LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Join us in this session to learn more about the practice of executive coaching and gain a deeper understanding of how coaching can help uncover your potential and inspire you to become a more effective leader, capable of handling the diverse span of circumstances we face in today’s workforce. Leadership coaching can help individuals at all levels (new professionals to senior executives) more accurately gain better perspective about their abilities, blind spots, and how to better make use of them. Working with an executive coach can provide professionals with key career development benefits, such as:
· Managing Change
· Managing Stress
· Employee Engagement
· Professional Development
· Leadership Presence (showing up with confidence)
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:?
Help with special areas such as managing Imposter Syndrome, operating in the majority vs operating in the minority, and moving from an Individual Contributor (IC) role to a leadership role.
Learn how companies like Apple, Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, General Motors, military (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps) and nonprofit organizations are using coaching to strengthen employee capabilities and capacity.
Understand the differences between a coach, mentor, sponsor, and counselor.
Navigate reaching peak performance at all levels, Individual Contributor, Mid-Level Manager, Executive, Senior Executive, and C-Suite.
4. 1. Understand the current
state of Multi-Cultural
employees in todays work
environment.
2. Learn how companies like
Apple, Google, LinkedIn,
Salesforce, and the US
Army, US Navy, US Air
Force are using coaching
to strengthen employee
capabilities and capacity
3. Understand the differences
between a coach, mentor,
and a sponsor.
4. Alignment of your values to
reach peak performance.
5. Imposter Syndrome,
doubt, not good enough
6. Operating in the majority
vs operating in the minority
7. Moving from IC role to
team role
LEARNING OUTCOMES
5. WHAT IS COACHING
With coaching you don't have
to navigate life's challenges
on your own, and your Coach
is in your corner to help.
Some of the most common
topics are:
• Career development
• Influence
• Well-being
• Leading others
• Communication
• Time management +
productivity
• Strategic management
• Networking
6. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
COACH MENTOR SPONSOR
COACHING GOES Beyond Informational – IT is TRANSFORMATIONAL
7. COACHING ISSUES
• Culturally, I was taught not to ask for help
• Culturally, I was taught to put myself last
• I have a hard time advocating for myself
• I have a hard time around senior level people
• I am an introvert, and have challenges advocating
for myself
• Overcoming Obstacles to Leading with Confidence
• Suffering in Silence
• I am an introvert, its hard for me to network
• Finding my Voice
• Difficult conversations - pay increase, starting salary
• Confidence does not appear strong
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10. 1. Is a good coach
2. Empowers team and does not
micromanage
3. Creates an inclusive team
environment, showing concern for
success and well-being
4. Is productive and results-oriented
5. Is a good communicator —
listens and shares information
6. Supports career development
and discusses performance
7. Has a clear vision/strategy for the
team
8. Has key technical skills to help
advise the team
9. Collaborates across Google
10. Is a strong decision maker
Sundar Pichai
CEO of
Google
10 behaviors make a great manager at
Google.
What makes a great manager in your
organization?
11. Professional Competency Model
(Example: Engineering)
• 3 out of 5 tiers are related to technical
competencies
• 2 out of 5 tiers are interpersonal
competencies
Source: US Department of Labor
To achieve true career success, one must
develop their “inner game” of business and
leadership competencies well beyond their
technical expertise and educational
background.
12. LEADERSHIP FOCUS AREAS
• Manage Yourself
• Manage Your Network
• Manage Your Team Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett
Donham Professor of Business Administration at
the Harvard Business School and chair of the
Leadership Initiative.