Situation Appraisal

The business owner is overwhelmed by the threats posed by competitors, new technology, cash flow difficulties, staff problems, shrinking margins, no time to settle before being faced with another concern………….sound familiar? A good mentor will firstly assist in appraising the situation. Make sense of what is happening. Establish priorities. What can be done? What comes next?. Coaching will help him to make sense of his situation and where to begin with sorting the apparent mess.

Owner Proprietor of Small Business

Owner has a successfully created a small business and wants to take the organization to a higher level with higher revenues and profits. She may require assistance in learning the new skills that will enable her to build on her entrepreneurial success and develop into the new leadership role.

Development of Executives

When employees with high potential have been identified as future executives, coaching helps them develop effective leadership and communication skills. Also coaching and mentoring can improve and grow their soft skills and emotional intelligence.

This helps to achieve higher levels of performance and contribution faster. Barriers to success are identified and coaching helps the high flyer to identify and overcome these obstacles. This assists them in reaching their targeted goals.

Team Coaching-Transforming a Work Group into a Team

Managers often struggle to transform a work group into a high performance team. The struggle associated with this is frustrating both for the leader and for the group. I coach the leader and the group using a process of three simple steps. First thing is to achieve ownership, commitment and build trust; then build the ability to challenge and resolve conflict for the benefit of the project and thirdly to focus exclusively on achieving results. The process covers both the functional/technical side as well as the personal side.

Managing Our Scarcest and Most Valuable Resource-Time

A manager or owner has a finite time to devote to many tasks, roles and projects. Managing his scarcest resource-his time- may be the difference between success and failure. Learning to manage time is a highly leveraged skill . Coaching him will develop his understanding of how to apportion his time for optimum returns.

Work/Life Balance

How to achieve a better balance between working and living? Coaching can help in identifying the values that are important to us and in managing our many, and often conflicting roles and responsibilities. The objective here is to successfully learn to integrate the two.