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Mental Coaching: Potential With Training And Intelligent Management

by George Purdy

These days many vocal business leaders are emphasizing that "the world is flat", that labor moves freely, and the lowest price wins, regardless of whether it's from Atlanta or Argentina. Million dollar purchasing orders are placed online, without so much as speaking to a live person, and when corporate communications have a face at all, it's increasingly that of a model or paid spokesperson.

At a time when posting a job opening online will get you applications from around the world, are people skills even relevant? The answer is a resounding "yes": at the end of the day, someone is still designing the products, the web sites, and the materials for marketing.

Especially if (and not "even if") that person was born and raised outside of the country, he or she needs a proper environment in which to perform his or her job. Immigrants and guest workers are members of the corporate world as much as anyone else. However, they have special issues and hardships that concurrently require closer attention to bring out the best in them, and that means mental coaching. As one of the most important functions of today's human resource management, mental coaching is an excellent way of integrating someone from a different culture fully into the team.

Although mental coaches, such as Dr. John F. Murray, who developed "Mental Performance Index" for American football (and proceeded to help Vincent Spadea overcome a losing streak that was one of the longest in the history of tennis), might be associated with professional sports, outdoor sales-people, or CEO's, the truth is that mental coaching is relevant from the highest to the lowest rung of the corporate ladder.

Hiring and training employees is a costly endeavor, so any steps that can be taken to improve employee work product is essential. In today's world, many companies are finding that Mental coaches are well worth the investment. They have already proven effective in many fields other than business. So why not maximize your investment in your company's personnel and let your Human Resources department try this great resource.

So while the world may well be "flat", it is still populated with human beings, and human beings don't perform at their peak potential without training and smart management. Companies are made up of people -- something that is as true during the reign of Bill Gates as it was during that of Rockefeller, the Internet notwithstanding.

At at time when posting a job opening online can easily fetch applications from around the world, are people skills even relevant anymore? Murray, who developed "Mental Performance Index" for American football (and proceeded to help Vincent Spadea overcome a losing streak that was one of the longest in the history of tennis),the truth is that mental coaching is relevant from the highest to the lowest rung of the corporate ladder. Mental coaches is an excellent way of bringing someone from a different culture into the team 100%, and it is one of the most important functions of human resource management nowadays.

Published July 20th, 2007

Filed in Psychology

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