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Many people don’t know or understand what career coaching is. It is simply a way of getting support to reach your career goals. Rachel Gojer, Leadership and Team Coach has worked with CEOs, Executives and Entrepreneurs globally to help them create their unique success formula. Here she shares some important points to help you move forward with confidence.
Studies show that only 11% of senior leaders are women as compared with 20% in mid-level roles and 38% in junior roles in India. Where do you think coaching fits in for closing this gap?
Coaching makes a difference to anybody in the workplace - men or women. Since I primarily work with leaders, one of the things that I hear frequently is that the only time they get to reflect on what they are doing is during a coaching session. Most corporate spaces are very busy, people rush from one meeting to another, and there is so much going on that they don’t have time to think. Coaching helps people sit back and reflect.
For women, it takes on a slightly more critical meaning because unfortunately for them, it’s not an equal space. Women juggle work along with more priorities at home than men. While men are busy, women are busier and they almost never get the time to sit back and reflect on what they are doing and why they are doing it. They tend to lose focus on what is important to them. Coaching helps them prioritize better and use their resources and energy better.
Women have many skills which can help them become leaders. Yet, they are held back by their own thoughts at times. How do you think coaching will help overcome these limitations?
There are many internal factors that hold women back in the corporate space. I don't necessarily see any difference between the skills men and women have. However, women are sometimes more self-critical and doubt themselves more. They strive for perfection far more than any men do. This is often due to social conditioning. Women are also conditioned to not raise their voices and not ask for what they want. Women want to be successful but they also want to be nice. These belief systems are built into them and into their behaviors (conscious and subconscious).