The Benefits
of Coaching
From: CIPD, September 2004, Coaching and buying coaching services.
Benefits for the individual |
Benefits for the organisation |
- Learn to solve own problems
- Improve managerial and interpersonal skills
- Have better relationships with colleagues
- Learn how to identify and act on development needs
- Have greater confidence
- Become more effective, assertive in dealing with people
- Have a positive impact on performance
- Have greater self-awareness
- Acquire new skills and abilities
- Develop greater adaptability to change
- Improve work-life balance
- Reduce stress levels
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- Improve productivity, quality, customer service and shareholder value
- Can gain increased employee commitment and satisfaction, which can lead to improved retention
- Demonstrate to employees than an organisation is committed to developing its staff and helping them improve their skills
- Support employees who have been promoted to cope with new responsibilities
- Help employees to sort out personal issues that might otherwise affect work performance
- Support other training and development
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The CIPD Training & Development Survey 2004 survey of 900 companies found that coaching is increasingly widespread in UK Organisations. Of the respondents:
•79% reported they are using coaching in their organisation
•67% said the coaching had met its objectives
•99% said coaching had delivered tangible benefits both to individuals and organisations
•92% said coaching can have a positive impact on the bottom line
For more information about the benefits of coaching to organisations, and creating a business case for coaching, please call Naomi on 0131 5100027 , or
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