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Executive
mentoring - why bother?
- Executives
are increasingly surrounded by forces they cannot control.
- Professional
sports people in golf and tennis use coaches & psychologists
to further their success.
- They
recognize the value of honest, objective feedback.
- Everyone
has room to improve.
- The
demands are greater, so is the stress - a major challenge
to be at our best under pressure.
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- Executives
often cannot discuss personal issues openly with colleagues.
- They
are expected to know it all and not need mentoring / coaching.
- This
old fashioned hero worship puts unrealistic pressure on
today's executives.
- Too
many subordinates will agree rather than risk disapproval.
- An
outsider can provide an objective sounding board and reality
check.
- Rapidly
growing complexity will make the executive's decisions harder
not easier.
- The
pressure to achieve more from fewer people faster will mean
more stress for all.
- A
psychologist may be able to help you get the best out of
yourself and others.
- It
won't get any easier to balance out-of-work values and work
pressures.
A few of
the issues:
- Managing
through informal influence, relying less on authority.
- Adjusting
to the pressure of knowledge leadership arising from below.
- Coping
with the fear of personal obsolescence.
- Managing
role ambiguity generated by growing complexity and rapid
change.
- Decision
making under increasing uncertainty.
- Getting
the best out of others.
- Resolving
conflict.
- Balancing
life and work priorities.
- Letting
go, winding down and exiting gracefully.
- Improving
emotional intelligence.
- Managing
time.
- Fostering
leadership in others, changing your role to a more facilitative
one.
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See also executive coaching
All
pages written by Mitch
McCrimmon, Ph.D. and copyright © Self Renewal Group 1996-2010
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