What is coaching?
Coaching is a motivating self-development process which has extensive business and also personal benefits. You can work with a coach to help you improve your performance at work and/or in your personal life. You may be going through a lot of change in your life, in your career and your coach can help you through the process so that you achieve your goals and move forward positively. Coaching works because of the unique relationship between you and the coach where they are focused 100% on you and your goals. Coaching helps to unlock your potential so you maximize your performance. There are different types of coaching and many organizations have created a ‘Coaching Culture’ where individuals work with internal or external coaches.

Executive Coaching
You may be a more senior manager/director/partner and need to improve your leadership ability, stress management and motivation and confidence. You don’t want to go on an open training program only but need a more tailor-made approach and personal solution to your development needs.

You may have been on a course or workshop and coaching can support the new learning back in the workplace. You may also be new and on a fast track scheme and coaching will help you develop the skills and competencies you need in a confidential relationship with your coach.

Performance Coaching
This is usually in response to a specific need to improve the performance of one of your people at work or achieve specific goals. It could be the identified as the best method of meeting a development need for one of your team at their performance appraisal meeting. It may be in relation to achieving specific targets in a major project or to get a project team member back on track. Time management may also be another area where performance coaching could help a team member become more productive and achieve targets on time.

Business Coaching
This is usually for business owners or directors of small to medium sized businesses to provide support in growing the business. It may be you are starting up a new business or your business is growing so fast you cannot juggle all the demands that are coming your way daily. Or maybe you are losing out to your competitors and you need to take stock again and revise your plans. Maybe there are other issues concerning people in your business that you cannot discuss with others and it is causing you a lot of concern. Maybe you are overstretched on all fronts and cannot get a handle on where the business is going. A business coach can help you get your thinking clear again and get you back on track in your business.