Executive Life Coaching - Is That An Oxymoron?

Who says executives have a life? The long hours, your boss' demands ringing in your ears, the deadlines...oh the deadlines! I'll get back to life sometime in the next 15 years.

An executive's life is a roller coaster of decisions. Here's my question: What decisions are you making now to improve your life in a significant way?

Let's ignore the thought that you may have in your head right now, the one that's telling you: "My life is my work" and focus on what makes up your life. What's really important? Can you see the big picture? I'll bet that you recognize that your life has a lot more to it, than what you do as an executive.

Am I wrong?

Let's tackle this thing one part at a time. When we think of executive coaching we automatically assign a particular frame to it; the executive world. A corporate landscape filled with men in suits. We think of a bold, self confident and demanding top dog that calls the shots and, in a sense many executives fill that persona. An attentive person however takes care to separate a job from the person doing the job.

Of course the main goal of executive coaching is to help an executive perform better and achieve results, in light of a larger Corporate goal. To do this though, a coach will use an array of techniques that come from many areas of coaching; life, business and executive. All of coaching's branches share a common trunk which is rooted in the foundation of coaching.

While the focus of an executive coach remains in context; executive life coaching shifts its sites towards improving an executive's .

What does this mean? It means taking the steps that you always wanted to take but somehow managed to avoid, to live your life according to your vision.

Do you want to change your life? Is there any better time than now? Rest assured that no man on his death bed ever looked up into eyes of his family and friends and said, "I wish I'd spend more time at the office"?

Executive Life Coaching then, has a broader scope of someone's life in view, in this case someone is taken to be an executive. Life Coaching pegs away at possible challenges the Client is facing, in many areas of his or her life; work, intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual.

So what's more effective?

The first question that I would ask myself would be what do I want the Coaching to focus on? Will Coaching help me in my role as an executive or are the results that I'm looking for relate to my life as a whole? Clarifying what our vision is and our expectations from Coaching, increase your potential for an effective outcome; one that will better serve you and help you grow.

Making the difference is important because this will give you the opportunity to view things from several perspectives, which can lead to insight that is truly powerful and perhaps opportunities that you may not be aware of. Regardless of which area you receive coaching in, you will see benefits.

Probably because you know the difference you'll know what to expect; in fact, you now have the knowledge to further your improvement by making an informed choice on the area of expertise of a coach.

The point is this, if you expect different results as an executive, in your life, whatever the case may be, then try something different! Albert Einstein summed it up very well when he said: “The very definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.”

So...

...What's the next step?

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