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Coaching: The missing piece of the development puzzle
The value of any leadership development program lies in the extent to which leaders apply what they learn to their role. However, too often, the knowledge and concepts learned through formal leadership development courses are put on the back-burner when leaders return to the packed schedules and competing demands of their jobs.
Coaching offers a powerful catalyst that transforms academic theory into actionable frameworks that leaders can immediately apply to real-world challenges. As leaders test newly learned concepts in their roles, coaches provide valuable feedback and support and give leaders the confidence to take their leadership–and their teams–to new levels of success.
As a critical part of holistic leadership development, coaching amplifies outcomes in three critical ways:
Boosting engagement: Coaches help assess leaders’ needs, set goals, and suggest relevant learning programs on an ongoing basis.
Providing accountability: Coaches keep leaders motivated to progress through the programs aligned with their development goals.
Facilitating application of new knowledge: Coaches serve as sounding boards to practice new ways of thinking or leading, like “executive presence” or “conflict resolution”
Learning + Coaching = Impact
When paired with other leadership development experiences, professional coaching amplifies learning outcomes and accelerates impact for leaders and organizations.
How do we know? We compared key outcome data of leaders who participated in online leadership courses alone versus those who also participated in coaching. We found that as a result of their experience, those who participated in learning programs with integrated coaching had significantly higher rates of success across multiple key indicators than those who participated in learning programs alone.
Application of learning – Leaders who participated in coaching are 1.5X as likely to apply newly learned concepts directly to their role.
Productivity – Coached leaders are 1.3X as likely to report that they were more likely to go above and beyond the scope of their job description as a result of their experience.
Performance – As a result of coaching, leaders are 2A as likely to receive recognition for their work.
Commitment to their organization – Leaders who participated in coaching are 1.3X more likely to eleive that their organization is invested in their growth and development.
Learn, Coach, Apply, Grow.
When leaders are empowered through coaching to continuously seek and apply new capabilities, it creates a virtuous cycle of growth and innovation for individuals that benefits their teams and the business.
ExecOnline brings together critical elements of holistic leadership development and delivers them to leaders at every level all on one platform.
World-Class Content
ExecOnline partners with the world’s best business schools and management experts to co-create on-demand and immersive learning programs that teach leaders critical concepts in business, management, and leadership. Every program is designed to maximize the engagement of online learners and make it easy for busy leaders to make progress in their professional development.
Learn By Doing
ExecOnline programs are developed with our proprietary Learn by Doing with Impact methodology of applied learning, developed by L&D and instructional design experts to help leaders to apply new knowledge to their role for immediate impact.
Each program includes assignments and action plans that are directly linked to real-world challenges that leaders are currently facing. Leaders receive expert feedback from certified coaches on their assignments, giving leaders the motivation and confidence to put their plan into action.
Individual Coaching
Leaders work with a dedicated coach to align their personal goals and business objectives in their development. In addition to being certified from internationally recognized coaching institutions, every ExecOnline coach is a seasoned corporate leaders who bring their experience and perspective to support leaders growth and help them navigate critical inflection points at their organizations and in their careers.
ExecOnline coaches are also trained on our catalog of 130+ learning programs, empowering them to reinforce leaders’ acquisition of new knowledge and recommend relevant programs based on leaders’ capability gaps and goals.
Group Coaching
ExecOnline’s Group Coaching solutions offer leaders a collective experience in which colleagues share unique perspectives, discuss challenges, and brainstorm solutions. Thematic group coaching programs align leaders around common leadership and management best practices, break down communication silos, and foster collaboration over the course of multiple sessions.
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*Source: ExecOnline Alumni Survey comparing outcomes of those who participated in leadership development programs versus those who participate in leadership development programs with coaching.