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Coaching

Why use coaching?

The business environment today calls for coaching as

Faster development of people is needed to keep pace with fast changes in technology and the business environment

Mergers, acquisitions and changes in corporate culture put extra stress on people, and especially leaders, requiring them to do more with less

With less hierarchy in organisations, people need to be better trained and empowered, so as to be able to take more personal responsibility for getting results

Bottom-line profit pressures call for collaborative working relationships internally and with clients and suppliers, to build creative solutions to new problems

Coaching makes a difference, because it operates over time, rather than one-time training, allowing the individual to assimilate knowledge, put it into action and learn from results. It transfers leadership and management competences quickly, allowing executive to manage teams and colleagues effectively. It teaches the building of respectful and collaborative relationships with clients and team members, to enhance the working environment and improve customer satisfaction.

Developing valuable people,

Our coaching programmes has been proven effective with individuals who

Are being groomed for promotion or beginning a more responsible role in the organisation

Need to tone down aggressive or domineering behaviour patterns and acquire better people skills

Need to win new business, acquire better networking skills and develop marketing and entrepreneurial competencies

Need to increase their personal profile and personal presence and learn strategic influencing skills

Wish to improve their managerial competence and better motivate their team

Need tools to manage change towards greater effectiveness, creative thinking and decision-making

As CEO or managing partner, having an external sounding board to discuss and clarify confidential issues.

Who benefits

Our coaching programmes has been proven effective with individuals who

Directors, executives, managers, partners, team leaders, supervisors and project managers.

High performance executives preparing for promotion to next level.

Entrepreneurs developing their own business

The return on investment is considerably higher than normal training, delivering productivity improvements of 60% and more.

Executive Coaching

Our executive coaching programmes foster powerful shifts in self-awareness, attitudes and behaviour that release the leadership capability of the individual. Executives’ personal productivity and effectiveness are improved when objectives are proactively agreed and pursued. In a collaborative coaching relationship they set better goals, take more action, handle stress better, and more fully develop their natural abilities.

When successful, such leaders provide a role-model for development of others. We promote empowerment of the individual by believing them highly capable, resourceful and creative and help them promote such attitudes to raise employee retention.

Results we have achieved

Estimated ROI for business leader by increasing new business was 1250% of the initial investment made.

Managing Partner assessed their ability to communicate, coach and manage effectively those who worked for them to have improved by 40% as a result of coaching.

A senior partner increased their productivity by 100% through better personal organisation and time management.

A senior solicitor improved her negotiation and marketing skills by 100% and her revenues by 30%.

The revenue of a senior partner’s practise improved by 5% as a result of coaching.