When leaders are better prepared to learn new habits through coaching and neuroscience, there is great hope and promise for developing a new generation of engaging leaders.
According to Kouzes and Posner, leadership isn't limited to executives or naturally charismatic individuals. Their research demonstrates that people at all levels within your organization can learn and practice effective leadership behaviors. Over 30 years of studies have confirmed that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results through these learned skills. Whether you're in the C-suite or maintaining the building after hours, leadership capabilities are accessible to everyone, not just a select few.
Coaching helps make leadership best practices common in your organization by improving communication, confidence, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, empowerment, cross-functional collaboration, and employee engagement. This improves your organization's overall profitability.
People are the human capital that drives organizational effectiveness, innovation, competitive advantage, customer loyalty, and a great place to work. Effective Leadership drives employee engagement and a bottom-line business case for building organizations with highly engaged employees.
The above examples compare and contrast how highly engaged organizations compare to disengaged organizations on average shareholder return.
Happiness research that brought together the results of over 200 scientific studies on nearly 275,000 people found that happiness leads to success in nearly every domain of our lives. Happy workers have higher productivity levels, produce higher sales, perform better in leadership positions, and receive higher performance ratings and pay. They also enjoy more job security and are less likely to take sick days, to quit, or to become burned out." (Achor, Shawn. The Happiness Advantage (pp. 40-41). Crown. Kindle Edition.)