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Executive Communication Coaches For Healthy Communication

There are several different types of coaches that I have heard of from life coach, to birth coach. When I first heard the term ’Executive Communication Coach’, though, I was a little shocked by it, wondering what type of coach this might be. Don’t we all have the ability to listen, to talk? So what purpose would a coach for communication serve? The answer is that executive communication coaches truly can and will be a plus to any organization in corporate America.

What exactly can we expect from an executive communication coach? A truly competent executive communication coach can offer us invaluable assistance in conveying our ideas assertively to others in our organization. He or she can help us walk the often narrow, but potentially all-important, path between being too passive and being too aggressive. With the sensitive coaching of an good executive coach we can more effectively get our ideas and positions across while at the same time encouraging others to further productive discussion.

Wondering about the benefit of executive job coaching? A good coach can eliminate the barriers to good and open communication. These barriers in the form of suppressed negativity cost a business much n the way of both creativity as well as communication. This has an undesirable impact on relationships within the organization, and this can lead to an impact revenue and even other issues.

Speaking assertively should be fairly easy to do, but for some reason, many people are reluctant. One sports coach lists eight reasons why people seem to be unable to speak up for themselves: misplaced respect for authority, fear of negative consequences, self-doubt, fear of offending anyone, a desire to avoid certain issues, it’s their habit not to do so, they don’t know how to speak up, and when no one else is saying anything, they don’t want to be the first to speak up.

Notice that some or all of those reasons are things that we’ve all felt at least once in our interactions. And all of those things are detrimental to effective communication. A communication coach can help eliminate those problems by identifying those issues, then giving some solutions for counteracting those problems. For instance, there’s a formula called FACE: Facts, Appreciation, Consequence/Cost, and Expectation.

Let’s break down the formula. In communicating, convey the FACTS of a situation, not your opinions. Then show APPRECIATION by acknowledging others’ thoughts. Ask yourself, what is the COST/CONSEQUENCE: how will the behavior or idea that affect everyone involved? With the last point, EXPECTATION, let it be known what you want, or what outcome you expect. Following the FACE formula will allow you to speak your mind politely, with the intention ofobtaining desired results.

This is only a small example of what good executive communication coaches will do for your office. The expertise that they demonstrate will be a great aid in facilitating more effective communication between colleagues at the office, thus increasing productivity overall.

Executive communication coaches help people have the courage to express their ideas in a work situation in ways that are most effective. This is important because many people are so concerned with expressing thoughts too strongly and thereby pushing listeners away, while other people believe that their message must be presented with too strong of a force in order for it to be heard. An executive coach can help you to express thoughts while allowing for open communication as well. What does executive job coaching hope to achieve? An executive job coach helps to remove obstacles interfering with open communication.