--- title: "Stop drowning in busyness: Discover how to gain time, clarity and success" description: Too busy to take on coaching? Think again. Executive coaching can help leaders gain time, clarity and success. image: https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/hubfs/Stop%20your%20(2).png --- [![Harriette Schumacher](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo_Submark-h-Black.png?width=361&height=361&name=Logo_Submark-h-Black.png) ![Harriette Schumacher](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo_Submark-h-Reverse.png?width=361&height=361&name=Logo_Submark-h-Reverse.png)](https://harrietteschumacher.com) Menu - [Work With Me](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/) - [Executive Coaching](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/executive-coaching/) - [Women In Leadership](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/leadership-coaching-for-women/) - [Team Development](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/team-development/) - [LeadHERship](https://harrietteschumacher.com/leadhership/) - [Case Studies](https://harrietteschumacher.com/case-studies/) - [Blog](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/blog) - [About](https://harrietteschumacher.com/about/) ![Harriette Schumacher](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/HarrietteSchumacher_January2022/images/Logo_Submark-h-Black.png?width=361&height=361&name=Logo_Submark-h-Black.png) - Menu - [Work With Me](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/) - [Executive Coaching](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/executive-coaching/) - [Women In Leadership](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/leadership-coaching-for-women/) - [Team Development](https://harrietteschumacher.com/work-with-me/team-development/) - [LeadHERship](https://harrietteschumacher.com/leadhership/) - [Case Studies](https://harrietteschumacher.com/case-studies/) - [Blog](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/blog) - [About](https://harrietteschumacher.com/about/) - [Women In Leadership](https://harriette19dev.wpengine.com/work-with-me/leadership-coaching-for-women/) - [Team Development](https://harriette19dev.wpengine.com/work-with-me/team-development/) - [Executive Coaching](https://harriette19dev.wpengine.com/work-with-me/executive-coaching/) - - - - [Executive Coaching](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/blog/tag/executive-coaching) # Stop drowning in busyness: Discover how to gain time, clarity and success By [Harriette Schumacher](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/blog/author/harriette-schumacher) December 19, 2023 One of the biggest pieces of feedback I get is that leaders don’t have time for coaching. After all, executives are super busy people with a lot on their plates both at work and in their personal lives. I often hear from the people I interact with that they feel like they’re drowning and that it’s virtually impossible to take on one more thing.  I want to flip that thinking. Being busy is a good thing, and feeling too overwhelmed to find time for coaching is exactly the reason executives *should* take on coaching.  But we’ll never be ready. We’ll never just wake up one day and “feel” ready. More free time won’t just show up in a calendar one day. Instead, we need to make a conscious choice - a decision to commit to action. That commitment may seem like an additional stress in the short term, but in the long run, it creates the free time and organizational [skills that are imperative to success](https://blog.harrietteschumacher.com/blog/an-honest-look-at-authentic-leadership).  Coaching helps leaders manage their time better. It offers a support structure. It’s not just a course that requires passive attendance but instead provides tangible tools and actively helps leaders manage real-life situations and obstacles. Coaching helps executives use their time more effectively, helping to manage or remove that feeling of drowning.  A common thought among those who haven’t experienced coaching before is that the training takes away from the time that could be spent executing other high-priority tasks. But, in fact, my role is to help leaders perform the most important work better. It’s about slowing down to speed up, about taking a pause and looking at the tasks at hand through a refreshed, educated lens.  Realistically, coaching is a key tool to learning how to effectively manage your workload as a leader and human being. It’s the only way to progress things forward with more success.  I work with leaders over 12 months to help them through a variety of challenges and scenarios so they can build the clarity, courage and commitment to accelerate as leaders for their company. I teach them how to effectively use their time to achieve their goals and complete tasks efficiently without feeling overwhelmed. I help executives manage their time out of leadership issues.  Commit to readiness. 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