Friday, June 30, 2017

Top Reasons For Hiring A Leadership Strategist And Coach

By Jose Davis


Management, as everyone knows, is all about planning, organizing and controlling the scarce resources available to achieve certain goals. The resources are not just the material assets or money, the biggest challenge these days is managing an organization's human resource effectively. The job switching rates over the past few years has increased dramatically, and this has compelled HR professionals to think about leadership development and succession planning. Leadership strategist and coach are particularly important in the current dynamic business.

What is the difference between a manager and a leader? Managers focus on workflow, performance evaluations, measured results, problem-solving, meeting planning, decision making, training, hiring, dismissing, efficiencies, reporting, resource procurement, organization, and similar issues. Leaders are about motivation, inspiration, coaching, and resource sharing. They are principled, visionary, information gatherers, forecasters, communicators, and strategists.

The biggest challenge organizations face when they decide to implement succession planning is the lack of resources and expertise within the company. Organizations that are in the introductory phase should go for hiring consultants and coaches from outside. External assistance in this regard will have professionals and qualified individuals plus the resources of the organization that will not be wasted on experimentation and training HR managers.

Executive Career Coaching is the latest trend in successful organizations. In this, a career coach identifies each employee's interests, strengths, values and key motivators. He then helps the employees in choosing the right career path for them. Once the career path has been chosen, the coach then guides the employees in their preparation for their next promotion. This strategy has proved to minimize the chances of quitting at an executive level since the employees were correctly matched with the best-suited designations and were involved in the process of continuous career development.

Take action. Every week, you decide on the action steps you'll commit to before your next coaching session. This built-in "accountability factor" is a powerful motivator for making the follow-up calls, writing the brochure, and finishing the presentation.

What is the greatest value leaders can add? Leaders and strategist help to focus more on the team than on the work. They are also engaged in making other people successful. They will help you be more resourceful through motivation, improving your self-esteem and providing tools necessary for working around obstacles.

Coaches and strategist also enhance a sharp decline in recruitment costs. It is costly when you hire someone from the outside for an executive post. By retaining and promoting someone from inside the organization, you save a lot of costs in the selection, recruitment, and training of a new individual. Most of the time workers from outside at executive posts ask for compensation greater than that of your current employee's package.

What can a leader do to be in the action, but also "get the big picture"? Involve others in solving a problem rather than doing it yourself and explore a problem rather than solve a daily crisis. In addition, you must supply needed resources that serve the team, and remain aware of the impact of your actions on the atmosphere of the group.




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