Top 10 Reasons to Hire an Executive Coach- What Do the Experts Say?

• Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the best advice he ever got was to get a coach.
• Bill Gates emphatically says everyone should have a coach in his TED Talk. Venture capitalist Fred Wilson advocates coaching too, especially for first-time CEOs.
• “In a survey by Right Management Consultants, 86% of companies said they used coaching to sharpen skills of individuals who have been identified as future organizational leaders.”
• From, “What an Executive Coach Can Do For You,” Harvard Business Review
• “A coach may be the guardian angel to rev up your career.”  Money magazine
• “Across corporate America, coaching sessions at many companies have become as routine for executives as budget forecasts and quote meetings.”  Investors Business Daily
• “Coaches are not for the meek. They’re for people who value unambiguous feedback. All coaches have one thing in common. It’s that they are ruthlessly results-oriented.”  Fast Company Magazine
• “Many of the world’s most admired corporations, from GE to Goldman Sachs, invest in coaching. Annual spending on coaching in the US is estimated at roughly $1 billion.”  Harvard Business Review
• “I never cease to be amazed at the power of the coaching process to draw out the skills or talent that was previously hidden within an individual, and which invariably finds a way to solve a problem previously thought unsolvable.”  John Russell, Managing Director, Harley Davidson Europe Ltd.

If you’re considering coaching, here are 10 specific ways you could benefit: 

1. Measurable results – achieve goals with greater and more efficient productivity
2. Deeper learning – about your strengths and underdeveloped skills, how to improve
3. Plan for the future – develop step-by-step strategies and solutions to problems necessary to overcome for success
4. Collaborative learning – a space to problem-solve and gain perspective
5. Build strategy to “lean in” professionally
6. Clarity on your values, perspectives and passion, which leads to greater conviction
7. Gain awareness of blind spots – discover habits that may be holding you back, derailing your progress towards achievement
8. Informed support and encouragement – reduces your isolation as you problem-solve
9. Objective feedback – learn how others’ perceive you in a non-judgmental space
10. Professional support for improving/fine-tuning specific skills – communication, delegation, conflict management, collaboration, non-verbal and emotional intelligence