Coaching for Organisations

Board Level Coaching, Leadership Coaching and Senior Women Coaching

Board Level Coaching:

Operating at Board level can involve a substantial workload with little opportunity to discuss sensitive issues in depth. Coaching for Directors and Chief Executives can provide a much needed confidential sounding board and space for discussion, reflection and development of real issues such as the future direction, the shape of your organisation and the effectiveness of your leadership.

Leadership Coaching

It can be lonely at the top and trust and confidentiality can often be an issue with leaders struggling to find someone to turn to for help. Today, the 21st century leader is expected to achieve

more with less, motivate people through continual change and keep one step ahead of their increasingly sophisticated clients. Sometimes there is simply a need to have a fresh point of view. An independent coach can reflect ideas, act as a confidential sounding board and support the implementation of solutions in a way that would be hard for insiders to do.

Coaching provides a focused and safe environment to develop board members and senior leaders because the coach is detached from the politics and culture of the organisation, and focused on helping the board member / leader to develop their skills, improve their performance and learn from experience.

In a period of great organisational change, a coach can provide the focus on corporate goals, build the self-esteem of key people and work with the business leaders to build inner motivation and drive for success.

Coaching for board members and leaders can:

• Support a senior manager in transitioning into a new / more senior role
• Re-energise and refocus when they are perceived to have reached a plateau
• Develop the ability to inspire, motivate and gain commitment
• Help them develop and communicate a clear vision, business strategy and direction
• Develop the behaviours and attitudes that help build the desired culture and flexible, effective and collaborative teams to achieve lasting business results
• Help them to design and implement effective strategies to facilitate change and growth
• Provide practical and emotional support, challenging limiting beliefs to build competence, confidence and influencing skills
• Help them to improve organisational prioritisation, problem solving and decision-making

Senior Women Coaching:

Whilst senior women do not have different development needs to men they often have different development contexts. For example, although 1 in 9 FTSE 100 Board Members is female, women are still under-represented at senior levels with few if any role models at their level or above often leading to feelings of isolation. . Coaching can provide support, objective challenge and encouragement to develop skills, manage work relationships, clarify goals and enable female leaders and managers to further increase their effectiveness and confidence in the workplace. Coaching can also be particularly beneficial for women returning to work after a career break.

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