Business coaching is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity and Bob Grace, the CEO of Grace Tax Advisory Group, knows it. In this video Bob talks about how his ActionCOACH business coach, Heather Christie, and her team has helped his business. By delivering what is important through increased focus and efficient time management thanks to the implementation of systems and strategies, Bob has seen first-hand just how important coaching is for any business these days and you can see how in this testimonial.
Putting together the “dream team” for your business can be as easy as taking action rather than “information approach”. With a plethora of training options open to employers, it can often be puzzling when trying to find the strategies that are going to achieve results. This is just another benefit to business coaching — a business coach can offer a new perspective on your business and offer tips you might not have thought of, like focusing on your team as a business owner.
There is one basic rule to apply when considering your next team building exercise. “Dream teams” are not built through information or training alone. Seminars, competency training, reading books and watching videos are all helpful strategies but as the age old adage goes “action speaks louder than words”. Being able to perform tasks during training is not the same as applying them on a day to day basis. Just as information does not automatically change behaviours. For example, we read about the dangers of smoking but many people still engage in this behaviour.
Environment is one of the key factors in influencing your team’s success. People base their behaviour on their beliefs about themselves and their environment. Can they have a positive impact on their environment? Does this environment support positive behaviour? Team members should feel that they have the capability to contribute in their environment. This means giving them the right equipment and environment to be effective is essential. It also helps if they feel safe to contribute their opinion and feedback in a supportive environment. But how do you find this out? You simply have to ask. Ask your team if they think there are factors in their environment which could be improved to help them be more efficient, productive or happy. Perhaps they may prefer music as they work, better light, or flexible hours. Many organisations have realised the importance of employee satisfaction on the bottom line. Workplaces now can include facilities such as childcare or the benefits of ergonomically designed work stations.
Beliefs are the key motivators in peoples’ behaviour. However, changing your team members beliefs is not an easy or swift task. Recruiting the right people through personality instruments and team interviews can be one strategy but understanding their beliefs can be important in identifying other strategies. Common beliefs limiting team performance include:
Feedback “I have some constructive feedback but expressing it may cause a confrontation – best to keep it to myself”
Delegation “The only way to get the job done properly is to do it myself”
Sales “Real salespeople are dishonest, pushy and arrogant”
Changing beliefs such as these can be a daunting challenge. Team leaders need to facilitate change by designing flexible experiences for people in organisations to learn that “maybe there is a different way to look at this”. Experiential learning such as climbing trees and playing games aren’t just used because they are fun and help build relationships but because they work. Multiple and varied experiences must be used to inspire new ways of seeing and thinking about things. Reframing opens the mind to new beliefs and behaviour.
Information and ideas are not enough they need to be engrained in day to day activity. You need to look at training options and ask what beliefs in this organisation may hamper or aid in achieving the desired outcome? How can our work environment be changed to support flexibility and greater productivity or what experiences will help foster changes in belief and behaviours? Team building is not an exact science but a cast of finding the best strategies available to bring out the potential in your team.
Can Business Coaching provide leadership to your career and your business?
For executives who want to take their career to the next level, Business Coaching can get you there.
Not only can Business Coaching increase the impact and effectiveness of your career, Business Coaching can accelerate your company’s growth and implement programs that result in exceptional ROI.
Not only will an effective Business Coaching program offer additional insight and add a new perspective to your career and company, good Business Coaching will guide your productivity by linking performance to key metrics on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
Because ActionCOACH is the world’s number one business coaching firm, with more than 1,000 offices in 26 countries. That means you not only have access to your Business Coach, but you also have the ability to leverage best practices and programs from ActionCOACH’s exclusive reservoir of more than 328 proven and systemized business building strategies and tactics.
Appointing ActionCOACH as your Business Coach will help you in a number of ways.
A Business Coach can “see the forest for the trees” …
A Business Coach will hold you accountable …
A Business Coach will question the “status quo” to help you make better decisions …
A Business Coach will tell it like it is …
A Business Coach will give you pointers …
A Business Coach will listen …
Your ActionCOACH Business Coach will be a resource you will rely on time and again to help you build your business.
Maybe it’s a friend or a colleague who can guide you through the twists and turns of running a business.
But if you’ve had enough of books and other media, or you don’t have a “friend in the business,” you can find a great mentor in a Business coach.
Not only will a good Business Coach have the knowledge and experience to help mentor you to transform your business, he or she will be act as your guide to greater success.
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