Thursday, July 31, 2008

Business Coach For You?

By Donald K Aniston


For some people work is simply a nine-to-five job that requires their presence. They do not particularly enjoy their job but know that in order to make ends meet they must show up each day and get their work done. They do what they have to do but seem to have no spark. Perhaps they have lost sight of their chosen career path. Could this be what is going on with your job? With the help of a business coach you can do more than just get by. You can find a career and find joy in your work again.

Leadership mentoring is a one-on-one process that involves someone with more experience helping out someone who has less experience. This is often done when a new person enters a career field. A business coach does offer one-on-one coaching but it is more like helping you achieve your own goals or motivating you to become more involved in your career field.

Many companies will bring in a coach consultant to help their employees when the business is beginning to flag. It is a way to help bring back the company into operating once again at a higher level of efficiency.

Many companies will bring in a coach consultant to help their employees when the business is beginning to flag. It is a way to help bring back the company into operating once again at a higher level of efficiency. You have probably heard of motivational camps where employees are brought in and play team games with one another. This creates and fosters a competitive atmosphere but lets employees bond with each other.

Business coaches can not perform miracles and should not be promising great achievements. Those who do may be operating under fraudulent means. This is to say that a coach should not make grand promises to up sales by fifty percent or have employees thinking that the coaching process will automatically result in advancements and promotions. This is simply not the case. Coaching people should be more about showing them that they can rely on themselves to make the necessary changes to help the business operate better.

A business coach must have experience in motivating people to try to achieve their goals and dreams. He or she needs to be educated in the business field. Talking to people one-on-one is great but to effectively motivate large groups of people there needs to be a spark and an initiative to lead others on to greatness.

Bringing in a business coach can mean better performance if the person is educated about the business field and has experience motivating large groups of people. Sure, he or she can motivate on a one-on-one level but the person is more likely brought in to help motivate the company as a whole. It can mean more revenue, sales or a rebirth in enthusiasm for working for the company but that depends on how much the employees are willing to give.

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