Executive coaching
Is coaching a good fit for you?
Executive Coaching is tailormade for your personal needs. With your coach, you pursue the goals that are the most important to you. There’s space and time to reflect, to think. To weigh various perspectives, to recognize thinking patterns and habits and, finally, to decide what to keep, what to let go. Coaching brings clarity and helps you to prioritize. Your coach is there to support on your quest to unleash your true potential.
Typically, coaching is about leading yourself and leading others. To achieve this, you need to find that perfect balance of performance and well-being.
When is individual coaching useful to me? – Typical situations:
Starting in a new position – transition to new duties always involves opportunities for success and renewal. However, no change comes without risk.
Desire to develop one’s own leadership skills; leading your own team
Getting a handle on issues relating to strategic thinking / issues regarding strategy and organizational culture
Developing identified High Potentials
Making the most of feedback (e.g. 360) and implementing the desired change
Achieving better balance between personal performance and well-being
Career turning points; when fresh challenges or a brand new direction require rethinking
Leaders using coaching services have realized that when you’re faced with complexity and continuous, unrelenting change, you should deploy a learning/developmental mindset. These leaders can see the added value in the use of an outsider coach. They consider it to be highly meaningful that there’s time to stop and have a genuine conversation amidst the challenges of daily toil. What’s more, these leaders also want to push themselves, to be challenged in a variety of ways – and via the coaching process, discover new perspectives and solutions.
“Today, you’re in a fishbowl. And part of being in that fishbowl means you’re taking information from multiple sources, you’re being evaluated on how you take in that information, you’re constantly learning, constantly teaching, and you have to have a constant ability to modify. Those who adapt best are the ones who thrive.”
Tracy Wolstencroft, CEO Heidrick & Struggles (McKinsey Interview 2015)
”Coaching is a thought-provoking and creative partnership that inspires clients to maximize their personal and professional potential, often unlocking previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.”
DEFENITION OF COACHING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION
Have you started as CEO / Executive Team member recently? Do you need room for reflection and a partner to spar with? Would you benefit from collaboration with a coach that specializes in working with upper management and Executive Teams?
If you’re serious about helping your organization thrive, don’t hesitate to reach out! We will talk about what coaching can do for you – and help you face those daily challenges head-on.
Coaching increases self-awareness and emotional intelligence (EQ)
Interaction with people, influencing others, decision-making, controlling stress and preventing & solving conflict situations are typical themes in coaching discussions. What all of them have in common is a strong connection to emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence forms the foundation for leading yourself and others. Emotional intelligence is something that every one of us can improve; basically, what we’re talking about here is a skill set rooted on solid self-awareness. After all, knowing oneself has been characterized as a cornerstone of future leadership.
”Emotional intelligence is set to become a “must-have” skill in the next one to five years”
(CapGemini Research Institute: Emotional Intelligence
– the essential skillset for the age of AI)
EXPERIENCES ON INDIVIDUAL COACHING:
”Coaching proved to be highly useful, allowing me to pause and evaluate my own situations and operative methods. I’ve learned to increase the level of planning in my actions.
In the future, I also want to prioritize my own well-being and the time allocated for strategic planning. The best part of the coaching process was the open, safe environment which entailed just the right degree of challenge. I never once felt uncomfortable, not even when I had to self-reflect on my own behavior.”
— Manager / expert organization
”As a CEO of a major multinational company’s Finnish subsidiary, I have various counterparts in encounters inside our own organization as well as in customer and other stakeholder groups.
Interaction and demanding negotiation situations present one area where Pirkko, in her role as a coach, challenged me to evaluate my own beliefs and preconceived notions. I feel that I’ve learned to take diversity issues into consideration more actively and to look at the big picture in a more engaged manner. As a coach, Pirkko was positive and supportive – and ready to challenge me when I needed to be.”
— CEO / expert organization
”One of my coaching goals was ‘leadership’. After Pirkko’s coaching, I went over the results of our personnel survey and other related material which had a link to my leadership qualities, together with my boss.
All the results showed improvement. Coaching gave me confidence in my abilities and reassured me that I’m just fine the way I am. Big, big thanks to you, Pirkko!”
— Manager / Finance & Insurance
Coaching process is always tailormade according to need
Mind Avenue utilizes well-established, quality tools in support of the coaching processes:
Workplace Big Five personality profile
EQ-i emotional intelligence profile
Existing (or to be subscribed) 360°/180° leadership feedback reports
The goals of the coaching process are always individual; the process is built to serve the customer’s goals in the best possible way. The coaching sessions are typically 60-90 minutes long and the sessions are held every 2-4 weeks.
Take the first step towards embracing change
Don’t hesitate to reach out so that we can schedule an appointment to figure out, how coaching can help you to fulfil your goals and ambitions.
Coaching sessions are very effective also virtually.
Let’s plan a process that fits your situation and schedule. You can schedule an appointment using the link below – and decide on the next steps afterwards.
Due to the Covid-19 situation, all coaching sessions are held via Teams or Zoom for the time being. There are also evening sessions available.