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 When
you boil it all down, training is really a change management issue. It's
about helping people change so they can improve their performance in the real
world.
Part of our unique process is to provide professional one-on-one and group
coaching. By combining coaching with our world class training, we are
better able to help put the pieces together to make sure your organization reaps
the real world performance improvements you're after.
Coaching engagements are customized to your unique needs, ranging from weekly phone consultations to
face-to-face coaching sessions on an agreed upon frequency. The focus of the
coaching practice is to intensively work with the topics discussed in the
presentations in order to more fully implement them in an individual's life or
workplace.
The term of each coaching engagement varies, depending on your particular
needs. However, our bias is toward short-term coaching engagements,
teaching you how to fish, so to speak, rather than doing the fishing for you.
Here are some examples of coaching clients:
Situation: An organization wants to grow its supervisors and
managers. How do they do that?
Solution: A group of managers complete the
CPI 260™ leadership assessment,
one of today's most popular leadership development and management training
tools. Its 260 carefully selected items measure more than two dozen scales in
five areas and suggest targets for further development. In addition,
participants may also complete a
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument. We walk through
results with each participant in a one-on-one coaching session. Though
individual results are kept confidential, we provide management with a summary
of where the organization is strongest and in most need of development.
Customized development strategies are then developed.
Situation: Results from an employee survey show problems with
trust between top management and lower levels in the organization. The senior
leadership team also has issues with trust amongst themselves. How can they fix
the dysfunction?
Solution: Each of the senior leaders take the CPI 260 leadership
assessment. We walk through the results one-on-one. In addition, we interview
them on a set of customized questions to get to core issues. We also
interview the next two levels of leadership on a similar set of questions. A set
of recommendations are presented back to the senior leadership team, including
frank discussions about how to turn the situation around. An action plan is
agreed to and significant improvement is being realized.
Situation: A top level executive who wanted someone outside his
organization to help him stay on track with key personal and career goals.
Solution: A 4 month coaching engagement where we organized a goal
setting and tracking framework that would be self-sustaining. Met on a
regular basis as a form of accountability to make sure he stayed on track.
Situation: A senior executive team desires to grow their
teamwork and leadership skills but they don't want to do it through training
classes.
Solution: A quarterly group coaching session where a facilitator
guides an engaging discussion of a selected topic. The sessions have
increased rapport among the leaders while providing insight to improve their
leadership skills.
Situation: An executive desires to see her project managers
truly improve their ability to deliver projects.
Solution: After project management training, we set up a mentoring
program for selected project managers. The mentoring focuses on applying
the learning in the real world of projects in flight, allowing for real-time
problem resolution and overall increase in project delivery reliability.
Coaching term varies for each project manager, depending on how quickly each
becomes self-sufficient.
We fundamentally believe that leadership only develops over time, and is best
learned when modeled for others to see. In a world where getting a focused
mentor can be challenging, engaging a coach from the Institute is a great way to
truly jumpstart the personal and professional growth that you may be desiring. Please take the next step of
contacting us to find out more about how
we can help you get the results you need.
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