Executive Coaching and Leadership Development
Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Successor Development, and Successor Recruiting, Portland, OR
Eliciting Owner ExcellenceTM
It’s Lonely at the Top.
But it doesn’t have to be…
As an Owner, there’s often no one to strategize with, decisions are tough, often needing to be made with insufficient information, and execution is a challenge, compounded by resistance to change and varying degrees of engagement. And if that weren’t enough, we all have blind spots. These blind spots can cause us to misdiagnose problems, overlook solutions, and miss opportunities.
And that’s where Owner Coaching comes in.
I help smart, successful owners clarify their thinking, drive stronger engagement, and deliver better results.
The Strategic Benefits of Owner Coaching
• STRENGTHEN INTERPERSONAL SKILLS – Strong interpersonal skills allow owners to be more influential, get buy-in for their ideas, and avoid or resolve conflict. Effective interpersonal skills are the key to bringing out the best in people, which in turn, drives productivity and results.
• ENHANCED STRATEGIC THINKING – The best strategies will leverage strengths, minimize risk, and balance long-term with short-term needs and goals. Owners must carefully think through possibilities, assess and manage risk, and then develop strategies with the best potential. It requires an environment within which an owner’s inklings, ideas, and concerns are brought to light, challenged, and expanded.
• GAIN NEW PERSPECTIVES and OVERCOME BLIND SPOTS – Outside perspective is essential as a catalyst for creative, game-changing strategic thought. It’s also needed to uncover blind spots and move past them.
• HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY – Given the demands placed on owners, it’s critical to improve productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Maintaining a high degree of mental acuity, managing stress and emotions, and carving out discretionary time to address the important before it becomes urgent is essential to avoid burnout.
• CONFIDENTIAL SOUNDING BOARD – Often, the evolution of a company is conceived during open discussions of ideas, but most owners don’t have the right “sounding board”. Pretty much everyone around an owner has an agenda. Either they want things to change or they want things to stay the same. Every owner needs an objective, supportive confidant with whom to complain, vent, confide in, and talk things out.