Business Coaching, Talent Development & One Day Courses
Business Coaching
Business Coaching for C-Suite Level & Senior Management
Business Coaching is invaluable for all business leaders, it can be lonely at the top.
It can cover a wealth of different aspects, from leadership, confidence building, self-belief, assertiveness, relationships, anxiety & stress management, cultural adaption at work, identifying how to increase business growth & profit margins, focus on areas that will make the biggest impact on achieving your KPI's & financial results & the list continues...
In addition there is cross over between all areas of our lives & at a senior level management, providing individuals with support to be able to talk about all aspects of their lives whether it is home or work, allows a stronger focus in the areas where the energy is required in the business, removing the distractions of stresses & anxieties at home to ensure, work is then at the forefront of their working day as they balance their life better.
Business Coaching if the individual is committed to the process, will ensure that they continue to improve & become the best version of themselves, results will be invaluable to themselves & everyone around them, as they become more present & positive in the way they present themselves in the work environment.
The return on investment of business coaching will be achieved within a short time period, with improvement in the bottom line which can often be dramatic, given the improved focus.
Ongoing Coaching with Executive team members
The C Suite members are working in a highly pressurized environment, where it can be lonely, always striving for advancements & success, seeking out new innovative business developments, working under time pressure & ever-changing market dynamics. Business coaching will be an invaluable tool & a time to help alleviate stresses, talk through how they are feeling, what they are going through, give them an environment of which they can step out of their busy lives & focus on their own body & mind. It will allow any tensions to be worked through and a strong team working environment to be cultivated & nurtured.
Business Coaching will include the following, but not limited to:
-Providing Executives with a supportive partnership to work within a safe environment
-Time to actively listen, ask powerful questions, delve into, vigorously challenge and provide honest feedback, all without judgement & in total confidence
-Help them to clarify and eloquently articulate their thoughts, re-frame limiting assumptions & beliefs, assess alternatives and expand their thinking & thought process
-Be a safe & grounded sounding board to explore problematic decisions & proactively work on resolutions to move forwards to meeting goals
-Highlight successes & celebrate these to enhance positivity & increase confidence levels
Post recruitment or internal promotion
This will be a significant period of change not only for the candidate but for all in the company that will be interacting for them, this time of uncertainty for all involved will create tensions in different ways & if managed correctly will lead to positive outcomes, however if mismanaged this can result in a fall in productivity, increased staff turnover & loss in confidence in the person & the company.
Coaching at this crucial time of change, will allow the candidate to have support from an external source that will be independent & confidential, allowing them to discuss openly their experiences, thoughts & emotions, any issues they are experiencing & work through these in a constructive manner, which will allow them to have a smooth transition and integration.
The candidate will portray themselves to the business as a well-balanced individual, thoughtful in their approach, well considered & focused on the important elements of their role.
By providing the Executive team members with this service it will ensure they feel valued & their mental health becomes a priority in their busy lives.
Talent Development & Assessment Services
Talent Development
Would you like to recruit a senior management level candidate into a C-Suite level either because you are constrained by a start-up business budget, or maybe you have the desire to engage the next generation of new talent, whom are exuding strong skills in the areas you are searching for, but just haven’t had exposure to a C-Suite Level role yet.
There are several candidates out there being held back by the fact that they just don’t have one area of expertise listed on the job spec, but the rest they can more than fulfil & exceed in, or maybe they have worked in a smaller organisation, a different industry, or not managed as big a team…
We not only offer as assessment service at the time of recruitment, that will allow you to know if this candidate would be open & capable of benefiting from a business coaching relationship, that will ultimately allow them to grow & hit the ground running & without their peers knowing of their inexperience in certain areas, allowing to maintain their credibility, professional integrity & elevated status within their new role.
But we also offer business coaching post recruitment if the candidate is suitable & talent development coaching will take place. The candidate would have the support of a business coach, who in addition is a qualified accountant & has been a CFO in prestigious companies acted as a CEO, Headed up Sales & Partnership teams & therefore, having had a broad range of experience over their 18 years of career, of which the candidate & the company will extract value.
This service will not only leave the company significantly under their hiring budget but develop this new or internal candidate into a brilliant C-suite level Executive.
OR are you the candidate that believes you are right for the role but just need some talent development?
