Executive function is the cognitive function that enables individuals to plan and organize activities, sustain attention, and persist and complete tasks. These skills are critical not just for work success, but also needed to managing everyday living. Often, people have used the metaphor that executive function is like traffic control where one has to remember, plan, direct, manage, regulate, and act. In other words, we use these skills to help us regulate our behavior.
Often individuals with executive function challenges have trouble with organization, time management, planning and prioritizing, and completing tasks such as:
Coaching is a continuous and collaborative process that encourages the individual to make his/her own decisions and choices.
We use a holistic approach to building executive function capacity to help individuals develop life skills. Coaches support this development by building skills and routines artificially. Over time, the goal is to implement the routines and strategies internally.
Our coaches work on improving the performance and well-being of an individual by identifying core challenges, exploring strategy options, creating and implementing actionable plans, monitoring progress, and adapting to various situations. Coaching focuses on performance improvement, accountability, visioning the present, and moving into the future. It is, however, not about resolving emotional issues or dealing with personal healing and trauma recovery.
Coaching begins by:
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