To be an executive coach, it is necessary to
know that clients are the first and best experts capable of solving their own problems
and achieving their own
ambitions; that is precisely the main reason why clients are
motivated to call on a
coach. When clients bring important issues to a coach, often they already made a complete inventory of
their personal or professional issues and identified all possible (known) options. Clients have
already tried working out their issues alone, and have not succeeded.
After some reflection on the above
statement, I realized it has to be read in the correct context. It seems to me
that the executive coach is talking about multiple opportunities they have had
to coach others. The coach isn’t saying
that the client already has all the answers and the subordinates are not
working with them. It can be implied that the executive coach is saying that
the client is capable of solving their own problems, making a complete
inventory of options, and determining important issues. They have within them,
through coaching, the ability to achieve leadership.
The statement
starts off with saying that a client that is going to a coach already has the
recreant knowledge of solving their own problems. The statement is not saying
that the client already knows and can’t execute. I think it is saying that the
client has what it takes to solve their own problems. A good leader can see the
big picture(“sell”) and show others what they mean(“tell”) (Obolensky,2014). A manager can
tell employees what needs to be done(“devolve”) and why(“involve”) (Obolensky,2014). Through the
combination of the leader and manager strategies, leadership can evolve to
produce a powerful result (Obolensky,2014).
The
executive coach states that clients only bring important issues, implying that they
already made a complete inventory of all important issues with all possible
options. This is what a manager would bring to a coaching meeting, a list of
possible outcomes. A leader would have brought their group to the meeting to
see what problems could be concluded. The executive coach will show that a
combination of strategies needs to be applied to have better success. It is
important to know all the possible outcomes, but it is not the only
strategy that needs to be implemented. You
can’t show the employees the facts and expect them to follow based on logic.
Leadership will find who will have followership and who needs persuasion.
In
conclusion, the above statement made by an executive coach needs to be read
with the right context, it seems they are talking about different clients in
the same statement. A manager has all “devolve” and “involve” information
needed to make a good decision(Obolensky,2014).
The leader has opportunity to “sell” and “tell” the employees what needs done(Obolensky,2014). The coach will
express the needs for a combination of the two for leadership(Obolensky,2014).
References
Obolensky,
Nick. Complex Adaptive Leadership:
Embracing Paradox and Uncertainty. Gower, 2014.
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