Today any organization to survive and thrive must learn to change with the market and times. If we are to have learning organizations, we must have learning executives. Learning refers to any change in behavior. Organizational Behavior (first seen as actions) is the sum of professional skills affected by personal skills and behavioral aspects such as; beliefs, values, attitudes, motivation, thoughts, and unconscious drives.  Coaching is now recognized as the critical platform for successful organizational change and learning initiatives.

Studies have revealed the greatest challenge to any organization is to change people's behavior. Of recent years there has been a growing demand from coaches and their clients for a coaching model based on scientifically validated methodologies.

Behavior is learned. Behavior is not a person's innate Personality. Behavior has a discernible and communicable structure based on our internal state (our senses reacting to our environment --experiences and influences). People exhibit their internal state through their actions (what we do or say). Because our behavior can be codified, a person can be successfully coached to acquire a skill from another person.

Behavior-based coaching was first employed in sports, work safety, the military, health and education. Behavior-based coaching integrates research from many disciplines. It incorporates knowledge from psychology (behavioral, clinical, social, developmental, industrial and organizational), systems theories, philosophy, education and the management and leadership fields.

To change, people need to turn thought into action. Without clear practical steps for doing this, and practice, old habits soon reassert themselves. Learning will only last if the underlying emotional commitment is there - 'do I really want to change?' As people engage with new learning we need to ask them to listen to their emotions and look at their attitudes, beliefs and values.

All coaches do not have to be psychologists and nor are most psychologists suitable to become coaches. However, coaching is change and change is a psychological process. A successful, professional coach has to understand, be confident and competent in the psychological aspects of coaching and a master in the use of a range of behavioral change techniques. To do so requires personalized training and supervision by an appropriately trained clinician and experienced practitioner in the use and mastery of psychological-based tools that bring about genuine, lasting, measurable results.

Executive Coach, Wanda Marie, was certified by the Behavioral Coaching Institute where the Institute's regional faculty members are all internationally recognized educators in the behavioral sciences. They are acclaimed thought leaders in the field of workplace coaching and, have extensive experience in training and developing the world's top coaches around the globe. As a Certified Master Coach through the Behavioral Coaching Institute, Wanda Marie also has subject-matter expertise in the applied and practical science of human performance enhancement, learning and change (Coaching at Work).

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