Executive Coaching: Driving Real Results for Leaders in the Built Environment
In today’s business world, coaching has become a cornerstone of leadership development, particularly for executives. Not only can coaching be a transformative process for personal and professional awareness, discovery and growth, but also it offers the opportunity for executives to uncover their blind spots, improve leadership skills and achieve real business results. In a recent survey, company executives reported an average ROI of nearly six times what they invested in the coaching process.
In the following white paper, we discuss fresh insights around executive coaching in the engineering and construction (E&C) industry that are based on feedback from executives who went through an executive coaching program. After analyzing the survey results and interview themes, we found that executive coaching made a significant impact to leaders in four main areas. Specifically, coaching served as a:
- Sounding board for thoughts and ideas
- Platform for effective leader transitions
- Catalyst for engagement
- Driver of commitment and real ROI
