WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF COACHING?

It is life-changing. If you work with us, it will challenge you. There will be things you think you know about yourself already, but not to the deep level that we will explore. We will help you reach your potential and be the best that you can be. People who have made it to very senior grades still have areas that they want to focus on and improve.

Below are some independent endorsements of coaching, both for the individual and the organisation.

How coaching benefits the organisation:

Collaboration and agility can unleash the collective intelligence of an organisation. *1

To thrive in the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, in which we operate today, leaders must nurture the collaboration and agility that unleash collective intelligence. To develop agile and collaborative leaders ‘most admired’ companies have integrated coaching in their leadership DNA and a coaching culture in their organisation. *2

Coaching helps organisations maximise talent potential, motivates employees, improves relationships between people and departments, increases creativity, learning and knowledge, as well as demonstrating a commitment to people development. Organisations with a strong coaching culture are more than twice as likely to be high-performing organisations. *2. And in ranking activities as the most helpful for change management, organisations surveyed gave the highest ranking to one-to-one coaching with a professional coaching practitioner.*3

The personal benefits of coaching: 

… are as wide-ranging as the individuals involved. When you work with a coach, research shows that you will see increases in:

  • self motivation 

  • self awareness

  • self discipline

  • self improvement and 

  • leadership aptitude *1

‘Our people value coaching’ stats from Accenture at ICF Converge 2017 show that 87% of their people value the focus they are putting on coaching; 81% said coaching helped them work collaboratively with their team; 80% said coaching helped them build stronger connections with people at work; 77% said that coaching helped them produce high-quality, innovative work; and 97% are committed to applying what they learnt 3-4 months after training.

Numerous clients report that coaching positively impacted their careers as well as their lives by helping them to:

  • Establish and take action towards achieving goals

  • Become more self-reliant

  • Gain more job and life satisfaction

  • Contribute more effectively to the team and the organisation

  • Take greater responsibility and accountability for actions and commitments

  • Work more easily and productively with others (boss, direct reports, peers)

  • Communicate more effectively *4 

*1 Source: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664 Read: How Patty McCord created what Sheryl Sandberg called "the most important document ever to come out of the Valley“: https://www.fastcompany.com/3056187/the-future-of-work/the-woman-who-created-netflixs-enviable-company-culture 

*2 Source: Why and how coaching boosts the success of tech companies in the Silicon Valley... Masterclass with Jean-Francois Cousin, MCC @ ICF Singapore 3rd May 2019

*3 Source: Revel Gordon PCC, from data in ICF – HCI survey 2018 Building a Coaching Culture for Change Management

*4 Source: Institute of Coaching https://instituteofcoaching.org/coaching-overview/coaching-benefits