Executives are the most powerful force for improving organizational functioning, as they create the management environment and standards which prevail. Coaching assists these executives in examining their styles and impact on the organization. It facilitates awareness of their own strengths and areas in need of development. It provides constructive, confidential feedback and action planning around critical issues which block or enhance executive effectiveness. These efforts have been a major stimulus for organization change, improvement and positive influence.

One-on-one coaching has proven to be a practical, confidential, and cost effective means of providing real support on "actual" problems. Top executives and managers cannot always find time to go to even short courses to enhance their current competencies. On the job coaching provides the solution.

ONE-ON-ONE EXECUTIVE COACHING

Benefits:

• Facilitates a client's success in achieving specified objectives
• Assists in defining objectives, standards for success, understanding strengths and obstacles to achieving goals, and in turn, stimulates action planning and skills to address issues
• Results oriented with practical action oriented strategies
• Empowers executives to do the very things necessary to successfully achieve their goals via self assessment, 360° feedback and other instruments
• Coaching efforts can be "problem centered" which require reacting to a problem or crisis that has surfaced, or "proactive" which relates to addressing future challenges and building upon a client's management strengths.

Methodology:

• Agreed upon success standards and expected results
• Intensive coaching sessions
• Structured agendas
• Proven models and frameworks as learning tools
• Efficient 360° online data gathering, varied self assessment/awareness instruments, as needs dictate
• Coaching manual/resource book
• Diversified techniques compatible with coachee's style and subject matter
  • Strategizing
  • Skill building
  • Problem solving
  • Role playing
• Ongoing work related assignments and action planning
• Subsequent follow up and review of success/obstacles in implementing action plans
• Coachee's manager plays an agreed upon supportive role

LEADERSHIP STYLE INVENTORY AND ACTION PLANNING WORKSHOP WITH ONE-ON-ONE COACHING

Benefits:

• Alternative to standard executive coaching model - less time, effort, expense
• Powerful method to involve a group of executives/managers in their own development
• Stimulates their interest in getting feedback and action planning without a major commitment of time
• Confidential personal feedback and one-on-one coaching
• Goal focused development
• Results focused coaching
• Efficient and inexpensive way to involve many executives/managers
• Great introduction to 360° feedback and executive coaching
  • Non-threatening environment
  • Confidential and personal feedback
  • Assistance in interpreting results and targeting learning
  • Confidential one-on-one coaching to meet executives' needs

Methodology:

• A one day group workshop providing a framework and structure for analyzing 360° data and setting realistic development goals
• Short, follow on intensive one-on-one coaching sessions for each participant
• Use of multiple leadership style instruments
• Efficient, online, 360° data gathering process
• Substantive feedback packages for each instrument
• Structured action planning process and preparation for coaching session
• Targeted coaching based on development goals