How many times have you wanted to do something and did not do it?   And how many times would you have been able to accomplish what you wanted to accomplish, if you would have had someone to support you or hold you accountable?  Having someone to hold you accountable for accomplishing what you want to accomplish is one of the main reasons why people get Leadership coaching.

Before a leader can be successful in a formal leadership position (a position of leading others), leaders have to master the art of self leadership.  Leadership Coaching helps you to learn the skill of being accountable to yourself.  Only then can you hold others accountable.

Our Executive Coaching Services are designed to help current and future leaders attain the attitudes, skills, and goals that will allow them to break through the barriers that stand in the way of personal achievement.

Mastering the art of leadership begins with attitudes.  Attitudes are habits of thought.  In order to achieve as a leader you have to have habits of thought that are going to be taking you closer to your goals versus farther away from them.

A leader is charged with getting results through people.  Leadership skills are essential in order to get results through people.  Communication skills, interpersonal skills, decision making and problem solving skills are just a few of the leader ship skills that have to be mastered.

Lastly, the skill of goal setting has to be mastered.  Despite opinion to the contrary, goal setting is a skill that can be learned.   Not only personal goal setting, but the ability to set goals for others is required of leaders.

You could sum up leadership as the ability to establish a direction and gain commitment from others to go in that direction.

Having a coach has been proven to be one of the best ways to develop leadership abilities.  Leadership coaching is much more than training; leadership coaching is about development.

Employee engagement is something every organization wants.  However, the statistics show that employee engagement is lacking on a large scale in most companies.    Having employees that are engaged is not something that will just come about on its own.    The leadership has to create a culture of employee engagement.  Here are a few areas to look at to create a culture of employee engagement.

The first area is in hiring new employees.  When you hire an employee the first goal is to ensure the person will be a good fit.  This means they not only have the skills the position requires, but they also have the attitudes, behaviors, and values that are in harmony with the organizations.

Once you have a new person hired, you want to make sure your onboarding process is helping the new person adjust and become productive right away.  The onboarding process is much more than just an orientation.  It is a system.  The onboarding process can take from 3 to 6 months to complete depending on the position.

Then of course there is communication.   Good communication is a critical piece of employee engagement.  You want to communicate the strategy, and how the organization is doing compared to the goals that are set.

These are just a few brief ideas you as a leader can do to create employee engagement.   Contact us to set up a free strategy session to learn more.

Emotional Intelligence is a term that most leaders are familiar with.  However, very few leaders are aware of the impact Emotional Intelligence can play in the productivity of an organization.   It is a proven fact that Emotional Intelligence plays a significant role in creating an environment where people are productive.  The reason is simple.  People are emotional creatures.

We as human beings respond to things at the emotional level.  So when there is a stimulus our emotions are the first thing impacted.  Then we respond based on our emotions.   Emotional Intelligence is the ability to manage not only your emotions, but the emotions of others as well.  Leaders must have highly developed Emotional Intelligence in order to get results through other people.  Emotional Intelligence and leadership go hand in hand.

Therefore, the leader needs to create and environment in the organization where people can have positive emotional responses based on positive stimuli.  In a recent online poll, over 50% of the participants said they head experienced bullying in the workplace.  More alarming is that n 77% of those cases the bully was the boss.  With an average recovery time of 4 hours per negative emotional experience, you can see that productivity is taking a hit in these situations.

Start now and develop a high degree of Emotional Intelligence in yourself and with your team.  The benefits for doing so are tremendous.  You will find more engaged employees, higher productivity, better customer satisfaction, and ultimately higher profits.

Welcome to the CAPITAL iDEA blog.  We will be providing you with information and insight into how to make your organization as productive as  possible.  We will be bringing you timely viewpoints on talent management and human capital strategies.