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What Is Business Coaching?
Business coaching is the branch of coaching most oriented toward the professional and work world. How could it be otherwise? Business coaching is focused on the human team of the organization.
If we think about it carefully, most of us will spend a large part of our lives in some professional activity. During this time, it is normal for both the organizations and companies we work for to change, the people who work for them, and the vital moment they are going through. Both the vision we have about our professional activity and the motivation that pushed us to develop it, or the situation with our co-workers can change, which can make us lose perspective on our place at work.
It is in these difficult moments of change that business coaching makes sense. In short, this form of leadership consulting is a powerful tool for raising awareness of our problems, fears or motivations, and also a fantastic tool for solving all the problems related to these circumstances.
What Does a ‘Coach’ Do?
The fundamental tool of the coach is the well-known technique. That is, ask questions to provoke a process of internal reflection. The objective of provoking this introspection is that the person in this form ends their process having explicitly discovered valuable and applicable knowledge that positively improves their lives.
What Is Business Coaching Used For?
Business coaching is used when there is a situation of change. Although its applications are extensible to any section or work situation in which people intervene, it is instrumental in the following circumstances:
- Team building: Business coaching is beneficial to develop better group cohesion. Through group dynamics or individually with each team member, you can work to improve communication, cooperation, solidarity, and the group’s resilience in the face of any challenge.
- Organizational conflicts: Even working in the same organization as workers, we do not always perceive that our goals are shared, which can cause conflict between some people. This can affect the work environment, causing some people’s motivation to work. It is essential to tackle this situation in the best possible way to achieve optimal performance. Business coaching is beneficial in these cases.
- Professional development tool: Organizations usually have their workers identified according to their development potential. Both in the case of people who are promoted and in the case of people who are demoted, business coaching is a tool to help them understand their new position in the company.
Advantages of Applying Business Coaching
Depending on the field of application of business coaching, its advantages can be very diverse. At a general level, the main advantages would be:
Increase the level of organizational awareness
Business coaching helps employees understand their role within the organization. Understanding the meaning of your work helps workers be clear about their purpose within the organization chart. Understanding that one is part of a whole increases commitment levels at work.
Improvement in the decision-making process
Business coaching works to get people in the organization to make decisions with the greatest possible conviction. Especially at the managerial level, this can make a significant difference when embarking on new projects, deciding the direction of each of them, appropriately selecting the company’s objectives based on values, etc.
feeling that you matter
That the organization implements tools to improve the satisfaction of its employees shows that it cares about them. This, without a doubt, will have a positive effect on the employee-company relationship from the first minute.
What Are The Objectives of Business Coaching?
- Increase the chances of future success: Of course, to achieve success, the first thing to do is define what success means to us. Business coaching helps people define their goals based on their values and establish a roadmap to achieve them.
- Improve internal communication: Business coaching provides techniques to communicate more efficiently with colleagues and superiors so that the organization’s internal communication is more fluid.
- Have a positive impact on workers’ lives: The ultimate goal of business coaching is to explain the new knowledge discovered by their coaches and develop a practical application map to improve satisfaction with their professional life.
