Coaching Process

Matching meeting

We hold a consultation meeting with the person to be coached in order to:-

- Explain the process and possibilities

- Establish the individual’s initial objectives for coaching

- Allow the executive to experience the coach’s style and approach first hand

- Act as a chemistry check

Session 1

In our first coaching session we aim to:-

- Gain an understanding of  goals and motivations

- Refine the objectives for the programme and draw up a coaching contract

- Agree any additional information that would assist in meeting the objectives, for example stakeholder interviews, 360 feedback, leadership profiles, psychometric tests etc.

Session 2

In our second session we aim to:-

- Review feedback from others, psychometrics and profiles as identified in session 1

- Build executive coaching action plan for meeting the objectives

- Identify short-term wins

Sessions 3 onwards

Session 3 onwards is aimed at putting the learning into practice, tracking success, reviewing the coaching action plan, deciding what’s worked and what hasn’t, and drawing conclusions for the future.

We respond to individual’s needs and learning styles, interventions include some or all of the following:-

- Raising self-awareness

- Discussing and overcoming challenges

- Planning for events

- Expanding understanding

- Brain storming

- Identifying resources

- Committing to action

Final Session

The final session is focused on reviewing the executive’s progress and planning for future sustainability, we aim to:-

- Review against initial objectives

- Give transactional feedback, as agreed up front

- Plan actions for sustainability

- Identifying ongoing support where appropriate