CoachLab writings on Executive Coaching

Our own experience shows that salespeople who participate in shadow sales coaching programmes achieve on average 30-40% better results than those who participate in traditional training programmes. This is no coincidence: the areas for improvement identified during shadow coaching are specific, measurable and immediately applicable.

Ever wondered why leaders who lurch from one crisis to the next get ahead, while those who manage their teams seamlessly go unnoticed? This phenomenon is no coincidence - it is the result of a deep-rooted error in thinking, the so-called "action fallacy", which not only distorts the perception of the great leaders of the past, but also poisons the culture of today's workplace.

Leadership has never been - and never will be - a title or an achieved status. Leadership is not a title, it is a relationship. It is not a position, but a presence. It is not power, but responsibility. And every day you have to choose again: be a learner today - or try to be "ready".

The first way is perhaps more difficult. But it is the only one that makes you truly human - and a true leader.

This morning, in a business group, the question that I have heard or been asked many times elsewhere and that plagues countless salespeople around the world came up again: how do we cope with the constant sales performance pressure?
The numbers, the monthly targets, the daily expectations - they all add up to a burden that not only reduces motivation in the long run, but can also lead to severe burnout.