Leadership and Career Coaching
The mission of Catalyst Leadership Coaching is to inspire people to take charge of their professional and personal lives and to live up to their full potential. We believe in self-knowledge, life-long learning, personal responsibility, and dreaming big!
Why Coaching?
You may be asking yourself, is coaching right for me and is it worth the investment of my time and money? Only you can answer that question, but here are some things to consider.
A 2004 study by Manchester Consulting (now Right Management Consultants) found that executive coaching delivers a return on investment of nearly six times the initial cost of coaching. The study results demonstrate what we’ve known for some time - that coaching can have a dramatic impact on personal behavior, leadership effectiveness and business performance.
Some of the more common reasons to work with a coach are to:
- Set and reach career and personal goals - faster
- Sort through options and decide on a new direction
- Maintain momentum and motivation while on the journey to achieving goals
- Uncover and eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors
- Learn, grow and develop - personally and professionally
- Explore issues with an objective listener to get feedback and support
- Navigate around obstacles that are in the way of achieving goals
- Get really clear on vision, values, and what comes next
- Create more life balance
The only prerequisite for coaching is a willingness to change. See if you are ready for coaching by taking a self-assessment.
Beyond Training
“Training without coaching is merely entertainment.” Dave Buck
True learning and development require more than attending a training class. Training is important, but it should not be confused with learning. Training is an event. Learning is a process.
When you attend a training class, you are introduced to new skills and concepts or reminded of something you have heard before but didn’t retain. The real learning takes place in the days, weeks, and months after the training event is over.
A 1997 study of 31 public sector managers by Baruch College researchers found that a training program alone increased productivity by 28 percent. With the addition of follow-up coaching, productivity increased by 88 percent—a remarkable 60 point difference!
The process of coaching locks in the learning and reinforces new behaviors and habits. If you are ready to step up to the next level and move from acceptable to exceptional, try coaching!