Whether they were just starting out or had already established a successful brand, these ten entrepreneurs realized the amazing benefits of coaching at some point in their careers.ÂÂ
Like every athlete needs a coach, every CEO and founder also needs one for many reasons. If you are wondering whether you should consider founder-CEO coaching, here are examples of ten successful entrepreneurs who had coaches and why you should consider it too.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates needs no introduction. CEO and co-founder of one of the most successful companies in the world, Microsoft, William Henry Gates III, has openly accepted taking coaching for feedback and improvement.
Oprah WinfreyÂÂ
The famous American talk show host, actress, producer, author, and philanthropist has been benefiting from coaching for the last 25 years. She stated it as a way to get a better perspective of things while running a multitude of successful ventures. Currently, Oprah Winfrey is one of the wealthiest and most successful businesswomen.
Eric Schmidt
Many CEOs want to have a different perspective on things. Eric Schmidt is one of those. Eric Schmidt had a successful stint as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011.
Steve Jobs
Many business founders use coaching, and Steve Jobs was one of the most successful examples. The former CEO and co-founder of Apple, a brand that has revolutionized the world in many ways, benefited from coaching at the peak of his career.
Marc Benioff
With a net worth of $10.4 billion, Marc Benioff is another successful CEO and founder that used coaching and implemented strategies to take his company to new heights of success. The CEO and founder of Salesforce credits much of the share of his success to coaching.
Richard Branson
The founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, is one of the most successful and well-known founders, with Virgin Group controlling more than 400 companies. He believed continuous learning is vital for a team and a growing business. He considers coaching for himself and promotes the same for his employees to help them widen their horizons and adapt to new strategies for success.
Roger Enrico
The former CEO of Pepsi and DreamWorks, Roger Enrico, has been the CEO of Pepsi for 38 years. In those years, he took Pepsi and made it a household name and one of the biggest carbonated beverage brands. He used coaching to generate new ideas and approaches for business growth.ÂÂ
Brian C. Cornell
Brian C. Cornell was the CEO of Target Co., one of the most successful retail brands in the US. He has only good things to say about his coach, stating that coaching has helped him become a better leader and a good human being.ÂÂ
Jeff Bezos
Jefferey Preston Bezos is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon. Before that, he served as the president and CEO of the company. He is known for quickly adapting the latest business trends and turning them into an opportunity for success, which coaching often helps with by allowing you to have an open mind about new ideas and tackling every situation with a different perspective than your own.
Alan Mulally
We are ending the list with one of the most inspiring CEOs, Alan Mulally, whose achievements are very well documented. He is an aerospace engineer and manufacturing executive and served as the CEO of the Ford Motor Company. He managed to save the company and make it one of the most successful brands in the world. He has stated that coaching helped him find areas that needed work and improvement.
Final Words
From getting a better perspective to finding areas for improvement, coaching helped these ten highly successful entrepreneurs in many ways. Being a CEO is a job that requires constant changes, and with the right mindset, these changes are much easier to implement. So, if you have a startup, you will need coaching in each stage of the company’s growth.
