Coaching
There are many different styles and approaches to coaching. I will work with you to find a coaching approach that resonates with your preferred way of working. I'll support you to identify and set goals for coaching, and design a package of support that will bring about the improvements you seek. As a starting point, you might like to consider the broad themes of coaching, and then together we can create a unique programme for you. You can choose the duration of coaching sessions (e.g. 1 hour, 75 minutes, 2 hours), the gap between sessions, the number of sessions, and the format for working together during sessions. You can also add in services, such as 360 degree assessments, psychometric assessments and work place assessments to help you lean into your strengths and identify ways to grow and develop your effectiveness. Coaching can be 1:1, but also small group and team coaching.
Journey coaching
Navigate life's challenges with a coach by your side
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Regular, on-going support
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Reflection & interpretation
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Problem solving & forward thinking
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Re-charge your mental capacity
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If you are seeking on-going, regular support to process the highs and lows of working as a leader, this type of coaching is for you. Ideal for senior and executive leaders, the sessions provide much needed head space to process work matters. With a focus on reflection, including examining internal dialogue, interpretation of events, and thinking forward, these sessions aid clarity. Coaching sessions can help you to better understand yourself and your situation, provide a structure to think through complex matters, and help you to re-charge your mental capacity. Having a safe space to share the challenges of leadership is important for mental well-being. Having someone to listen who does not work at your organisation, but understands the challenges you face might be just what you need.
Strengths Coaching
Harness your unique talents
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Includes assessment & report
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Immediately actionable
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Ideal for leaders at all levels
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An amazing, uplifting programme
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Highly successful leaders have different styles and approaches. What they all have in common is they know their strengths and how to harness them. This is an incredible, uplifting programme that focuses on positive change by ‘naming, aiming and actioning’ your strengths as a leader. Even seasoned leaders are amazed at how their personal impact improves. Using the trusted Clifton Strengths Finder assessment, coaching sessions will help you to better understand your talents and how to capitalise on them. Learn how to dial up, dial down and combine strengths for maximum impact. Colleagues completing this programme report that not only do they know themselves better, but it has also helped them to understand others in their team and as a result has led to better teamwork.
Goal coaching
Set your sights on a high tariff goal
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Drive strategic outcomes
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Lead change & transformation
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Steer action & navigate challenges
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Increase success & impact
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Designed for leaders who are managing a project, leading change or want to focus on a high tarrif goal. One-to-one sessions help leaders to engage in professional dialogue throughout the life span of the the new initiative or project. This type of coaching supports the leader in achieving a substantial change or a large scale development. It enables the leader to have support every step of the journey. Having regular, structured opportunities to think, analyse, reflect, problem solve and evaluate progress increases the likelihood of success. Colleagues engaging in this type of coaching may find additional wider benefits, such as improvements in leadership skills, a boost in motivation, improved job satisfaction, and increased well-being.
Growth coaching
Develop as a leader through coaching
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Develop leadership style
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Grapple with theory
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Utilise ‘apply & reflect principles’
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Set & achieve topic related goals
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This type of coaching provides a blend of leadership theory, coaching and professional dialogue that aims to strengthen and develop leadership style, skills and behaviours. Perhaps you would really like to improve your delegation skills, expand your approach to dealing with difficult conversations, improve your prioritisation and time management skills, develop strategies for team building, enhance your knowledge and application of emotional intelligence. You select a topic(s) / theme at the start of the coaching programme which is then developed through regular coaching sessions enabling you to work effectively towards achieving the goal. The sessions are matched to your role and experience to ensure leaders can access coaching at the right level. Sessions are 90-120 minutes and include completion of learning & reflection materials between sessions.
