What Are The Benefits Of Executive Coaching?
- Heather Anstey-Myers
- Apr 2
- 4 min read
Executives play an integral role in the success of a business, and with that comes a lot of responsibility and pressure to perform at their best.
Executive coaching aims to improve leadership skills, but it isn’t just for executives struggling with one particular problem.
This type of coaching can help executives work on numerous skills, habits, behaviours, and patterns depending on their personal development goals, and can help take their company and teams to new heights.
If you’re interested in investing in your career at an executive level, in this guide, we’ll cover some of the key benefits associated with executive coaching.
Let’s get started.
6 Benefits Of Working With An Executive Coach
There are numerous benefits of working with an executive coach. They include, but are not limited to:
Better communication
Enhanced leadership skills
Improved confidence
Enhanced self awareness
Improved problem solving skills
A boost in personal and team performance
1. Better Communication
A key benefit of executive coaching is improved communication.
Considering that research has shown that 86% of employees and executives cite the lack of effective collaboration and communication as the main causes of workplace failures, the importance of maintaining excellent communication cannot be overstated.
An experienced coach can help executives refine their communication style and skills, helping them communicate more effectively and confidently with stakeholders, employees, peers, and customers.
They can hold a mirror to your tone, communication style, as well as your body language, helping you to present clearly and concisely.
As such, executive coaching can help improve communication in the C suite and beyond.
2. Enhanced Leadership Skills
Executive coaching can also help develop your leadership skills.
This can include decision-making, communication, critical thinking, and conflict resolution, to name just a few.
An executive coach has the experience to provide you with strategies and personalised feedback on how you lead and influence your team.
Are you interested in executive coaching? Heather Anstey-Myer’s one-to-one business coaching service can help.
With over 30 years of experience as a CEO and senior leader in the private and public sectors, Heather is well-versed in the unique challenges that come with leadership and is here to support you no matter where you are in your executive journey.
Contact Heather today to book a free coaching consultation.
3. Improved Confidence
As an executive, you’ll face many scenarios and challenges that occur outside of your comfort zone.
Although this can build your resilience as a leader, setbacks can naturally impact your confidence and can even result in impostor syndrome.
Imposter Syndrome In Executives
Research has shown that 75% of female executives across industries have experienced imposter syndrome in their careers, highlighting how prevalent an issue it is. This is an issue that can affect all executives.
If left unaddressed, imposter syndrome and a lack of confidence can directly impact everything from perfectionism to your ability to complete tasks.
An executive coach can provide a supportive environment for leaders to work through any challenges or internal doubts they’re facing, including any confidence issues.
That said, executives often experience a new found confidence in their leadership and ability to make decisions as a result of coaching.
4. Enhanced Self Awareness
By working with a professional coach, executives can gain a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses.
Beyond this, executive coaching can help identify patterns in your behaviour that could potentially be holding you back.
This improved self awareness can help you adjust your leadership style to be more authentic and effective.
As such, you can develop stronger connections and relationships with your internal teams, whilst having the self awareness to know when a relationship needs improvement.
5. Improved Problem Solving Skills
Whether you’re solving an internal issue or are making decisions to meet the needs of your customers, problem-solving skills are key for leaders in any business.
From missing targets to team disagreements, executives are likely to be faced with numerous challenges.
A professional business coach will provide a neutral perspective, helping you to view an array of challenges and problems from different perspectives and angles.
This can lead to more creative problem solving and decision making, providing you with new ways of tackling problems as a leader.
6. A Boost In Personal & Team Performance
Lastly, a benefit of hiring an executive coach is that they will help you unlock new levels of performance.
From enhancing organisational efficiency to optimising time management, executive coaching provides the necessary support for executives to improve their overall performance.
In fact, research shows that executive coaching can increase individual performance by 70%, team performance by 50%, and organisational performance by 48%, emphasising the power coaching can have.
Through enhancing your own performance through coaching, you, in turn, can help improve the performance of your organisation simultaneously.
Book An Executive Coaching Consultation
Whether you’re new to an executive position or feel like there’s room for improvement in your role as an executive, Heather Anstey-Myer’s coaching services can help.
With over 30+ years of industry experience as one of Wales’ leading business voices, Heather understands how lonely it can be at executive level, and is here to help leaders unlock new levels of professional performance.
Get in touch to book a free consultation today.
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