The Different Coaching Professions
I often get asked what’s executive coaching, and how is it different from other coaching professions. That’s a great question because, more often than not, there will be confusion about what makes an executive coach unique.
Before we get into what makes executive coaching stand out from other types of coaches, I want to explore the differences between life, business, team, and career coaching.
Life Coaching
In a sense, a life coach helps clients live their life better.
They seek to encourage and offer support to their clientele for both personal and professional issues in their lives. These topics can range from personal goals, life transitions, or even projects that they’re currently doing.
Business Coaching
An entrepreneur would benefit from having a business coach because they help assist and guide business owners with decisions regarding their company.
For example, “how would adding a new team member fit within your business goals?” Or “how can you continue to achieve your personal goals while running the company?”
These are just a few example questions that have a possibility of being asked during a business coaching session. In general, during these meetings, it’s a goal to help the business owner hone his or her strengths while mitigating their weaknesses.
Team Coaching
Teamwork is a crucial part of many companies to be successful, but when there’s miscommunication between the team, it can lead to problems for the entire company.
Team coaching helps to facilitate the performance development of the team as a whole and helps them meet their objectives.
For this to work, though, the coach needs to understand the team dynamic because the focus isn’t solely on an individual.
Career Coaching
Looking for a new career but don’t know where to start?
Then a career coach is a beneficial tool because they focus on job searches, negotiating salaries and promotions while providing clients accountability.
Executive Coaching
An executive coach acts as a sounding board that helps clients improve professional and organizational performances.
Even though executive coaching is similar to the other examples, it does have a unique aspect.
Executive coaches focus not only on challenges in the current moment of a client’s life but their life as a whole. This allows an executive coach to help facilitate a client’s desire to move towards improved performance.
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