Coaching in the Public Sector

As someone who serves as a leadership/ executive coach to public sector professionals, I would like to highlight the importance of leadership coaching in addressing challenges specific to public-sector executives.

For some reason, coaching is still an often overlooked growth strategy in public administration, but that perception is changing​​. In the private sector - examples abound. CEOs have coaches, actors have coaches, professional athletes, dancers, etc - the list goes on. In some cases, the public sector may be challenged with tightness of budgetary allowances. In other cases, coaching is seen as a nicety versus a necessity. 

There are, however, a multitude of real-world examples and success stories of how coaching has transformed leadership outcomes. I, myself, have been coached and now serve as a coach and I can say from first-hand experience, the benefits are there. Coaching, though, remains a vastly underutilized professional development pathway for many in government and one of my goals is to change mindsets around this topic. 

Watch this blog for future entries on the implementation of practical steps for public-sector leaders to integrate coaching into their professional development strategies.