Executives live in a separate world from the average worker in your company. They see everything from a different angle, which can make them difficult to relate to on the ground level. With executive coaching services, you can make your team of executives more relatable to your average workers to improve morale and your turnover rate. At Greenvine, we have six areas executive coaching can help your top-level team.
Motivation
Motivation to put in the work toward achieving company goals flows from the top down. Your low to mid-level employees aren’t going to be motivated to work hard to achieve goals set by the higher-ups if they don’t feel the people who set them don’t care. Not only will your executives learn how to feel motivated to work toward company goals, but they’ll also see the impact they can have by conveying their motivation to the rest of the company.
Self-regulation
It takes a lot of hard work your way up the corporate ladder. It’s not uncommon for those who do want to continue pushing the envelope to see how much more work they can put in when they’ve gotten their dream job as an executive. While it’s great to have people who want to work hard for you and put in maximum effort, they also need to find a place where they’re not pushing too hard. Learning self-regulation is an important part of ensuring your executives aren’t overworking themselves, which can lead to burnout, depression, and illness. You’ll have a much more efficient worker when they know how to regulate themselves.
Empathy toward employees
Not everything is going to go smoothly in the workplace. There will be things like accidents, setbacks, and missed deadlines. You can still hold your employees accountable for mistakes while being empathetic to them. Not every missed deadline is the result of a failure to work fast enough. Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances that are out of their hands, or there’s something going on at home that makes it difficult to work. Learning to be empathetic can make for a workplace with improved morale because people know their bosses care about them.
Social skills
Strong social skills are the root of effective communication, which will determine how well your executives convey their vision to the rest of the company. Your executive team can learn advanced social skills that include interpersonal communication to improve their ability to listen. Interacting with employees below them can help to improve processes and protocols on the ground level of your company.
General leadership skills
Being a leader means more than giving marching orders to subordinates and expecting them to do the work. Leading by example is always the best way to do things. Not only is it effective in demonstrating proper technique and attitude, but workers are also more likely to follow someone who can relate to what they’re doing.
Not only should leaders know what’s going on below them, they need to be approachable. Problems that arise won’t get resolved and will continue to fester if employees don’t feel they can present problems to your executives. Leaders who are approachable hear about things right away and can help to come up with a resolution for the problems.
Reach out to get started
You can get started with our executive coaching services to help your leadership team improve how they interact with your low to mid-level employees. Get in touch with us at Greenvine using our online contact form. If you’re ready to speak with a member of our team, use our scheduling tool to book an appointment.
