Coaching

Focused Performance Coaching for Individuals

The goal of focused performance coaching is to provide executives with a personal coach that they can use to help them achieve their full potential as a leader and manager.

 

“Pat helped me be more effective with others in new ways. She supported my goals, helped me improve how I approach and manage my time and priorities, and acted as a real sounding board for me as a CEO of a complex and challenging organization.”

B.D.,
CEO

Large Non Profit

“Pat and I coach each other—we learn together and continue to grow together as change agents. She is the real thing—a first rate consultant and coach for change and trans-formation for today’s complex, global organizations.”

P.B.,
Independent Organizational Change Consultant

Why is Having a Personal Coach Important?

A personal coach:

  • Acts as an objective sounding board for the development of new ideas, or to help an individual to expand and clarify his/her vision and supporting strategies
  • Provides an objective “outside” view that is often all that is needed to stimulate new insights about issues hindering progress and possible solutions
  • Promotes productivity and improved organizational performance by aligning individual and organizational objectives
  • Supplies perspectives that can’t always be obtained from feedback sources in the organization
  • Trains managers to be better coaches and helps to develop key talent

 

Who Should Consider Coaching?

  • Executives or members of their teams seeking to achieve the transformation needed to lead their organization to a breakthrough level of performance.
    • Coaching can be provided at any stage of the process, from strategy development through implementation.
    • Examples might include initiatives geared to increase revenue, cut costs, better integrate business processes, enhance leadership behaviors, create high customer loyalty, or any other corporate goal aimed at improving bottom line results.
  • Individuals who wish to strengthen their leadership skills. Coaching can be arranged on a personal or small group basis.
  • Teams who are charged to accomplish a specific business purpose. Coaching covers all the key behavioral, organizational and process aspects of a prudent solution and an effective implementation.
  • Organizations seeking to reinforce values and key behaviors necessary to accomplish organizational goals.

 

What is a “typical” coaching process like?

While there is always variation, a executive intervention might being with a framework like this:

  • The coaching process begins with an “in person” meeting between the participant and Dr. Pat Gill Webber lasting approximately two hours. During this meeting, introductions are made, personal goals and interests of participants are discussed in the context of the two to four previously identified work-related issues that were identified. An intermediate term action plan is developed.
  • Five additional meetings between the participant and Pat take place via telephone at intervals determined by the participants. Each telephone meeting lasts approximately 30 minutes. E-mail notes can also be exchanged if an unforeseen event occurs between the sessions requiring the coach’s input.
  • A final “in person” meeting between the participant and Pat is designed to review progress, celebrate successes and build on gains made. This meeting lasts approximately one hour.
  • Team coaching and facilitation is a recommended option to bring closure and organizational alignment to the action plans developed by individual members. These sessions last approximately two hours.
  • A summary report is prepared and provided to senior leadership upon completion of the engagement. It should be noted that meetings with managers are confidential but summary successes and issues are summarized for review. This report provides valuable insights for sustaining improvement and future organizational development.

 

What Results can be Expected?

Working with a coach can catapult business performance by ensuring the integrity of the transformations needed to get there. A coach can assist the executive to identify, assess and “cut through” personal leadership or organizational challenges by stimulating new insights about issues hindering progress, and possible solutions. A coach can give an objective “outside” view on how the leader is being perceived, how they may better leverage their influence, or how to re-frame an approach for improved results. Often a coach can supply perspectives that the executive can’t obtain from feedback sources in the organization. A personal coach can also act as an objective sounding board for the development of an executive’s new ideas, or to help the executive to expand and clarify his/her vision and supporting strategies. All discussions take place in a safe environment and with the highest regard for confidentiality.

Send a message to Dr. Pat Gill Webber and she will contact you about a free appraisal of your situation and how you might work with us to guarantee your change effort is a success. Click here to contact her by email.