Executive Coach News – Getting SMART With Goal-Setting
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on September 8, 2011
Executive coach Randi Raskin Nash says that if you want to get things accomplished before the end of the year, you need to be smart about it. SMART is an acronym to keep in mind when setting goals, personal or professional. There are actually many effective variations for what it stands for, but here’s one that tried and true: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. A quick Google search will yield other variations (e.g., Significant, Motivating, Agreed Upon, Realistic, and Trackable) since SMART goal setting has been around for quite a while. However you spell it, it’s a great place to begin in working towards setting and achieving what matters most to you.
So how does SMART work? Here’s a look at the five parts of the goal-setting mnemonic:
Not Hiring a Business Coach, Executive Coach or Corporate Coach Costs You Thousands of Dollars
Filed Under Business Coach | Posted on January 24, 2011
Executive or business coaching is the second fast growing industry in the US with some estimating the growth rate to be around 40%. So why is this happening and more importantly what are the results?
A quick tour of the Internet can provide some incredible examples:
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Large employer within the hospitality industry had their top 200 executives coaches and realized a savings between and million.=
Executive coaching at Booze Allen Hamilton delivered .90 return on investment for every dollar invested
Another survey conducted by Manchester of 140 companies suggested the average return on investment was for every dollar invested
A telecommunications company received 529% return on investment along with intangible benefits
