Business coaches a popular tool for executives

Worcester Business Journal

Worcester Business Journal

Business coaches a popular tool for executives

By Micky Baca

An R& D executive for a large area company can’t seem to convey his department’s vision to sales and manufacturing staff no matter how passionately he presents it. Partners in an established accounting firm are baffled by the fact that staff members would rather walk on nails than work with them on projects. A manager of an automobile dealership works 12 hours a day but can’t seem to accomplish what he needs to get done.

When it comes to calling the shots for a business of any type and size, as the saying goes, it can be lonely at the top. That isolation makes it difficult for executives to troubleshoot their own performance as they oversee that of others.

But more and more business executives are finding help in a one-on-one service once relegated to sports and fitness. The business or executive coach has emerged as an increasingly common leadership tool. Read more in attachment.