more true leaders and to share the gift of coaching, so that everyone can enjoy a sense of fulfilment and achievement at work.
How do you choose the right coach for you, so that you can transform from a person in business to a person in leadership?
My Six Tips are:
1) Research a number of different coaching styles, meet a few different coaches (at least 3)
2) Ensure a match of values and rapport
3) Test out a session (I always offer my first session for free to see whether we are suited)
4) Check out recommendations – ask for phone numbers of current clients
5) Explore what the potential coach shares on social media and LinkedIn – does this stuff resonate with you or repel you?
6) Look for how you will measure the effectiveness of your coaching investment with manifest in terms of outcomes. How will you measure this?
If you would like an initial meeting, please visit www.rachel.stonecoaching.com/contact
or reach out on LinkedIn.