Advancing Women’s Careers With Leadership Coaching
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In honour of International Women's Day, this week, we look at the challenges women face in the workplace, advancing women's careers with leadership coaching, and the steps you can take to start your leadership coaching journey.
Examining the Current State of Women in the Workplace
There is no question that women have come a long way in the workplace. We have made great strides, but there is still room for improvement, especially when it comes to advancing women's careers.
This is especially true when we consider that:
Identifying the Challenges Women Face in the Workplace
As we look at advancing women's careers with leadership coaching, it's important to take a look at some of the challenges women face at work.
In recent years, there has been an increased focus on women's challenges in the workplace. At present, some of the challenges women face in the workplace include:
Advancing Women's Careers With Leadership Coaching
There are many benefits to working with a leadership coach. In addition to helping women develop the necessary leadership skills to advance their careers, leadership coaching can help them build relationships, create a support network, and develop a clear career plan.
Furthermore, leadership coaching can help women by:
Steps Women Can Take To Start Their Leadership Coaching Journey
Leadership coaching is a process that helps us identify our strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and create action plans to achieve those goals.
If you’re interested in starting your leadership coaching journey, here are a few steps to get you started:
Consider what you’re currently doing well.
Before getting started on your leadership coaching journey, take a moment to think about what’s currently going well in your career. Likewise, thinking about where there’s room for improvement can support you in advancing your career.
As you do this, factor in any feedback you’ve received from your peers, your manager, your leaders, and your team about your leadership skills, for example.
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Is there anything that stands out that offers direction for what you might need from leadership coaching as you look to advance your career?
Think about your goals.
Once you’ve made a note of what’s going well and where there’s room for improvement, turn your thoughts to your goals.
What are your aspirations? Where do you see yourself in six months, one year, and even five years? What do you hope to be doing in your career in the far future?
For some women, goals include a promotion, a new role, completing continued professional development training, or enhancing leadership skills. For others, career goals include a better work-life balance or improving career well-being.
Determine your leadership coaching needs.
Determining what your leadership coaching needs are can be tricky. You may have some thoughts, but if you’ve never experienced coaching, you might not know what coaching can help you with.
If you’re unsure of your leadership coaching needs, that’s okay. As you get started with coaching, your coach will help you identify your needs to ensure you make the most of leadership coaching. Remember, it’s normal for your goals change as coaching progresses.
For some women looking to advance their careers, leadership coaching needs may include:
Find a leadership coach you can trust and who has experience working with women.
Searching for leadership coaches via Google is a great place to start when you’re ready to find a leadership coach to work with.
Although several coaches offer services, including one-to-one leadership coaching, executive coaching, and mentoring programmes, it’s important that you find a coach with experience working with women.
To find a coach that has the experience to support you, we recommend taking a look at their:
Advancing Women’s Careers With Leadership Coaching
At The Leadership Coaches, many of our credible coaches have experience working with women looking to advance their careers with leadership coaching.
Hand-picked by our director of coaching, Zoé Lewis, our coaches all have 100% success track records. Including Sukhy, Nicky, Carol, and Sue G, many of our coaches have experience in women’s leadership, performance, and talent development. They have supported women with various needs, including increasing confidence, overcoming imposter syndrome, and preparing for future roles.
Now, they’re here to support you too.
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