Benefits of Coaching and How Important it is in a Technologically Driven Era?
View(s):Today the technology has taken a vital role in our day to day lives. More use of online platforms and technological advancement are continuing to reshape our ways of living. While reaping the benefits of these technological development it is also important to understand how well the human behavior need to strike a balance with our expected outcome and be focused to continuously achieve future goals more strategically.
It is stated that re-skilling of at least 50% of workforce will require by 2025, with the increase of technology adoptability as per the Future Jobs Report presented by the World Economic Forum.
Nevertheless, it is also mentioned that critical thinking and problem-solving skills will be the main that employers are looking forward to in their employees in the coming years.
On the other-hand skills in self-management through active learning, resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility are given utmost importance with the impact of COVID 19 and changes that took place in the environment in year 2020( World Economic Forum).
Yet, these skills must be developed continuously to suit the ever changing environment and it’s the motivated and inspired ones who will move forward.
What is the Implication of Coaching to
Self- Development of the Future Workforce?
As much as we develop our technological skills it’s it much vital to develop the behavioral skills to be ahead in competition and innovation. Technology will continue to evolve so does the jobs related to it. Nevertheless, there is a need of a workforce that could make faster decisions with a lot of focus while managing one’s self and a team through any circumstances to make continuous, effective and efficient business progresses.
How May it Imply to the Education Sector?
Education is a key tool in any economy that could re-shape its future workforce and generations. Thus, primary, secondary, tertiary education and training will define the competitiveness of the economy in the long term and it is one of the main pillars that is measured in the pillars of Global Competitiveness Index. It is therefore much important to work through an educational framework and system that produces the outcome to fit in to the future skills and behavioral needs in the world of work. Techniques of Coaching could therefore be adopted in the different levels of knowledge dissemination and creation as a tool that promotes interesting and continuous learning in children and adults.
What is Coaching and How it May Develop an Individual or a Team Player with Required Skills and Behaviors?
Coaching is a modern day tool that can be used for continuous learning and enable a person to see his/her optimum potential through continuous encouragement and creating the environment to learn by reflecting on challenges, one’s own behaviors, setting up clear goals and driving his/her action plans toward reaching the goals. If you may have a professional Coach, he/ she may work with you to realise your goals in life with a focused plan.
Whilst, technology has taken a considerable amount of time in our lives today, the young children and adults could always use these technological advancements to be connected conveniently with a Coach who will support and make them see through the reality to develop themselves and to achieve an outcome.
As now Coaching takes place in a global context, the young and emerging leaders could connect with the best Executive, Life, Professional and Education etc.. Coaches across the world who are certified and have the expertise to provide a professional value for money service to work with you for your life’s purposes and outcome, beyond time horizons to any location boundaries.
Search for your Coach, be Engaged, Empowered and Focused towards developing yourself as a very well self-managed individual with the ability to manage stress, enhance leadership skill and flexibility to move through any challenging atmosphere.
“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do” – Nelson Mandela
- Dr. Sharmini Perera- (Ph.D, Malaysia & MBA, Australia)
Certified Coach and Mentor- IAPC&M
Head, Faculty of Business Studies
Lead, Office of Mentoring and Coaching
Sri Lanka Technological Campus(SLTC)
Founder- Director Medical Tourism Lanka Pvt Ltd
Email: scoachingandmentoring@gmail.com