Coaching / Coachee

[evenflow]

Hi hive mind.

Interested to hear if anyone is a qualified coach on here, (specifically in the business sense rather than life or nutrition or fitness!) Where did you get your qualification? Are you full time, self-employed, or other?

Equally, the other side of the coin. Any (aspiring?) powerfully built directors been coached? Useful? Pros and cons?

Cue the "it's all snake oil" comments, and whilst I'm sure there are a fair share who are, I think there's value in it.

[gangzoom]

I've read the book(s) and as part of my PDP attend a regularly action set facilitated by a good coach. I find it useful but not useful enough yet for me to consider building direct 1:1 sessions into my PDP. Candour and self reflection I'm finding to be more powerful, combining the two would be really powerful.

I suspect those one step up from me at CEO/Chair level do access coaching much more, at my level (C-suire but still direct report to the CEO) I still have a decent group of peers, hence the action learning set. CEO/Chair level looks like a lonier place to be operating from.

If I ever do go down the 1:1 coaching route I will be using some one based on recommendations from a peer whom I connect with versus just Googling the nearest/cheapest coach. It's a totally unregulated field, some of the topics discussed will be very personal and sensitive, it'll be hard to enter the safe space needed with a total random stranger.

Leadership defined the culture of any organisation, I cannot see how anyone can think any type of leadership development is 'snake oil', I do wonder how much leadership development our political leaders go through. I suspect they are of a certain personality to think it is 'snake oil' to reflect and be honest .

Edited by gangzoom on Thursday 29th October 05:03

[evenflow]

Thank for the response.
It's an interesting reflection on leadership defining culture and those leaders who feel it's snake oil could be the ones who could benefit most from it...