Based on the article: New leadership in an era of thriving organizations | McKinsey

Why do leaders consider working with a coach?

Often it’s to help them navigate something new – a new job, new challenge / expectations within their current job, new feedback, or just a new sense that they could be making a bigger impact.

As this recent McKinsey article states so well, the magnitude of change in the world today (technical, societal, geo-political, environmental) is causing such complex challenges that any leader likely finds themselves in a constant state of ‘new’.

A coach can help leaders navigate such changes, and build the capacity to continually adapt – and this has never been more needed.

Specifically McKinsey finds that leaders will have to make five fundamental shifts in mindsets and ways of working to keep pace with how organizations will evolve to face such changes and challenges.

“They must, in fact, reimagine themselves, undertaking inner work to shift their mindsets and consciousness to see the world anew; to rethink their interactions, roles, and ways of working as part of leadership teams; and to reimagine their organizations and the industries in which they operate.”

One of the 5 shifts is to move “Beyond Expectations to Wholeness”, which indeed aligns with my personal experience working with leaders around the globe.

“Today’s leaders must move beyond their identity as professionals and show up as humans, with the courage to be, and to be seen as, their whole, best, authentic selves. It is challenging. It means recognizing and acknowledging the deeper inner essence of others and being unafraid to reveal one’s own essence, even the quirky bits. The intent is to move beyond task-driven and transactional relationships by taking the time to get to know one another and connect at a human level, sharing values, beliefs, hopes, and fears and enabling all to reveal the greatness that lies within.”

McKinsey goes on to suggest 3 leadership practices that can enable this shift:

• expanding awareness and consciousness—the inner state, external context, and whole-system perspective
• developing greater emotional regulation, choice of response, and adaptation to new situations
• practicing well-being as a skill—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual

All of which, I suggest, becomes easier to do with the support of a coach.

Consider this investment for yourself today.