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You'll find a large amount of information in the Executive Coaching page. Browse it at your leisure and learn how Debra Benton has brought her Executive Coaching to thousands of people all over the world.
Conde Nást Portfolio magazine describes Debra Benton as, “one of the top five coaches to have on speed dial”. Everyone needs coaching and everyone who is successful has one, they just don’t tell you. What is the business of Executive Coaching An executive coach isn’t a friend, a boss, an in-law, a professional acquaintance, or even a mentor. It is a person who provides qualified, private, one-on-one instruction to help you advance in your work. Executive coach, Debra Benton, helps intelligent, talented, motivated high-achievers work different and be different at work – different and better than your competition. Her coaching specialty (based on the research and subsequent writing of eight top-selling books) is:
• interpersonal communication	• influence with a diverse audience
• people-related problem solving	• managing upwards
• attitude management	• situation management
• leading change	• public speaking & presentation skills
• persuasion and selling	• non-verbal communication
• effective coaching & mentoring	• confidence building
• innovative thinking	• image building
• executive bearing	• personal public relations

In today’s competitive business environment an executive coach isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. In a radically changing world new work habits are required. Even if you have a good reputation today, that does not guarantee continued success tomorrow. You need to constantly refresh your work style and behavior.

More information has been delivered in the last 30 years than the previous 500. A single weekday copy of the New York Times today dispenses more information than the average person had access to in a lifetime a hundred years ago. You’re swamped keeping up with the demands of your job. Your formal schooling is long since completed. You don’t have time to attend a workshop or seminar every week. So how do you learn the necessary new things? From a personal coach.

Debra Benton’s six and twelve-month programs provides objective, professional direction enhancing what you have and acquiring what you need.

If you’ve just received a new promotion, passed over for a promotion, moved into a new job or new industry, have a new boss, turned thirty, turned forty, turned fifty, got divorced, had a death in the family, or had some other eye-opening event that caused you to reevaluate, reflect, decide to recharge your career – it’s a good turning point for coaching.

Instead of a face-lift chose a career-lift. It’s never too late.

Here is a sample list of reasons some of Debra’s current clients give for getting coaching:

“I’m on the radar screen, and I really need your help.”
“To review strengths, needs, and opportunities.”
“For an objective sounding board.”
“To improve my performance.”
“I was getting somewhat bored and wanted to look at what some changes would mean in my life.”
“Gain personal control over my life. I don’t want the corporation to rule my life.”
“I had to accept the reality that I am really, really dispensable, and I didn’t want anyone else to conclude that.”
“I want to leave my stamp on people.”
“I needed it more than ever because of reaching a certain age.”
“I need to constantly raise the bar for myself.”
“Who better to invest in them my self. Once I invest my myself, no on can take it away from me.

Why is Debra Benton described as one of the top five coaches to be on speed dial?

In addition to her top-selling book Secrets of a CEO Coach and CEO Material (McGraw-Hill) Debra is skilled at behavioral change. She can quickly develop rapport with a wide range of people, ask the right questions, assess problem areas, and keep track of effective and not-so-effective behaviors. She is skilled at how to critique constructively, sensitive when pointing out problems, and will provide positive encouragement – caring for the self-esteem of the coachee.

Why did the clients choose Debra over other coaches? They said she:

• is thorough in her approach	• is creative in offering a solution
• accurately diagnoses the cause of the problem	• redefines your view of the situation
• is accessible	• keeps commitments
• doesn't waste time	• listens well
• speaks free of jargon	• relates well to people
• makes you more effective at what you do
An effective coach not only gives good advice but offers that advice in a manner you can internalize and still feel true to yourself.

Debra has coached people to:

successfully compete for positions both inside and outside of their companies
meet and work with Presidents Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush
job interview with Donald Trump (in real life and for Celebrity Apprentice)
present at the Academy Awards
testify before Congressional meetings and Senate hearings

What happens in her coaching program?

You start by reviewing your personal and professional background, how you got to where you are, where you are in your career, why you want coaching, what you hope to gain from the session, and where you want to go in your life – personally and professionaly.

Several hours of discussion gives a professional assessment by Debra. Specific feedback is provided to meet the targets agreed upon. A day-long session wraps up with a “trigger list” of actions and activities to implement the next day, week, and month(s) .

You walk away with:

• tools to fit the job at hand

• a variety of targets and goals to aim for

• a strategy to go forward

• fall-back plans

That session is followed-up with a debriefing for the individual client’s manager along with a written action plan from the individual. That plan makes sure the coach and the person being coached are always speaking the same language.

Over the next six (or twelve) months the client has unlimited access to Debra for ongoing follow-up advice and direction.

How does the company benefit from hiring a coach for their executives?

• They save a valuable resource because employees don’t quit from lack of support and move to another company that cares about them.

• They save money because they don’t have to pay to recruit a replacement for someone who quit, or replace a person they had to fire because she or he lacked the necessary “soft” side of business management and leadership.

• They improve morale because good people feel valued when the company invests in them.

• They become more competitive and unique because they have a motivated, happy, skilled team who can handle most any situation they are faced with in an effective manner both in substance and style.

Does your executive coach have to live in your city?

It makes no difference where the coach or client lives. What is important is having a qualified and experienced coach. After the first meeting the bulk of the contact is over the telephone, email, or teleconferencing – geography doesn’t matter.

A good coach is available when needed. For example, when you’re at the airport headed home from a job interview or at a restaurant just before you have dinner with your boss and his or her spouse, or when you are sitting in your office after hearing the advance news on your performance appraisal.You need to talk at 9:00 am before popping into a meeting, or at 2:00 pm waiting for a plane at the airport.

In other words, your coach needs to be accessible when you are on the firing line. You need it when you’re up at 3:00am and want to send an email. You don’t have the time or opportunity to drive to your coach’s office, you need to be able to pick up your phone and get the answers and opinions you seek right now!

Contact Mary Reed to schedule time to talk with Debra (whom client’s call “the coaches coach”) personally about your own coaching program.

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