{"id":1548,"date":"2016-12-06T09:11:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T09:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2018-10-11T12:52:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T12:52:58","slug":"executive-coach-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/executive-coach-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"What does an executive coach do? | FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you considered a career in mentoring or coaching, but aren\u2019t entirely sure what an executive coach does? Or perhaps you\u2019re wanting to do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-foundations-of-executive-coaching-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching course<\/a> that will push your skill set up to a more executive level, and you want to know what your role could be.<\/p>\n<p>The role of an executive coach is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a dependable, trustworthy <strong>sounding board<\/strong> for leaders, executives and employees<\/li>\n<li>Help leaders to achieve sustainable development, change, and <strong>growth<\/strong> at every level<\/li>\n<li>Guide leaders on <strong>vital skills<\/strong> such as communication, conflict management, team building, decision making and interpersonal interactions<\/li>\n<li>Enhance overall\u00a0<strong>employee\u00a0engagement and efficiency<\/strong>, whilst making a positive impact on a company&#8217;s culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this short video Dale Williams, Head Tutor on the online\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-executive-and-management-coaching-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Cape Town Foundations of Executive Coaching course<\/a><\/strong>, gives insight into how executive coaching fits into the business environment and what an executive coach is responsible for.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uy1zfnI0Fv4\" width=\"990\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Want a coaching course that will help you enhance the efficiency of your organisation?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"related-programme-block\">\n<div class=\"related-programme\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-executive-and-management-coaching-short-course', '_blank')\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 col-md-11\">\n            <div class=\"related-programme__school-logo-container\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/universities\/university-of-cape-town\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"related-programme__school-logo-link\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/UCT_logo.png\" alt=\"School Logo\" class=\"related-programme__school-logo\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"related-programme__copy\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/universities\/university-of-cape-town\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"related-programme__school-name\">\n                University of Cape Town (UCT)            <\/a><br>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-executive-and-management-coaching-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"related-programme__programme-name\">\n                Executive and Management Coaching online short course            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-md-1 related-programme__chevron-column\">\n            <div class=\"related-programme__icon-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/blog\/assets\/icn_arrow-circle_right.svg\" alt=\"Read More Icon\">\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Transcription<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>An executive coach is a partner to an executive who helps him\/her to achieve objectives &#8211; mostly developmental objectives around themselves; how they develop as a person in their role. Executive coaching generally takes place at the intersection between a person\u2019s business life and their personal life.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering a lucrative career in mentoring or coaching? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":17241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[127,132],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-career-advice","tag-executive-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Does An Executive Coach Do? | FAQs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch this short video to find out more about what an executive coach does from the Head Tutor on the online UCT Foundations of Executive Coaching course.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/executive-coach-faqs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What does an executive coach do? 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