Coaching for Corporates

Being a leader in a business can be a lonely position. An Executive Coach can work with the top executives to help them and their team grow to their full potential and flourish for the benefit of the organisation.

If your top executives are working to their maximum potential, they will have a very positive benefit on your organisation. The return on investment for businesses who use well targetted executive coaching can be huge.

The corporate environment can be a harsh and difficult world. The demands on a leader for advice and guidance can be very high. Yet, it is often hard for them to find a sympathetic and objective person, who understands their position and can talk over their pressures and work difficulties. There may be no-one within their organisation with whom they can talk about their goals and aspirations and their doubts and difficulties.

This is where the Executive Coach can have a great impact. Executive coaches are people who have had the relevant experience within an organisation, who understand the sort of pressures that top executives are under and the sort of decisions that they have to make. They have the huge benefit of being completely objective and removed from the politics of the organisation itself.

A good Executive Coach has gone further than simply leaving the corporate world and setting up as a coach. They will have trained in the art of coaching and will be doing ongoing professional development in order to keep on top of their game.

If your top executives are working better, the positive results will flow into your organisation and translate into enhanced profits. The return on investment for effective and targetted one on one Executive Coaching can be huge.

Coaching for Lawyers

As Lawyers, in an increasingly competitive world, the pressure is on to record billable hours and meet your targets. Executive coaching, that is specifically focussed on the needs of the legal world, can be the key to greater success and satisfaction.

"Lawyers, often have little time to stand back and look at where they are..."

Like other busy professionals, lawyers can often get caught in their legal world, and seldom consider where their career is going or to refocus and set goals for themselves. These thoughts, if they occur at all, probably languish with that pile of 'must-do' reading that gets set aside.

Yet, they're the very thoughts that need to be prioritised. They underpin our happiness and well-being, professionally and personally.

Partners in law firms, like Senior Executives in the corporate environment, occupy a lonely position. People turn to them for answers and guidance.Yet, they may not have anyone to turn to themselves, to discuss issues of personal or professional importance, in confidence and free of office politics.

The same is true for sole practitioners, including barristers. Whom do they turn to when they need to talk over your pressures and work challenges?

Unlike mentors within the firm, an executive coach can offer the lawyer -

• an opportunity to talk openly and frankly about what is on their mind
• impartiality and objectivity
• dedicated time - your coach won't be distracted by the pressures of deadlines, staff management issues and running a busy department

Coaching is a very cost effective and focussed way of developing potential and facilitating setting and achieving goals. The return on minimal investment can be huge - happy people perform well.

As an experienced Executive Coach, with the added advantage of over 20 years experience as a lawyer, I can offer -

• coaching that is specifically targeted to the needs of law firms and lawyers
• to facilitate the easing of difficulties with other lawyers or partners
• help clarify vision, set goals and establish values
• help increase effectiveness in both professional and personal lives

If you represent a law firm, manage a team of facilitators, run a learning and development environment or if you're an individual who is interested in coaching from a fellow legal professional, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

 

Coaching for Other Professionals

Being a leader in a professional service business is no different from leading in a corporate environment. It can be a lonely place. An Executive Coach can work with the leaders in the business to help them and their teams grow to their full potential and flourish for the benefit of the organisation.

If your top people are working to their maximum potential, they will have a very positive benefit on your organisation. The return on investment for businesses who strategically use executive coaching can be significant.

The business environment can be a harsh and difficult world. The demands on a leader for advice and guidance can be very high. Yet, it is often hard for them to find a sympathetic and objective person, who understands their position and can talk over their pressures and work difficulties. There may be no-one within their organisation with whom they can talk about their goals and aspirations as well as their doubts and difficulties.

This is where the Executive Coach can have a great impact. Executive coaches are usually people who have had relevant experience and understand the sort of pressures that leaders in the business world can be under and the decisions they need to make. They are removed from the day to day politics of the organisation itself and can remain completely objective.

A good Executive Coach will have gone further than simply leaving the corporate world and setting up as a coach. They will have trained in the art of coaching and will be undergoing ongoing profession training in order to stay at the top of their profession.

To put it simply - if your top people are working better, then that will mean an improved organisation and ultimately, better profits. The return on investment for effective one-on-one coaching can be huge.

Coaching for Individuals

Individuals who own their businesses also face a unique set of challenges. They have usually gone into business because they are passionate about their product or service. But like business leaders, their position is a lonely one and they often have no one to turn to, to toss around ideas and work out their way forward

Their business is like a seed that they have sown. And like a tender plant , they need to be nourished and nurtured in order to flourish and take their business to its full potential

Individual business owners very often are so embroiled in the day to day detail of running a business and dealing with staff and customers, that they find it difficult to set aside time to refocus on the bigger picture.

Working with an Executive Coach, the individual business owner can....

• take stock of where they are and where there business is currently
• clarify their vision and values
• fine tune their goals - both personally and for their business
• work on their interpersonal skills so that they are more effective with customers and their staff.

The focus when working with the individual is on the individual - not on systems or specific skill sets. Coaching will impact and improve results for the business performance indirectly.

Often coaching may cover areas of an individual's personal life - no-one can separate work from the rest of their lives. The results at work can be improved by addressing issues in the client's personal life that are troubling them.