Executive Life Coaching for Technology and Finance Professionals
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Why companies hire me to coach their Technology and Finance Professionals?
Being In A Leader Role Can Be Isolating
Many tech and finance professionals find themselves isolated because their work environment is competitive, political or just downright neglectful to employees. It can seem risky to share too much with co-workers so getting honest feedback is a huge benefit. Especially when it comes to your personal and professional development.
A Different Set of Skills Are Needed
A big step in your career growth is transitioning from being an individual producer to managing the outcomes of other producers. The skills alone that made you a talented technician won’t apply here . These are things like managing accountability, team morale, setting goals, retaining key performers, and so on. Having a coach on your side can help you develop your leadership style and is a great way of opening new possibilities for your career.
Fast Change Requires Quick Learning-curves
The world of tech is full of agile/lean methodologies that encourage teams to learn by doing/testing, fail fast, communicate briefly, and at all cost, make progress on the overarching growth of the business. This rapid pace of change can be very hard on teams and employee development. Getting help expedites the learning curve. Executive life coaching can give you support and direction in addressing this constant change.
Micromanaging Instead of Delegating
It’s easy to assign meaningless work to a direct report but when the stakes are high, you need to be able to trust your people. Lack of trust makes us anxious which leads to micromanaging. This is even harder for executives who are now delegating large initiatives or projects to managers who are then delegating to their staff. Some executives micromanage while others are too hands off and let the details slip. Let’s help you find your balance between the two.
Communication Style Needs Improvement
Here are two of the most common communication challenges for tech and finance professionals:
- Managing up: When you know what success looks like for your boss and it aligns with your own success, you’ll have a pretty good experience at work. However, this kind of clarity is usually saved for annual reviews. Imagine closing-out each day knowing what’s expected tomorrow. Let’s work on that.
- Giving feedback: It can be hard for some to be open and honest with their colleagues about development areas. Some of us are too honest or too direct. Or, we avoid topics that need to be addressed because the risk of it going badly are too high. This can occur at work or at home.
Business Acumen is Important
This makes sense in a politically-based organization (as opposed to merit-based). But in all cases, business acumen is more than how you present yourself to others. It’s holding key knowledge about the structure and processes that lead to success. It’s knowing how things work under the hood.
Why companies hire me to coach their Technology and Finance Professionals?
Being In A Leader Role Can Be Isolating
Many tech and finance professionals find themselves isolated because their work environment is competitive, political or just downright neglectful to employees. It can seem risky to share too much with co-workers so getting honest feedback is a huge benefit. Especially when it comes to your personal and professional development.
A Different Set of Skills Are Needed
A big step in your career growth is transitioning from being an individual producer to managing the outcomes of other producers. The skills alone that made you a talented technician won’t apply here . These are things like managing accountability, team morale, setting goals, retaining key performers, and so on. Having a coach on your side can help you develop your leadership style and is a great way of opening new possibilities for your career.
Fast Change Requires Quick Learning-curves
The world of tech is full of agile/lean methodologies that encourage teams to learn by doing/testing, fail fast, communicate briefly, and at all cost, make progress on the overarching growth of the business. This rapid pace of change can be very hard on teams and employee development. Getting help expedites the learning curve. Executive life coaching can give you support and direction in addressing this constant change.
Micromanaging Instead of Delegating
It’s easy to assign meaningless work to a direct report but when the stakes are high, you need to be able to trust your people. Lack of trust makes us anxious which leads to micromanaging. This is even harder for executives who are now delegating large initiatives or projects to managers who are then delegating to their staff. Some executives micromanage while others are too hands off and let the details slip. Let’s help you find your balance between the two.
Communication Style Needs Improvement
Here are two of the most common communication challenges for tech and finance professionals:
- Managing up: When you know what success looks like for your boss and it aligns with your own success, you’ll have a pretty good experience at work. However, this kind of clarity is usually saved for annual reviews. Imagine closing-out each day knowing what’s expected tomorrow. Let’s work on that.
- Giving feedback: It can be hard for some to be open and honest with their colleagues about development areas. Some of us are too honest or too direct. Or, we avoid topics that need to be addressed because the risk of it going badly are too high. This can occur at work or at home.
Business Acumen is Important
This makes sense in a politically-based organization (as opposed to merit-based). But in all cases, business acumen is more than how you present yourself to others. It’s holding key knowledge about the structure and processes that lead to success. It’s knowing how things work under the hood.
All of my coaching engagements have a few things in common. But your situation is special. That’s why I keep a large inventory of exercises, strategies, and topics to use as we custom-build the right experience for you.
We’ll use an online coaching portal to access your materials, progress notes and assessments. You have complete control over your content.
Below is a framework for coaching engagements: ⇓
More Testimonials
“Ric ALWAYS has alternative strategies for me so that I see choice where I didn’t see it previously. Having choice is key for me since I spent way too much of my life not fully aware of my choices. He is compassionate and has a sense of humor so that I can relax about the life situations I share with him. Thank you, Ric!” ~ F.G.
“I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve never tried anything like this before. It came down to life-long skills and learning about myself and who I truly am. Now, I can look at other people and figure out how they feel and how to approach them. I just see the improvements it’s made in my life.” ~ S.S.
“Ric suggested I create an “Anytime Speech”. When the time came I was ready and I got a great response from the attendees. I would highly recommend Ric.” ~ W.H.
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Executive Life Coaching
Executive Life Coaching is an approach to help clients create Work-life Balance. The goal of coaching is for clients to appropriately align their investments in the basic domains of their life to their desired outcomes.
Clients are in the upper-middle portion of their career, their personal life is busy, and they are often emotionally drained which leads to unwanted drama.
What's holding you back?
An Executive Life is a lifestyle that runs on little sleep. It lacks focus. It’s too busy and disconnected from the people we love. We are self-critical and irritable with low priority given to self-care and fun.
When it continues for too long...
Living the Executive Life this way is a path to symptoms of anxiety and depression. Feelings of fulfillment and growth are random and rare.
What to do?
For some, this stale existence leads to sabotaging our relationships and careers. But the solution seems out of reach. Let’s help you design a path to a future built for you.