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HOW CAN YOU ADDRESS THE SOFT
SKILLS GAP IN YOUR COMPANY?
When it comes to hiring and training for
success and future growth, it’s clear that
businesses must continuously invest in
soft skills development. If you’d like to
know more about how biz4Biz can help,
take a look at our Soft skills = Powerful
Change programme which we’ve created
to give businesses the ability to thrive in
our ever changing world.
WHY SHOULD I WORK WITH A COACH?
Wherever you find yourself in your life
right now, it has taken a large amount of
self-development to get you there. This
doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve
read a huge number of books or at-tained
lots of qualifications, and although
activities and achievements like these
will give you the information, skills and
knowledge you need for development,
that’s not the whole story.
In order to help you grow, you also need
to evolve the way you think, and for
this, there are three main elements to
consider:
“Soft skills are the
interpersonal skills
we use across the
various situations,
challenges, and
relationships that we
encounter on a dayto-day basis.”
set, they’ve now shifted from a secondary
“nice to have” to an absolutely critical
component of business success and
growth.
As these skills grow in importance, it’s
estimated that a ‘soft skills gap’ is costing
the global economy billions – and £29
billion in the UK alone, through lost
opportunities, outdated practices and
disconnected workforces.
1. Heat Experiences: If you’re not
uncomfortable in some way, you’re
probably not learning
2. Colliding Perspectives:
Understanding other points of view to
broaden your mind
3. Elevated Sense Making: The power of
self-reflection to help you answer the
question: what next?
ANDY MURPHY
Andy Murphy is a Masters level
qualified executive & leadership
coach and coach supervisor
with over 25 years’ experience in
leadership in the financial services
industry. His enthusiasm for people
development and love of coaching
meant that he was chosen to help
create the first internal coaching
faculty for a major UK Bank in 2012,
which provided a template for
success which was copied across the
organisation.
Understanding the need to facilitate
change by bringing people together
he is much sought after by senior
leaders and their teams both on
an individual and group basis who
value his authentic, fun, inclusive
and generative style. Passionate
about leadership development
and building a coaching culture,
he provides bespoke development
programmes, executive coaching and
coaching supervision to coaching
professionals to individuals on a oneto-one and group basis.
He lives in London and is a
contributing member of the
Association for Coaching and the
European Mentoring and Coaching
Council.
Whilst I guarantee that you will have
encountered these three elements
constantly through your life, working
with a coach gives you the opportunity to
dig even deeper into each one to power
up your personal growth.
My job as a coach is to create a trusted
relationship with you to help you uncover
your strengths, weaknesses and areas for
improvement and then work with you to
create and implement a plan for success.
A partner for your growth as it were.
I love the following quote by legendary
American football coach, Tom Landry:
‘A coach is someone who tells you what
you don’t want to hear, who has you see
what you don’t want to see, so you can
be who you always knew you could be.’
To finish, perhaps a better question for
you to reflect on: Why shouldn’t I work
with a coach?
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