Professional coaching: 6 situations where it is very useful

Professional coaching is a sector in booming. Between 2013 and 2017, the number of professional coaches increased by 18% *! If the demand from businesses, large groups and SMEs, continues to grow, it is above all because they are convinced thatProfessional coaching is a great driver of performance.. Whether for talents, managers or managers.In this article, we invite you to discover the 6 professional situations during which coaching is useful.*ICF 2016 figures

Professional coaching: a reminder of the definition.

Before going into the details of situations where it makes sense to call on a coach, Let's remember what coaching is. Professional coaching is a Space to step back and breathe for:

• Better Know yourself
• Understand his operating modes And theimpact that they have on themselves, on others and on their professional environment.
• Reflect on action plan to be put in place to achieve professional goals.
• Take the time to pausing and Take stock in a daily life that is often fast-paced.
• To be Challenged by a professional coach who will be there to get you out out of your comfort zone so that you can find within yourself the resources to make use of all your talents, which are sometimes insufficiently expressed.

6 situations where professional coaching is recommended

Talents, managers, managers... everyone may need to be coached. And this is for a multitude of reasons. Whether it is, moreover, very punctual support or support over a longer period of time in the context of more important issues.Here are 6 key situations in which professional coaching will prove to be effective, useful and rich.

#1 Taking on a new role

Very common in professional coaching (nearly 80% of coaching sessions), taking office often requires asking the question:” What were the elements that made me successful in my previous role? ” .But also the question:” What will I need to learn or do differently to succeed in my new job? ”.Taking on a new function is ultimately about developing a “new self”.The professional coach will accompany you in this work towards this “new you” by capitalizing on your strengths, your experiences, your values. Accompanied by a coach, you will learn to map out your learning journey in your new functions and will be challenged on your behaviors, which must, de facto, be different.

‍>> To see: The Coaching Minute “Taking office: the 6 pitfalls to avoid to be sure of succeeding.

#2 Optimize your leadership

Whether you are strictly speaking a “leader” or if you are not yet a “leader”, it is always useful to develop leadership. How can you be a more effective manager? What is the difference between manager and leader? How do I inspire, build a vision and “get” my teams on board?... These are all questions that a professional coach will help you answer. by developing your ability to understand your leadership qualities and to identify the ones you are missing in order to be more inspiring and engaging. [

#3 Reflect on your career path

Professional coaching allows you to anticipate the stages of your professional career and to map the functions that you could occupy. The coach will help you do a summary of your talents, your difficulties, your successes to allow you to feel perfectly competent in your future function (s).

#4 Managing stress and energy over time

Very often, people are competent but no longer able to perform because of a poor management of their stress or energy.The coach will help you regain serenity and anchoring by looking for the causes of this stress with you and how to disconnect the inhibitors when they present themselves. The objective of such coaching is to understand How to be, yourself, like a marathon runner, the protector of your energy over time.

‍>> To see: The Coaching Minute “Burnout: 4 concrete tips to avoid it

#5 Optimize how you work in the team

How to read and decode the operating mechanisms of a team? What makes a team become, over time, a team that is united, co-responsible and focused on a common goal?... The professional coach will help you unravel these questions, whether you are a team leader or a team member. To do this, the coach will use tools such as Belbin, which is used to know his role in the team, and Lumina, which allows you to identify the different leadership profiles that make up the team. With the coach you will discover what this team lacks for it to be efficient. Is it about optimizing communication? To renew decision-making methods? Or to revolutionize the way meetings are conducted?

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#6 Preparing for a high-stakes situation

Let's take the following example: you must present a strategic plan to a Management Committee in 6 months. Your objective: to get CODIR to join this plan. The professional coach will assist you in building your presentation. so that your ideas are communicated fluidly and in a way that causes real impacts. With the coach you will work on your ability to be influential by mapping the different actors in this meeting beforehand in order to know how to interact with each of them.Other examples: preparing for an end-of-year interview, resolving a conflict...

‍As we explained in the introduction, not all professional coaching lasts 6 months. That depends on the situation. Is it a very operational objective or rather a personal development issue? There are many situations where you need to take a step back. To benefit from an external perspective and build an action plan, we invite you to call on the expertise of Talentis, which has supported more than 20,000 managers, directors and talents for 16 years..‍