Quick Tip: New Executive Leadership Challenges Emerging—And What’s Driving Them

Executive coaching engagements today often look and sound substantially different from those taking place just five years ago. Rapid technological shifts, evolving workplace expectations and ongoing economic uncertainty have introduced new pressures—and amplified existing ones—for leaders at every level, with executives navigating novel challenges like leading hybrid teams, managing constant change and dealing with decision fatigue.

Understanding the emerging themes coaches and their clients are tackling helps leaders better prepare for what’s ahead. Below, Forbes Coaches Council member Lisa Walsh shares an example of a leadership challenge she has been addressing with executive clients—and the factors driving these conversations.

Balancing Focus Between ‘Being’ And ‘Doing’

The leaders I’m partnering with recently are more focused on how they are “being” as they lead as well as what they are “doing.” Leaders are much more aware that they cannot simply run faster, do more or contribute more as an individual. It’s become more about how to invite people into a generative dialogue that creates mutual accountability for the team to achieve the goals it sets together.

- Lisa Walsh, Beacon Executive Coaching

Originally published on Forbes Coaches Council.