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We are a Chicago-based coaching and consulting company passionate about facilitating organizational, team and individual change.
Regardless of the client, the company or the circumstances, executive coaching builds leadership capacity and that translates into a return on investment in myriad ways. I once coached a client who reached out to me for individual executive coaching because she had over-performed, doubling her annual sales from $5 million to $10 million. The truest ROI of executive coaching lies in its ability to enhance leadership capacity, specifically, helping leaders: • When a leader is able to make effective requests, embrace and instill accountability and increase overall engagement, it shows in the performance — and bottom line results — of the team and organization.
At Anna’s suggestion and with her encouragement, I learned to step away from the process now and then and give myself both time and permission to seek out and experience joy in small, everyday adventures. Whether it was picking up my guitar, going to a movie, spending the day at a museum, or going for a mid-day run or bike ride, escaping the fog of frustration and allowing myself to just “be”, was invaluable and helped me focus and reframe my thought process to be more open to evaluating and exploring options that I otherwise wouldn’t have considered. Examples include: • reading trade publications of the industry you want to move into • joining professional organizations; attending their meetings and networking with other members When Brian looks back on his career change, he says that every step was risky. “From quitting the security of my former job and profession without a clear direction or road map in mind, to opening up and being vulnerable, both with myself — in the sense of stepping out of my comfort zone and confronting the frustration and confusion that I’d learned to live with for so long — as well as with others, like Anna, and all the others I reached out to throughout the process to network with or just seek advice.
Career coaching is an investment — of your time, money and energy. Is it worth it? How can you determine the return on your investment? While the exact figure varies from person to person, if you put in the work, career coaching will return benefits that far exceed the costs
“I’ll believe it when I see it … ” the mantra of the skeptic. “I’ll see it when I believe it … ” the mantra of the empowered