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]]>It is said that it can be lonely when you are in a leadership position, but it does not have to be that way if you have a coach. A leadership coach serves as a sounding board and supports the leader with their exploration of most any professional topic. A coach does not give the answers but instead provides a confidential space to explore and better understand situations. Coaching can help shine a light on perspectives and opportunities resulting in new doors opening enabling shifts to a higher level of proficiency. Coaching is becoming more commonly relied upon. The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, was quoted as saying, “Everyone needs a coach. One thing people are never good at is seeing themselves as others see them.”
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]]>As the leader of an organization you bring the weather. Your work unit, for better or worse, will reflect what you project. As the leader you owe it to yourself, and your team, to bring your best self to the workplace. Make the time to care for your health through exercise, getting enough rest and healthy eating. Whether your interests lie in golf, walking, or yoga there is an athletic related activity you can do to help work off stress. In addition to engaging your body, exercise also helps clear the daily mind clutter.
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]]>Make a point to ask what your team thinks about situations and challenges that they and the organization are facing. Ownership is developed when the team in invested and feels that they have input into the process. Seek feedback on how others see you. Take a 360 assessment or ask a trusted confidant to provide feedback on how you are doing.
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]]>Tip 4: Keep a Journal
A journal can whatever you want to make note of. Write about your daily accomplishments and challenges. Write about what you noticed about yourself. Make note of how you showed up as a leader that day and what you want to work on. Make a list of your priorities. The journal will provide a reference to help sort out issues through written expression while also noting progress you’ve made. And, like plotting stars to find a constellation in the sky, it can help with identifying patterns of behavior and reactions in your body that you wouldn’t see otherwise.
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]]>Consciously listen to what the other person is saying in conversations. Instead of formulating your rebuttal, listen to their words, the voice inflections, and notice their body language to get a fuller picture of their point and concerns. Be curious. Ask questions to get clarity. Try this in your next staff meeting by observing both of the verbal and nonverbal cues from the others in the room. Use these observations to more accurately learn what the team’s concerns are. And yes, this can still be done during video conferences.
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]]>Leaders are often tempted to race through activities and interactions in order to move on the next thing. Some try to multi-task. Neuroscience has shown that people cannot effectively focus on more than one thing at a time. What actually happens is the mind is quickly shifting attention from one task to another which can lead to making mistakes and ultimately being less effective. Instead, focus on the activity you are engaged in. When walking from one meeting to the next, allow yourself to take note of your surroundings. Take a few seconds to clear your head before moving on to the next task. Be present in the moment.
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]]>Studies by Richard Davidson, founder of Center for Healthy Minds, show that meditation produces measurable changes in the brain and body. It enables a calmer state of mind and can assist the body’s immune system to function better. Being in a calmer state allows you to notice what is going on both within and around you and respond more effectively to all types of challenging situations. Guided apps can help you get started in slowing down to a place of calm alertness or you can simply sit quietly focusing on your breathing while mentally counting at a relaxed pace. If you find this difficult at first, start slowly with as little as a three-minute block of time and increase as you get the hang of it.
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]]>Successful individuals, like successful businesses, tend to have a clear idea of what they want to achieve. This definition of success, be it anything from being radically innovative to having a position of significant responsibility, is unlikely to be achieved without a practical strategy.
Regardless of whether you work for somebody or are self-employed, below are some coaching questions that will support you in determining a practical way forward:
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]]>When considering a particular area of life, be it career, family, relationships, health, and so on, individuals fall into one of five camps:
1. I don’t know what I want;
2. I know what I want, but don’t know how to get it;
3. I know what I want and how to get it, but something keeps holding me back;
4. I know what I want, how to get it and I’m motivated and on track; and
5. I know what I want and I’ve already got it!
The coaching process is most relevant and beneficial for those people falling into the first three camps above. A fundamental principle behind coaching is that each person knows best what they want. Friends, regardless of how well they may know you or whether they have your best interests at heart, still see your life from their perspective. Parents, mentors, counsellors and the like bring to the table their experiences and advise you on what you should do based on that. However, what may be relevant and important to them, may not always be equally so for you.
Call it gut-feel, intuition, or a hunch you generally do know what you want or don’t want at some level. It may not be at a conscious level, or worse yet it may be well hidden but at your very core you do know. An effective life coach is one who is able to help you access your own inner knowledge. In doing so, you establish what you really want in a particular scenario. The coaching techniques employed to do this vary from person to person and range from asking powerful open-ended questions and creative visualisation to considering the same subject from a variety of different perspectives.
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