05/26/2024
"Clarity isn't about knowing what you want to do with your life, it's about knowing what you want to do this week. You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need to know your next step." - James Clear, author "Atomic Habits"
I have found both as a coach and someone who has been coached, gaining clarity in the next step is such an incredible outcome provided by coaching. Such outcomes aren't impossible to get to on one's own, but you can get there faster by partnering with a talented coach. It is so rewarding to help others achieve at a faster rate than they thought possible.
My purpose in this post is to bring more awareness to the value of coaching, which is growing across industries. ICMA endorses the value of coaching in the public sector (https://icma.org/icma-coaching-program), and coaching continues to grow in use and value delivery in the private sector. The photo summarizes research by the Randstat Enterprises published in CEO World Magazine, but there is academic research that also shows most coaching clients estimate their ROI/economic benefits of coaching to be between $200,000-$500,000 (Boysen, et al., 2018). Simply put, we can all do better with objective advocacy that good coaching provides.
Boysen, S., Cherry, M., Amerie, W., & Takagawa, M. (2018). Oranisational coaching outcomes: A comparison of a practitioner survey and key findings form the literature. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring. 16(1), DOI: 10.24384/000475