Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Do not waste the Executive Business Coaching you receive.

By Steven Yamazaki


Do not let the Executive Business Coaching go to waste.

It is definitely not cheap. Wether it is paid by you or by the company you work for, a large amount of funds have been exchanged. It gets more expensive without limits as the quality goes higher.

Furthermore, there is time and energy that you have spent too. It may takes hours to complete, a few days, a week or sometimes, months. The amount of investment in money and times in your life makes it imperative that you gain the most out of it. Sooner the better.

It is of utmost importance to benefit from it with all efforts possible.

Participate actively and you have done the best there is. Test your ideas againts the company leadership, even the CEO and you have shown the greatest courage which will be noticed. You can make mistake, of course, but that is inconsequential as it is correctness that is looked for in the coaching, rather it is the effort.

Management is always looking out for people who leads. These are the people who are not shy to try and let people see it. They are not afraid to show people that they are learning and making mistakes along the way. To the eyes of the management, they are infinitely better than those who just wait and follow orders. This is a limited breed, so management do notice them.

The best is if you can offer yourself to lead any particular projects during the coaching exercise. It shows that you are ready to take on a challenge the moment it shows itself up. You stand out immediately from the rest.

Take things seriously and do not be shy about it. The goals of the exercise should never be taken lightly, since it is a very expensive endeavour. There must something significant and needing improvement for management to have to put aside large funds to have the business coaching exercise. Maybe the organisation goals need clarification, or the policies need corrections. Maybe the major business processes are falling apart. Take the coaching lightly, and you will not appreciate the issues. Worse, you will fail to participate in the resolution process.

Participate, lead and be serious. If you don't you have wasted your own resources attending it. You might as well just withdraw and let others take your place.

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