Issue coaching
Support for tough challenges and specific problems
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Unpack complex situations
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View issues from different perspectives
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Think forward
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Try out new approaches
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Safe space to talk
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From time-to-time, we all face difficult and challenging circumstances at work and if this is something you are experiencing, short term weekly coaching might be just what you need. Coaching can provide the essential head space and structure for unpacking complex situations, processing intense emotions, reviewing events from different vantage points and considering how to move forward. Accessing between 4 and 6 one hour coaching sessions can create a fundamental shift in thinking at a time when it is most needed.
New to role coaching
Soar in your new role, reach new heights
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Perfect for transitioning
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Embrace the challenge
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Grow into the new role
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Reflect and strategise for success
​Perhaps you have moved, or are seeking to move, to a more senior leadership position. Perhaps you have recently taken up a position which requires a shift in mindset and skillset. Perhaps you have just been appointed as a team leader, division head, director. As you transition into the new role, coaching can be a great way to forge ahead and periodically take stock of developments. Embarking on a new role can be as exciting as it is challenging. This coaching programme is designed to facilitate this transition, making it smooth and successful. Embrace change with coaching sessions that provide the guidance, tools, and strategies you need to thrive and lead with assurance. Coaching can be provided prior to starting the new role or at any time in the first year.
Well-being & happy leader coaching
Coaching to increase levels of positivity and happiness at work
This coaching is based on the principles of happiness at work research and uses elements of Seligman's PERMA+4 model to help you explore your personal levels of well-being and happiness. Thriving - it exists at a personal level, it exists on a relational level, it exists at a team level.
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P = positive emotions
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E = engagement
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R = relationships
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M = meaning
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A = achievement
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Health
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Mindset
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Environment
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Economic
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You will be supported to explore the research, harness the science and aided in taking steps to improve your well-being and happiness at work levels both in the immediate and in the longer term.
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Team coaching
For those interested in team performance
Potential benefits of team coaching:
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Enhanced decision making
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Increased adaptability
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Improved team cohesion
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Better performance
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Innovation & creativity
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Stress management & improved well-being
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Deeper self awareness
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Improved relationships
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Greater team spirit & sense of belonging
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More effective conflict resolution
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Enhanced communication
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Greater appreciation of each other’s roles
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Smoother transitions in periods of change
A coaching package can be designed to specifically meet the needs of you and your team. Here are three popular options:
A: IMPROVING TEAM EFFECTIVENESS for senior leadership teams:
Coaching sessions, often delivered in half-day blocks, can be an excellent way to explore current ways of operating, identify goals for improving effectiveness and generate plans for new ways of working together. These sessions increase colleagues understanding of each other and can facilitate supportive exploration of tricky team issues. You can choose an open ended, ‘emergent approach’ in which key issues surface through the coaching sessions, or a ‘goal orientated approach’ in which your team have one of more specific objectives they wish to explore.
B: UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER - PLAYING TO OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTHS as an SLT:
Each colleague undertakes the trusted Clifton Strengths Finder assessment followed by individual and team coaching to help colleagues achieve a deep understanding of their own strengths and operating preferences, and those of other team members. Colleagues learn how to capitalise on the team’s strengths and how to operate in ways that will be more effective and harmonious. This is a fabulous coaching programme that helps senior leaders understand each other, improves communication, and leads to new ways of working that ensure the team operates at peak performance.​
C: MIDDLE LEADERSHIP GROUP COACHING:
This is a cost effective way of providing coaching that not only supports the individual but strengthens peer relationships. Small group coaching for 4-6 leaders working together on a shared theme, e.g. communication, teamwork, managing change, accountability, emotional intelligence. This can be for leaders new to role, emerging leaders as part of the organisation’s talent management programme, or leaders who all have the same job role or all work in a particular division of the organisation. Ideally 90 minute sessions or half-day events every 6-8 weeks across a 12 month period.
Choose Where to Start
Find out how we can work together
Discovery Meeting
0£Find out how we can work effectively togetherValid for 3 months- Design coaching specifically to meet your needs
- Start building our relationship
- Identify the broad outcomes you wish to achieve