“I don’t believe in coaching.”
“I don’t believe in coaching.” That’s what a manager of a well-respected and growing organisation once confided me. I was baffled. From my experience I had seen it work on so many levels, but I could not convince him. He had his mind already made up.
Today, the International Coaching Federation backs up the benefits of coaching with hard figures in a 2016 study, conducted independently by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Study reveals clear benefits of business coaching
The benefits of using a professional coach are manifold: respondents claim it improves their performance at work (70%), business management (67%) and time management (57%). And there is more.
Those who undertake coaching can also expect increased self-confidence (80%), improved relationships on the work floor (73%), enhanced communication skills (72%) and a better work-life balance (67%).
96% would repeat the coaching process eyes closed
Overall, the learning and new insights offered by individual coaching returns the investment to the entire business (86%). The satisfaction rate of coaching is extraordinarily high (99% ‘somewhat or ‘very satisfied’). No wonder 96% would repeat the process eyes closed.
I witnessed coachees grow in self-confidence, undertaking steps after coaching they would not have before. One coachee decided to leave her father’s company, another started her own business. One extraverted manager was surprised how much his relationship with an introverted employee in his team improved after learning about MBTI. And a top executive who had accomplished almost everything in his career found peace and decided to take up a final challenge as mentor in his company.
So, what will be your story?
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