How can a career coach help develop my leadership skills?

What are the critical steps to improving my leadership style?

WRITTEN BY: Michelle White

Do you keep hearing about leadership coaching but aren’t sure what is involved and if it can help you? A Leadership coach can support your leadership development in a number of ways:

1. Identifying your strengths and areas for improvement: A coach can help you identify your strengths as a leader and areas for improvement. This can involve assessing your current leadership style, skills, and behaviours through personality questionnaires, self-analysis, and company feedback.
2. Creating a personalized development plan: Once you have identified your strengths and areas for improvement, a coach can help you create a personalised development plan that is tailored to your specific needs, goals, and team. Coaching can be tailored to you and where your team is at rather than the more generalised advice in leadership training.
3. Providing feedback and guidance: A coach can provide ongoing feedback and guidance as you work towards your development goals. They can help you stay on track, provide support, and help you navigate any challenges that arise.
4. Enhancing your self-awareness: A coach can help you develop a greater sense of self-awareness, which is critical for effective leadership. They can help you identify your values, beliefs, and assumptions, and how these impact your leadership style. This is probably the area that is most illuminating for someone working with a coach for the first time.

5. Building your leadership skills: A coach can help you build your leadership skills, such as communication, decision-making, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence. They can provide you with tools, techniques, and strategies to help you become a more effective leader.
6. Holding you accountable: A coach can hold you accountable for your development goals. They can help you stay motivated and on track, and provide support and encouragement when needed. This is especially useful when your workday is busy and urgent work can derail you from focusing on priorities for you and your teams/s.

Overall, a coach can provide you with the guidance, support, and tools you need to become a more effective leader, and to achieve your professional goals. For more details on our leadership coaching program email connect@edecision.com.au.