Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Top 3 Lessons From An Experienced Christian Executive Coach

By Bertulda Zerna


One advantage a Christian Executive Coach has is that they work with multiple clients. This gives them the ability to create "collective wisdom" as they work with different leaders and executives across industries and business models. There are 3 core things I have learned throughout my time spent as a Christian Executive Coach.

First, it can be very lonely to hold a leadership position. All of the executives that I've worked with have talked extensively about the struggle of being at the very top. There are pressures that these individuals face both inside and outside of their organizations. They feel as though they are surrounded by people who want something.

Few employees understand the care and burden that leadership carries for the people they're responsible for leading. Leaders are constantly balancing between feeling as they they aren't fully understand and worry about how to meet everyone's needs effectively.

Second, leaders often question whether or not they are competent. They have to appear self-confident and must exude both discernment and direction at all times. They constantly wonder whether their efforts are going to fail or succeed. A lot of the people that I have worked with in the past wonder if the masks they wear are transparent.

Last, visionaries and leaders are never able to find an end. The executives that I coach are constantly setting and pursuing new goals as soon as they have accomplished their old ones. Leaders never have the chance to feel true contentment. Another iteration lies ahead and their are always new milestones and new accomplishments to make. Leaders are guaranteed to lead, this is simply what they know how to do.

A big benefit of using a Christian Executive Coach is that they can help you find the right path to your goal while keeping you well grounded in the fact that you really are not alone. Others strive through the same challenges you face, just in different forums. This assurance can give you the confidence to keep pushing on to your next objective.




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