Business Coaching may be exactly what you need to allow you to progress up the ladder or make a move to another career area you have always dreamed of or position yourself for an Executive or Non-Executive role
One Day Courses
Team Business Coaching Programmes
Coaching Workshop Programmes can be a time to bring the team together & work through specific areas that the company would like to focus in on. The themes could be determined by the running trends from the individual coaching sessions of what the company needs to focus on (if the Company has enrolled all team members into business coaching sessions) as well as other key areas in the business plan or key times of the year. Examples of types of programmes that have been choosen by firms are follows:
i) Strategy & Vision Programme
Alignment of leadership in their view of what the strategy & vision of the Company is. This is a very insightful & informative programme for all who participate. How often do your leaders take time out to take a step back to remember what the company is trying to achieve? Do they even know what the vision is of the company? Do they know how collaboratively they are going to achieve it? Have they lost sight of what their overall goal is & their position in achieving this?
It is important to ensure the teams across the business are working collectively & working towards the same key priorities to ensure the objectives & long-term goals of the company are met. These programmes will facilitate this to take place in an environment they feel safe to exchange views & open up with each other, whilst being coached throughout the process & working through the changes they will experience in achieving these results.
This will ensure that the company stays at the forefront of their market place & the company’s values are sustained, as the leadership team become better aligned & form closer relationships over the session & coming weeks & months.
ii) Leadership Programme
It can be tough at the top, it can be a lonely road. The relentless time pressure, the non-stop demands, the highs and lows and the pressure to perform. This programme will provide a platform in which to acknowledge this, realise that their colleagues are experiencing similar issues, & allow this to be discussed.
Business coaching will help the team to quickly gain the confidence, awareness and skills to increase their leadership effectiveness, thereby helping remove some of the everyday pressures.
It will help develop self-awareness & emotional intelligence. Widen leadership styles so they can excel in more situations. Improve the team’s performance. Increase staff retention & help instill a positive team culture. Valuable insights into the business can be gained from this session from a financial, commercial & strategic perspective. It will be a time to reflect on their leadership styles & provide a new perspective under which to consider if they should strive to change & make a significant difference going forward.
All management will leave the session with a clear individual plan of areas for improvement & processes for them to undertake to enable them to achieve becoming better leaders.
iii) Mindfulness & Wellbeing Programme
Approximately 1 in 4 people each year will experience a mental health problem & whilst many factors can contribute to this, the fact that so much of our time is spent in the workplace it can be a fundamental cause to stress & anxiety, leading to depression. Often people will not reach out for support, due to fear, embarrassment, shame, stigma & sometime cultural perspective, & therefore it is key that programmes are set up in order to enable the individual or teams to talk through this.
This programme will cover the causes, factors, symptoms, support & tools for maintaining their wellbeing & good mental health. It allows open conversation in a safe environment run by the business coach & will open their eyes to easy solutions to immediately make an impact, areas that they can work on & also show how they can help others wellbeing around them.
The programme will also allow time for mindfulness, gratitude & meditation exercises to be experienced & learnt, enabling the team to feel re-invigorated, more balanced & provide a new perspective in which they can work through their tensions going forward.
A report will be created of general themes arising in these sessions, & will allow HR to review these, to identify areas in which the company can do more to assist in promoting wellbeing. The business coach will also meet or conduct a video call to go through these areas & help with potential solutions that could be put in place, which can also include solutions at minimal or no cost.
This programme will not only leave the company will a more balanced workforce enable to deal with stress more effectively, but also lead to fewer sick days & long-term sickness & will increase productivity. A happier workforce will only lead to positive outcomes & increased financial performance.
iv) Cultural Work Programme
All companies will go through a life-cycle whether it is significant growth or trying to maintain their position in the market. Through this life-cycle the markets, team, goals will all change & the culture will naturally evolve. If a ‘Caring & Sharing’ approach is adopted within the company, then this will form an environment in which employees want to work within, feel safe & strive in, & will work to their best potential.
The programme allows open discussion on what the current culture is & provides steps forward to creating & promoting an improved culture that the company & the leadership team have defined collaboratively, rather than naturally having evolved into an environment which is not conducive for employee retention & success.
The team will leave this session with a clear plan & next steps of creating this new culture & most importantly will lead from the top down by example.
The cultural programme session results will be clearly defined, in order that these can also be utilised to assist in ensuring the right candidates are selected in the recruitment process for future roles. The qualities will be defined of what that the company is looking for in its future team members, & therefore the new improved culture will be kept & enhanced by the incoming candidates when selected.
The culture fit interview can be held alongside the main interview process or a ‘test’ can be completed by the candidate of which their fit can be assessed.
