Coaching and Mentoring
How do you pick a single fish from a mega shoal?
In this video, I introduce my style of coaching and its origins. Plus I share with you my top tips for selecting someone to work with.
So, what can you expect?
Chemistry is everything. If you think I’m an idiot or just don’t like my style, we won’t achieve your goals.
So the first meeting is an hour and it is always at my expense. It is part consultation (can I help you with your particular challenges) and part chemistry test (do we want to work together).
If we decide at the end of the consultation that there is an opportunity to work together, I will write a Coaching Proposal that will outline what we could do and how much it would cost.
Assuming you accept the Proposal, I will then follow this up with a Coaching Agreement that sets out things like confidentiality, data protection, cancellation and indemnity statements.
And then we get to work!
Your Goals
Leadership.
If you are not getting the results that you want from your team, what do you need to change in order to achieve that, and how do you make that change? We can work together to help you to understand your ‘leadership shadow,’ the impact that you have on your team. We can also discover how that may change under stress.
Stress.
Everybody gets stressed at times. How does it affect you? Are you underperforming as a result? How terminal is that shortcoming? We can identify the things that are really stressing you, analyse your current response, and explore mitigation strategies that will allow you to perform, no matter what else is going on.
Teamwork.
It may be that you would like to generate a greater level of engagement from your team. What is your communication style? What and how do you change to get where you want the team to be? How do you get them to do more for you without being asked?
Confidence.
Do you feel that you are an imposter? Do you think that you’re no good? Are you convinced that you can’t in a million years go for that promotion? We can work together to identify the source of your inner critic, to break the cycle of negative thinking, and to put you in your rightful position of confidence and perspective.
Promotion.
It can be a daunting transition from worker or manager to leader. The difference between doing – and getting others to do – is huge. Many leaders do not change their working practices, and just carry on doing, get exhausted and fall over. We can work together to identify what you need to do differently in order to take the next step up, and how you do that.
Transition.
Have you just stepped up into a new, bigger role? Have you just joined a new organisation? How are you feeling about it? Are you nailing it? Or are you swanning it - you know the one, smooth on the surface, legs going like mad?? Perhaps the new culture is utterly baffling? Are you feeling overwhelmed with trying to hit the ground running? I’ve worked with many folks who are feeling just like that and they have all gone on to have successful transitions into their new roles.