Leaders understand that the key to meeting future challenges lies in the development and empowerment of themselves and their staff in order to achieve results and meet the objectives of their organization.
The challenge lies with how to translate what is usually a one-on-one process into something that shapes organizational behavior. It’s fitting the pieces of a puzzle together so as one can become masterful in their jobs while at the same time evolving all those around them. I look at individual and organizational growth from an observational / Shadow Coaching™ perspective and see the immediate and definitive impact on individual being coached. It’s taking coaching one step further and translating it into groups, creating a paradigm shift within the organization so growth becomes the norm, not the exception.
Each individual within the organization, through training plans and learning curve, structures their own hierarchy of needs. How executives and managers work within the system to recognize, inspire and grow their staff will determine the overall success of the organization as a whole.
There are many ways to implement coaching within an organization. The first is to coach the leadership, which is the most successful model as once leadership experiences and understands the power of having an observational Shadow Coach™ work with them, they are more likely to support their staff going through the same process.
As Coaches, we look at how the managers learn to manage, inspire and grow all their people, not just the ones who are easy to manage.
Through ‘ABP's Innovation Team, Mindsful™, we study dynamics, success of coaching models and implementations
and work on various combinations of how coaching may be best integrated into various organizations. We have come to the conclusion
that often a laser session is all clients may need to help them remove a major roadblock, and that long term traditional models of
coaching were not always the most effective. What we’ve done is to break down how we offer our coaching services into various
categories and contract for different permutations and combinations of these services to meet the needs of the clients in all contexts.
There is a huge demand within organizations for immediate results. Coaching has been proven to be a key intervention in making that happen. Coaching is now mainstream. It’s not about fixing things or people; Leadership Coaching is being used more and more within organizations to support top leaders and grow their rising stars or future leaders.
Shadow Coaching™ develops new leaders within the context of their ‘worlds’ without removing them from their work. Not only have studies shown time and time again that the ROI of coaching has been documented as high as 788% but increased retention averaged 32%. (Click here for Executive Coaching Studies)