Executive Coaching

Each client is unique, with inherently competing and complex needs. Therefore every piece of work we undertake is different - tailored to match their uniqueness and the evolving coaching relationship. Our experience indicates that the issues with which they grapple can be framed and summed up as: (a) valuing themselves and their contribution, (b) valuing others’ contribution and enabling others to contribute, and the relation between these two.

We have helped our clients address all or some of the following:

Preparing for, establishing and leading change organisation-wide
Strategic thinking, discussing, planning, decision-making for individuals and senior groups:
- Expanding their thinking organisation-wide.
Leading for individuals and senior groups:
- Vision, relationship-building, leading by example, reflection and learning.
- Impact of power, status, hierarchy, control and authority.
- Corporate governance, in role and accountabilities, new roles, new responsibilities, role-modelling.
- Decision-making, setting goals/objectives and targets, managing performance – individual and organisation-wide.
Dealing with difficult between-team, between-people issues; handling conflict
In relation to themselves, building personal capacity:
- Understanding how they relate to themselves; defining personal excellence.
- Increasing self-awareness: recognising and improving personal impact on others.
- Frames of reference: resolving inner conflicts, identifying personal needs, developing personal resilience and self-discipline.
- Strengths, limitations, blind-spots.
- Understanding stressors: increasing capacity to work under stress and dealing with anxiety.
- Understanding degrees of influence: personal boundaries; communication and leadership style; motivating others to perform.
- Developing micro-skills: listening, responding, giving/receiving feedback.
- Meeting need to excel and gaining support to excel.
In relation to others, strengthening direct reports, line manager, peer-to-peer relationships at work:
- Creating the context for others to do their work; expending time and effort to build the individual, the team, their environment
- Decision-making/role remit, degrees of freedom; understanding/ accommodating the needs of others.
- Appreciating others’ needs to excel – supporting them to reach goals.
Developing career paths, establishing needs and values, exploring options and supporting transition.