Selecting an Executive Coach: Pick for Teaching New Concepts and Skills

Selecting an Executive Coach

Are you working in a company or law firm where leaders select executive coaches as part of a comprehensive leadership development program?  Does your organization have a well developed plan to hire seasoned executive coaches who are a good fit with the company culture?

One of the most powerful questions you can ask is “What specific executive coaching competencies should we look for when choosing the right executive coaches for our company leaders?” Emotionally intelligent and socially intelligent leaders have a complete plan for selecting the best coaches for their executive coaching and leadership development programs.

Pick for Teaching New Concepts and Skills

You may be so engrossed in your work environment that you’ve never developed a clear understanding of your role. A good executive coach will help you step back and get a clearer picture of what is—and isn’t—part of your role.

Good executive coaches present a mental model of what leadership means, what it takes to be effective and the key skills required. They should teach skills relevant to one’s particular situation and assist with implementation in daily interactions.

For example, which of these key leadership skills do you need to learn?
• Collaboration
• Expectation management
• Influencing
• Conflict resolution
• Developing others

Working with a seasoned executive coach trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating leadership assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-i and CPI 260 can help company leaders have a results-oriented executive coaching and leadership development experience by choosing the highly competent executive coaches. You can become a leader who models emotional intelligence and social intelligence, and who inspires people to become happily engaged and aligned with the vision and mission of your company or law firm.

I am currently accepting new executive coaching and career coaching clients. I work with both individuals and organizations. Call 415-546-1252 or send an inquiry e-mail to mbrusman@workingresources.com