Corporate Coaching
-Turbo-charge your People
People Power Your Business
As a manager you'll know that people are your major
asset. Yet sometimes they seem to be your biggest problem. You need their
labour and their co-operation, and you want their great ideas, energy
and enthusiasm, but that's not always what you get.
Keeping staff motivated is tough! Empowering them to step outside the
box and contribute far more of their potential at work can be a constant
challenge. And in a busy working life, many of us will settle for far
less. So business efficiency is often poor, staff morale low, managers
frustrated and the workplace becomes dull, depressing or even hostile.
Sound familiar?
The Trouble with Training
For the longest time, staff training has been the main staff development
tool in the manager’s toolbox. A short period of instruction is
supposed to give staff new skills or to make permanent changes in the
way things are done.
But all too often, when the training is done, the old work pressures
return and the slump back to a tired status quo takes hold. You spent
the money, but you didn't get what you hoped for.
Well, now you have new and better options!
Corporate Coaching
“Life coaching” is a new personal development process, which
emerged from America in the 90s. Corporate coaching applies this new coaching
process to the working environment. Corporate coaching is spreading rapidly
throughout the world - and particularly in the UK - because it works.
At its heart, corporate coaching is an ongoing relationship between a
member of staff and a professional coach. They work together for an hour
or so, between once a week and once a month. They focus on an area or
a goal, which is usually defined by the employer. These meetings may be
conducted in person or by phone. The unique coaching process is used during
these sessions to facilitate growth in the employee, which will move them
closer to their goal.
The Magic of Coaching
Coaching is not training or instruction. It does not seek to inject
new skills from an outside expert. It does not impose new methods. It
is not delivered in a single dose. Coaching clarifies, personalises and
internalises goals. It removes internal blocks, uncovering potential,
and allowing the client to move naturally towards his goal. The coach’s
specialist training allows him to spot the signs of internal conflicts,
self limiting beliefs and behaviours, and to explore and remove them with
the client. In this way, powerful progress is maintained.
Because this process is client-driven, it is not resented nor resisted.
Because it is ongoing and not a one-off training day, the flavour-of-the-month
syndrome is avoided and the slump back to the tired status quo does not
happen.
Your people eagerly improve their personal effectiveness and it’s
generally permanent. You end up with a new, improved, and grateful employee!
Coaching Applications
Coaching has as many uses as there are challenges in the workplace.
Look around, and pick one you’d like solved!
A very popular coaching application is the combination of training with
follow-up coaching. An International Personnel Management Association
survey revealed that productivity increased by 22% with training alone,
but that productivity gain increased to 88% when training was combined
with coaching. So the next time you put some training in place, you might
consider marrying it with some follow-up coaching to really consolidate
the gains and maximise the benefits you see from your investment.
Other areas for corporate coaching are: Coaching through Change, Leadership
Coaching, Coaching for cultural change, Coaching for effective teams,
Time Management, Inter-personal skills, working towards promotion or a
specific role, increasing productivity, improving morale, and removing
un-productive behaviours. But virtually any work problem can be usefully
addressed through coaching.
What about You?
As a manager, you may decide to reap the benefits of hiring your own
personal coach. That magical coaching process will give you powerful insights
into your self-limiting behaviours, freeing you to make the big moves
you've been waiting for.
Does Coaching Work?
In a survey of 11,000 clients, conducted by The International Coaching
Federation, an astonishing 98.5% said that their investment, regardless
of cost, was well worth it. Corporate coaching is growing very rapidly
in the UK because it works.
What Now?
Think about your organisation’s challenges. What would you wave
your magic wand over first? If you’re responsible for it, then you
can be coached for that goal. If someone else is responsible, then they
can be coached. A set of four sessions is the sensible minimum, but a
coaching relationship can also span years. Sessions may be conducted in
person or by phone.
Call Chris for an informal chat. Find out exactly how corporate coaching
can radically transform your situation. See how to contact Chris here.
Let’s Get Things Moving – Let’s Make
Things Better!
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