Coaching and Mentoring
As an ICF professional coach and business coach my work spans a number of industries and applications. Here are the most common coaching interventions that I offer.
So what is this “thing” called COACHING?
Here is the “thing” and there always is a “thing”. Ask 10 different people and you will get 10 different answers. Recently before running a workshop on strategy for a significant company, I submitted a portfolio and CV. They called back to say that they didn’t really want a personal trainer but someone who know about company strategy. It was awkward.
Coaching and mentoring are close;y related and without putting too much of a fine point on it, if you are engaging in any of my structured programs you are getting a mix of coaching and mentoring.
ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.
Leadership and Executive Coaching
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New leaders and seasoned corporate executives can benefit greatly from developing a strong coaching relationship with an experienced coach. Mentoring is often confused with coaching, which limits the options to industry insiders. Opting for pure executive coaching can be a breath of fresh air for leaders.
Executive and leadership coaching focus on assisting executives, high-potential individuals, and leaders in developing their leadership and influencing skills, improving performance, and achieving their professional objectives.
In my coaching practice, I’ve observed that a significant portion of executive coaching is dedicated to working through the decision-making process, communication skills, influence skills, task prioritization, relationship conflicts, and overall effectiveness as leaders.
The coaching process includes online or face-to-face one-on-one sessions, assessments, feedback, and action planning to drive the desired results.
Can you relate? Let’s have a chat. Perhaps we can find a way to get you back on track.
- Help! I am an ADD entrepreneur with so many plates spinning, I need some direction.
- Help! I am a new manager and I have no formal leadership training
- Help! I am about to retire from the corporate world. Retirement is just too terrifying to contemplate.
- Help! I have just been promoted to a senior role and I have no idea where to start
- Help! I need a neutral professional to work through some important decisions. It HAS to be confidential.
- Newly appointed and newly promoted leaders, managers
- High-Potential Leaders
- Mid-Level Managers and supervisors
- Senior Executives:
- Entrepreneurs:
- Leadership Teams
- Leaders in Crisis or Transition
- Part of a Leadership Development Program
- Enhanced leadership capabilities,
- Increased self-awareness.
- Faster, more confident decision-making.
- Greater strategic thinking.
- Better communication up, down and sideways, (Vertical and horizontal for the purists).
- Better Work / Life Integration
- Improved self-confidence
- Improved skills
- Better preparation for meetings and decisions.
- Apply change management principles
- Develop your own leadership coaching style as you apply coaching principles in your work.
Business Coaching
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I work with businesses of all sizes across various areas, primarily focusing on strategy development, sales, marketing, customer experience, leadership development, and performance coaching.
As a coaching expert, I provide training to leaders in the latest coaching methodology accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). My clientele ranges from individual business owners to small enterprises and even large international baking groups in Africa.
To ensure comprehensive support, I collaborate with a group of associates who specialise in funding applications, financial modelling, and project management. In essence, I offer a complete business coaching service with dedicated specialists in specific fields.
My clients typically consist of innovative and creative thinkers who may be new to their positions or are seeking to take their ventures to the next level. In certain economies, this might mean assisting them in keeping their doors open amidst challenges.
- Help! I am great in some areas of the business and clueless in others.
- Help! I have just taken over a new business, help me put systems in place.
- Help! I have just been promoted to a new business unit and I need to look at the strategy.
- Help! I am a young business leader and manager. I need to be mentored.
- Entrepreneurs
- Business owners
- Business leaders
- Single-person businesses.
- Start-ups looking for strategies, business plans and or funding application help.
- Business strategy review.
- Addressing communication and culture issues.
- Dealing with “Today’s Burning Questions”.
- Significant business decisions and moves.
- Resolving Interpersonal conflict and building relationships
- Leader as a coach training and coaching.
- Customer experience insights.
- Skills development crafted around your needs.
Sales and Influence Coaching
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Sales coaching is tailored for sales professionals and teams to enhance their sales performance and achieve their targets. My sales coaching methodology combines proven sales techniques with a focus on building authentic relationships, effective communication, and new-generation consultative selling.
The coaching process involves analysing sales strategies, refining sales techniques, developing persuasive messaging, and practising effective objection handling. Sales and influence coaching is the perfect follow-up after initial sales and influence training.
- Help! I need to sell more
- Help! I am good at what I do, but I am losing my motivation
- Help! I have so much to do, I will never get it done
- Help! I am new to selling and influence, where on earth do I start?
- New sales professionals.
- Non-sales professionals needing to become more influential.
- Sales leaders, Sales managers, and sales directors.
- Organisations with a sales team or agent and no direct sales management.
- Practice preparations for your next calls
- Review your past calls, wins and challenges
- Develop a personal development plan
- Keeping you motivated on achieving your chosen goals
- Develop a resilient selling mindset.
- I am your accountability partner
- Development of skills according to your unique needs
- Enhance and develop meaningful business relationships
Strategic Coaching for Business and Personal Development
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Strategic coaching is a uniquely formatted coaching intervention which is equally suited for business people and individuals. With no life or business strategy, it is unlikely that you are developing and achieving at optimal levels.
