Corporate Coaching
A company is like this hand in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where each finger has its own purpose, all together creating synergy. Professional and executive coaching is usually done in one of two ways: either an individual comes to a coach to address work-related issues, or an organization employs a professional to coach its employees. In either case, the issues that a coach might address include:
- Identifying core competencies of the organization
- Improving job satisfaction and motivation
- Teaching behavioral interviewing skills
- Developing leadership instead of management skills
- Developing relationships with all (up, down and across)
- Analyzing career path options
- Addressing work/life balance
- Improving interpersonal communication
- Developing ways of managing stress
- Addressing and developing conflict resolution skills
In Corporate Coaching, the emphasis is expected to be on work-related issues, and yes, the coachee's personality, experiences and approach to life will play a big role in how they are performing at work and how they feel about their work life.
The process starts with information collected from the company, and the methods include:
- Evaluate significant internal documents including work samples, reports, evaluations, etc.
- Interview the prospective coachee, the manager, and, if appropriate, other individuals involved in the change.
- Conduct initial interview, set goals, evaluate.
Following the initial interview session, we will agree upon a fixed number of sessions, which may be as few as one or two, or as many as required to meet your specific targets and objectives.
If the manager is involved, we provide an outline of goals and updates on progress. Confidentiality is maintained throughout the entire process. If the coaching occurs directly with the coachee, we assess together how effectively we are achieving our goals.
Coaching Sessions
Individual sessions last about 45 minutes, depending on the issues and the comfort levels of the coachee. Sessions often include difficult interpersonal situations and other types of skill application and discussion.
Coachees usually enjoy the sessions because they are focused on the knottiest issues they are facing and have immediate relevance at work.
Follow-up
After each session, the coachee receives an e-mail recapping what we agreed on in the sessions in terms of specific behaviors that the coachee is building.
Support for Professionals in Transition:
Professionals who are faced with demotion, elimination, or transfer will receive support throughout this anxiety-provoking process.
Senior Management Coaching:
Senior Managers will be supported as they face unique challenges in leading and integrating changes in their own positions and organizational responsibilities in a new chain of command.
Corporate Confidentiality
The Parliament in Budapest, Hungary is on the Danube River's shore. It couldn't have stood there for hundred of years without a strong foundation. In the same way, respect for confidentially is the foundation of my coaching practice.
Because the organization is offering the services of executive coaching to its employees, the contract has to respect client/coach confidentiality, addressing the way feedback is presented to the senior management and the limits of coach accountability for outcomes.
Effective executive coaching ideally should facilitate improvements for the individuals involved and, where relevant, the companies that employ them. Through thoughtful, provocative coaching, people can learn a lot about themselves, which can help them become happier and more confident about their lives. This then translates into positive change that benefits the individuals in their personal and professional lives.
I have a different fee structure for corporate clients that are personalized for each environment.
Please either email me at alex(at)lifecoach22.com or call me at (203) 637-2122 for more information on my corporate rates.