Leaders have an important responsibility in leading their organization; they are on the driver seat of their organization. Everyone at their organization and all stakeholder are looking upon them to make the right decision and take the right course
There is a tremendous amount of pressure on an executive juggling number of ideas and issues daily, weekly and monthly as a result almost always an executive will lose perspective and fail to realize at some point to know what is the correct standard or norm that he should of focus on.
No one is perfect and immune to losing perspective and making mistake, the problem is not when you make a make mistake and correct it quickly, but the problem is when an executive continues going in the wrong direction without realizing that the path he has choosing is the wrong one. It has affected his behavior, his personal and professional life.
When there is an experienced Business Coach /Consultant who works with an executive regularly and gives sound advice to him and his team; the Consultant will sense when a CEO, Executive or the company is leaning in the wrong direction.
Furthermore, even someone as Jack Nicklaus, Tigerwood or other famous athletes have coaches who advising them continuously on their games; then why not a leader or an executive take advantage of this great benefit. Certainly, the US president has many advisors and consultants who are giving him advice; the main reason the US is an unchallenged superpower because the amount of money is spent on getting the on-time and right advice and information.
In conclusion, the difference between failure and success is small and only a professional from outside such as an experienced Business Coach and Consultant can spot the gap and fix it. Investing on an experienced Business Coach or Consultant can save a company large sum of money, time , resources and even bankruptcy in long run.
Yama Eamen