Gowri S Ramani - Leadership Blog

  Leadership Coaching Reflections #1: As I now engage with senior leaders as an executive coach,  it often makes me reflect upon when I could have used an executive coach to guide me thru at crucial stages of my career… In this series, I will be sharing some of the key milestones where a coach would have made a great partner… Instance 1:  First direction change in career!  About 20 years back, I had to make a hard choice to move from line management to a support function due to personal constraints. I was a program manager, leading complex projects in the high tech field of Telecom and I chose to join the newly formed Quality team in one of the best companies. Every family member, friend and colleague advised me against it but I really had no choice.  The decision having been made, from being responsible for ONE team’s outcome to driving change that would impact almost everyone in the delivery center meant I had to change my thinking, approach, dealing with people – something I did not

  5 Outcomes From Partnering With A Personal Coach Executive coaching or leadership coaching is a growing field in India, though it is quite common in the Western world. A lot of mid-senior leaders hesitate to consider engaging a coach for several reasons, some cultural and some due to lack of information and understanding. So, why should you consider engaging with an effective executive coach and what should you expect as outcomes for yourself, your colleagues, and your families – Yes, as we all know, whether we like it or not, for most of us, how we feel after a workday impacts our families and loved ones! I’m outlining the top 5 tangible results you can expect from a coaching partnership with the right coach: 1.     Know Yourself Better : To relate to others better, we have to know ourselves well – including what perceptions we have about ourselves and how others see us, our beliefs and biases, what triggers our unwanted behaviors, behaviors we want to continue with and other self-l