What is Executive Coaching? | Leadership Development Program

Key Takeaways

[Music] coaching it at the core of it is a partnership coaching is a partnership to facilitate intentional growth to to grow and develop as a leader and as a person and it's around having a conversation with intent in a very safe space a coach can help an individual get from where they are to where they want to be and it's about simple form you know the interesting thing about coaching is there there are a lot of misconceptions about what it really is so coaching is not therapy it's not looking back or dealing with the past coaching is very much focused in the present and looking toward the future coaching isn't a class coaching isn't and mentorship coaching isn't advice the coach and the coachee are creating this together in equality which is really different from a student experience where they're often taking in knowledge and information this is a this is a partnership of equals so coaching is not about us telling the person what to do or manipulating or influencing them it's about truly meeting them where they are and in the coaching session it's a lot of you doing the talking as opposed to the coach it's reflection and experimentation we're going to get acclimated to each other we're going to talk about where we want to go what challenges we might be facing it's not about what I want for you it's what you want we believe that you already have that information inside of you just haven't discovered it and a lot of times it's really just a matter of looking at things from a different perspective coaching is a conversation around things that matter you begin seeing yourself showing up as a different person and showing up as a different leader a Cadence of learning and reflection that you can carry on throughout your life you actually see yourself growing and it's not transactional transformational