Why more and more organisations are choosing to get their staff ICF certified as executive/leadership coaches
Summary: “Training your staff to coach and nurture your top talent has been proven to maximise individual and team performance, increase productivity, improve staff retention figures and enhance job satisfaction.
It’s win win for everyone and all it takes is investing in a high standard of coach training”
Author:
Ridhima Dosani
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Why more and more organisations are choosing to get their staff ICF certified as executive/leadership coaches
As a ‘Learning & Development’ leader for your organisation, we understand that you want to invest in developing your high potential staff and ideally, you probably want to develop your own internal capabilities to be able to support your top talent in-house. Creating an internal team of ICF accredited professional coaches is the most effective and efficient way to deliver this kind of service and our team of advisors can help you to do exactly that. We provide customised guidance and advice to help you build a results-focused team of internal coaches that know exactly how to add value and improve performance.
By providing fully ICF certified coach training and ongoing support, we help clients build teams of highly capable and confident internal coaches, ready to hit the ground running and start adding value to your top talent straight away.
Here’s why investing in your own internal coaching capabilities via ICF certification based training is a reliable return on investment that will benefit your company at all levels.
Internal coaches help you get even more from your high potential staff
At the core of professional coaching is the collaborative focus on removing any obstacles, skills gaps and limiting beliefs that are standing in the way of success. Your internal coaches will learn tips and techniques used by top 5% of executive coaches worldwide. These abilities, acquired through theory, practical application, and direct tuition with a master coach, will be invaluable to their own professional development as well as improving the leadership skills and performance of their internal coachees.
By supporting your top talent through professional coaching, you will ensure increased productivity and professional satisfaction across all levels. Overall, leaders become better leaders, managers become better managers and these benefits cascade down to all staff, so that individual and team performance is improved at all levels.
2. Save on the cost of expensive external coaches and create a highly capable team of internal coaches instead
Instead of hiring external coaches, which can be costly and involve more risk, you can rely on your staff members to deliver high-level coaching in-house. This can be particularly crucial in complex working environments where having an understanding of your specific organisational context and industry related challenges really matters. Who can understand the unique challenges being faced by your top talent better than those within your own organisation?
3. Internal coaching will lead to higher staff retention rates
In today’s job market where professionals have more options and opportunities than ever, fewer people are choosing to stay with a company for long periods of time. Unless of course, there are continued development and career expansion opportunities on offer.
Research has shown that millennial and Gen-z employees who are given consistent feedback, professional development opportunities and regular training are more likely to stay loyal to a company. And, as any Learning & Development expert knows, higher staff retention rates mean reduced costs and more engaged and collaborative teams which generate improved growth and productivity. So, internal professional coaching is a worthwhile investment in the future of your organisation.
Not to mention the fact that providing regular and timely coaching for your staff will ensure that your business is best equipped to deal with future challenges and that you can be flexible in the face of a changing market.
4. Sponsor your staff to achieve ICF accreditation - a gold standard in professional coach training
We offer a globally recognised executive coaching qualification that will fully equip your staff with the practical experience and advanced techniques that they can apply straight away. Our programme is structured in such a way that it can easily work around their commitments, and we require only 3 days of scheduled training time. They will be given ample amounts of online resources, access to our exclusive community and consistent feedback from a master coach. We have years of experience coaching clients in companies of all sizes, including BP, SWIFT, 3M and more, which means we can provide coaching that suits the needs and size of your organisation.
If you choose to sponsor a group of your staff members, learning together can boost morale and motivate them to support each other through their ICF accreditation. We can tailor the learning experience to work best for you and your business.
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