Classically seen as a business tool, strategic coaching is what I became well-known for in my business work over the years. I have helped 100s of individuals using this approach. A major objective is for you to be able to make decisions in alignment with your skills and strengths as well as the opportunities presented in your environment. Just as importantly, you will know why you made that decision when it comes time to reevaluate your strategy in the future.
The process ends with a series of actions and decisions. For businesses, the process is a 2-day fast-paced highly interactive team process. Personal development takes around 5 to 8 hourly sessions to create a full personal strategy.
- Help! I have just taken over a new business, where do I even start?
- Help! I have a significant series of life decisions to make which will impact everything that I do. I need help moving through them.
- Help! I have just been through an enormous life change and need a life and personal strategy to move forward.
- New business owners.
- Newly promoted leaders and managers.
- People going into crisis or emerging from personal crises, such as business loss, emigration, divorce, or loss of a partner.
- High-performance individuals want to set a path and stay on the path.
- Life coaching is needed with an eye on changing and keeping the change.
- Your definition of the winner’s circle
- You and your business in the context of your environment, (Macro, Micro, Market)
- Rules of your game.
- SWOT cube including Binding Constraint management.
- Key uncertainties
- Other Influences
- Scenario planning
- Options and decisions
High-Performance Coaching
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High-performance coaching is designed to help individuals and teams reach their full potential and excel in their respective fields.
My high-performance coaching approach combines growth mindset development, a high-performance lifestyle, goal setting, performance management, and accountability. The result is to help you and your team improve your chosen performance metrics.
The coaching process also involves identifying strengths and areas for improvement, developing personalised strategies for growth, and providing ongoing support and motivation.
The benefits of high-performance coaching include increased productivity, improved focus and discipline, enhanced goal achievement, and the ability to thrive under pressure.
- Help! I am doing well, but I need to stay on this growth path to achieve my goals.
- Help! I know that I have so much potential, but I feel like I am spinning!
- Help! I am an ADD entrepreneur with so many plates spinning, I need some direction.
- Help! I am a new manager and I have no formal leadership training
- Help! I have just been promoted to a senior role and I have no idea where to start
- High potential individuals
- Low potential individuals (there is no such thing, but you may not YET have the high potential label).
- Newly appointed and newly promoted leaders, managers
- High-Potential Leaders
- Mid-Level Managers and supervisors
- Senior Executives
- Entrepreneurs
- Part of a Leadership Development Program
- Decluttering and resolving the chaos in your life and mind
- Focusing on what is meaningful and important
- Managing personal and professional stress
- Improving clarity in decision-making and thinking style
- Continuously growing as a professional
- Improving self-awareness and identifying strengths and areas for improvement
- Dealing with sudden and unwanted change
- Improving in your chosen area of focus
Behavioural Change & NLP Coaching
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Do you feel that you are losing control of your thoughts, beliefs, habits or behaviours? Do you want to change a specific thought, belief or behaviour?
To help you change, I work with NLP, Self Hypnosis, Mindfulness, Neuroscience and Persuasion Psychology. NLP is the study and understanding of exceptional communication with yourself (yes we all talk to ourselves!) and with others. Self Hypnosis and Mindfulness provide exceptional tools for locking in change. Neuroscience and persuasion psychology help explain why we do the things that we do especially unseen and previously hidden influences.
Behavioural change coaching and NLP coaching sessions are part of the overall coaching process but tend to be shorter in duration and laser-focused on one particular issue such as stopping a habit, changing eating habits, addressing wellness issues, changing a belief or addressing negative emotions.
- Help! I want to work through some “stuff”.
- Help! I need to learn coping skills for addictions.
- Help! I want to stop smoking, overeating and my addictions.
- I want to become more focused on my studies and learn faster.
Any person wanting help to change thoughts, beliefs.
- Goal setting using well-formed outcomes.
- Relationship coaching.
- Study and learning habits
- A specific change in behaviours.
- Values elicitation.
- Transforming limiting beliefs
- Attitudes adjustments 101.
- Improving and sustaining intrinsic motivation.
- Understand and work with negative emotions and emotional intelligence
- Build confidence and improve a wounded self-esteem
- Improve the way that you relate to others.
How It Works For Most Coaching And Mentoring Sessions:
Free 20-Minute Discovery Session
All sessions are conducted via Google Meet. I will schedule the appointment on my calendar and send you a link. This session is an opportunity for a short chat and to get an idea of what you hope to achieve. You can ask more personal questions about the process and determine if I can be of value to you. If I feel that I am not the ideal coach for you, I may suggest someone else in my network who is better suited to help you.
We will also cover the investment from your side.
It’s a FREE session, so why not just book a session and see what happens next?
First Session: Foundations of Change
This session sets the foundations for change. We reach an agreement on what your main purposes for coaching are. Normally the discovery session will have helped you to solidify and clarify what you want to achieve.
We will agree on times, dates, and your overarching goals, which will then be broken down into a series of 5 to 10 sessions or bi-weekly standing sessions.
5 to 10 Ongoing Sessions: Results Phase
This is where we will start working towards your big “thing” – one building block at a time. These are normally bi-weekly standing sessions. Weekly sessions are possible, subject to my availability, but bi-weekly sessions are the sweet spot.
Each session will last 60 minutes, and I will keep you focused through direct and sometimes uncomfortable questions. If it were easy, you would be doing this yourself!
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