HR Professionals as Business Coaches

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Business Coaching & Business Consulting – are they the same? - By Michael Heah

The Client asks:

I am a HR Director and am 53 years old. I'll be joining the ranks of retirees if I do not have a solid plan on what to do when I retire. I am seriously considering coaching as a career. Do you think it is appropriate for me to be in this field?

The Coach answers:

I too have been in HR for many years. HR practitioners will find coaching suitable for many reasons. Firstly, coaching and HR are people-based professions as devoting time with people is what they predominantly do. Secondly, both deals with goals, performance, motivation and helping people achieve them. Thirdly and perhaps the most important is that they rely on a variety of people's strategies to get them to overcome their obstacles, find their strengths and get them empowered over sustainable period of time. However, there are 3 key missing links for HR practitioners like you to patch up:

1) Learn how to institute the right structures and steps in getting people to their goals.

2) Sharpen those coaching competencies that are of high impact on coaching results.

3) Stengthen your outlook and personality to gain greater personal powers to inspire, persuade and influence people.

The Bottom Line:

Coaching is a people business for those who love to help people grow further in their lives.

Powerful Questions:

Do you love to be with people?
Do you have a desire to help people grow?
Do you gain fulfilment when you see results happening in them?
Do you have a natural flair in connecting with people easily?

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Dr Michael Heah is the founder and CEO of Corporate Coach Academy and Corporate Coach in Malaysia. He is also an Adjunct Professor for University Utara, Malaysia. He is the first Malaysian to become an International Coach Federation (ICF) Credentialed Professional Certified Coach. He is also a Licensed Coach-Trainer from the International Coach Academy, another world renowned coaching institution. Academically, he is qualified with a Doctorate and Masters in Hospitality & Tourism and a Postgraduate Diploma in Organizational Psychology, from various universities in UK. He founded the ICF Malaysia Chapter to grow a coach community and the Malaysian Association of Certified Coaches (MACC). He is the author of a unique case-study coaching book, Dialogue with a Coach and a regular writer of a corporate coach column in a leading newspaper. He is also a mentor coach for a number of local universities in the field of coaching and tourism education. Michael is also well known outside Malaysia, notably Europe, North America, Canada and Australia. He has consulted for agencies/bodies eg Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, European Union, PATA, World Tourism Council, Vietnam Tourism Ministry etc. Contact: +603 62054488
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