RECENT TESTIMONIALS FROM LOCAL CLIENTS
The Growth Coach session really helped me to stop and think through my business strategies and my overall lifetime goals. It has also helped me to address several of the critical needs in my law firm. The Strategic Planner is an excellent mechanism for streamlining my law practice. You have also shown me very clearly that since I am responsible for this operation, I need to start acting like it. In short, I now approach my law practice with a great deal more clarity and common sense. I have no hesitation in recommending The Growth Coach to friends and clients. - Dermot Rigg, P.C., Attorney at Law
If you need to straighten your path toward your business and personal goals, this program is for you. - John P. Mohr, A. Hak Industrial Services, U.S. Director
This day of evaluation and goal setting was exactly what I needed. I recommend this for anyone wanting help to strategically take their organization to the next level. Mike Johnson, Executive Director, Ascending Leaders
I have been in the insurance/employee benefits business for 33 years. Glenn, I am so glad that a mutual friend introduced us approximately one year ago. I never dreamed that I could add 25% more group medical insurance clients in less than one year to my established business. But I did! Through the Lord's blessing of bringing the right people into my path, and by learning to think strategically in your process, I learned to make more effective use of my time. As I review my planner every day, it enables me to continually focus on my goals, personal as well as business. By doing so, I remember each day to work on high leverage activities and I do not allow so many important activities to "fall through the cracks." I have never been more productive than I am now. Just when I think I may have learned everything, each quarter you amaze me with new areas of my life to address that seem to make me even more effective. I am looking forward to another year of your coaching! - Rand Wall, CLU,ChFC, RHU
It is my privilege to recommend Glenn Smith and The Growth Coach as an oportunity to develop your business in a way that not only increases your bottom line but more importantly the quality of your life. I have found the quarterly group session to be amazingly refreshing and thought provoking. The teaching on being a Strategic Business Owner in the first quarter was extremely beneficial in helping me look at my whole business and leverage my strengths in a way that has brought greater results. During the second quarter session we talked about strategic selling. It gave me a new framework in which to think through my sales strategy for national accounts that has proven to be very effective. Glenn brings a blend of entrepreneurial experience and coaching expertise. I encourage business owners in Houston to take advantage of this wonderful learning opportunity. It will make a positive difference for you! - John Starr, President, J. Starr Group, LLC
How often we forget that a small business should be run like a large business if we expect to develop new employees and grow beyond what we can accomplish on our own. The Growth Coach has already challenged my thinking and my actions in the way I conduct the daily activities. I look forward to each and every session. I would recommend The Growth Coach program to any businessperson wanting to take their business to the next level. - Bob Roy, Sugar Creek Financial Group
Today was a tremendous eye opener on what needs to improve in my business and personal life, plus I received tools to implement action strategically. - Ron Norsworthy, Home Helpers
The focus this session forced me to undertake will be, I feel, very significant in my personal and business life. Peter Vogt, Planned Reaction
The first session helped me focus on my business, civic, and personal goals. The Strategic Planner has proved to be an effective tool. This process has helped me redirect a number of goals and activities that were in conflict. I look forward to our next workshop! - Don Olson, D.G. Olson & Associates, LLC; Sugar Land City Councilman
BENEFITS - R.O.I.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001--Manchester Inc., a supplier of customized executive coaching programs, has released the results of a study that quantifies the business impact of executive coaching. The study includes data on executive behavior change, organizational improvements achieved, and the return on investment (ROI) from customized, comprehensive executive coaching programs.
The study included 100 executives, mostly from Fortune 1000 companies, who received coaching.
Participating companies realized improvements in productivity, quality, organizational strength, customer service, and shareholder value. They received fewer customer complaints, and were more likely to retain executives who had been coached.
In addition, a company's investment in providing coaching to its executives realized an average return on investment (ROI) of almost six times the cost of the coaching.
Half of the executives in the study held positions of vice president or higher (including division president, general manager, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief information officer, partner, principal, and practice leader). Almost six out of 10 (57%) executives who received coaching were ages 40 to 49, and one-third earned $200,000 or more per year.
The coaching programs that executives participated in were a mix of both change-oriented coaching -- which is aimed at changing certain behaviors or skills -- and growth-oriented coaching -- which is aimed at sharpening performance. The coaching programs typically lasted from six months to one year.
Among the results of the study:
The coaching programs delivered an average return on investment of 5.7 times the initial investment in a typical executive coaching assignment -- or a return of more than $100,000 -- according to executives who estimated the monetary value of the results achieved through coaching.
- Productivity (reported by 53% of executives)
- Quality (48%)
- Organizational strength (48%)
- Customer service (39%)
- Reducing customer complaints (34%)
- Retaining executives who received coaching (32%)
- Cost reductions (23%)
- Bottom-line profitability (22%)
Other benefits to executives who received coaching were improved:
- Working relationships with direct reports (reported by 77% of executives)
- Working relationships with immediate supervisors (71%)
- Teamwork (67%)
- Working relationships with peers (63%)
- Job satisfaction (61%)
- Conflict reduction (52%)
- Organizational commitment (44%)
- Working relationships with clients (37%)
Executive coaching programs focus on helping executives adjust to new organizational realities and not just survive, but thrive.
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