Coaching for Organisations

Time Management, Confidence and Communication

Time Management (or personal effectiveness), confidence and effective communication the three key areas that most often arise as the focus for management and leadership coaching.

Time Management Coaching

In today’s fast paced world, we’re often time poor. Effective time management or should we say “self management” is key to personal and professional effectiveness. But, filling out time management forms or buying a diary or computer will not solve your time management issues alone. Effective time management means developing the skill of focusing and spending your time on the things that really matter and learning to place a higher value on you and your time!

Coaching can help you to achieve the following essentials for personal effectiveness:

• Understand your relationship with time
• Overcome procrastination
• Become confident in setting clear and effective goals
• Get organised - identify and establish priorities
• Develop total focus and concentration - learn to deal with interruptions
• Manage time with others and delegate effectively
• Eliminate or minimise time-wasting events and habits for good
• Get more things done in less time
• Learn new positive beliefs and value you and your time more

Confidence Coaching

Lack of confidence is one of the key areas that people want to change when seeking to improve their personal and professional performance. So you are by no means alone. No-one is confident at all times and in all situations - even those people who appear not to know the meaning of the words anxiety or worry! Many are embracing coaching as a strategy for improving confidence - you may be surprised to hear that even politicians, high-flying business executives and other successful people have confidence coaching.

Coaching for confidence will help you to:-

• Believe in yourself and take control of your life
• Overcome your fears in your work and personal life
  
• Manage how you feel and develop the habit of thinking with confidence
• Make better use of your strengths in challenging situations
• Identify the tools you already have to help increase your confidence
• Learn how to let go of the past and focus on the future
• Use body language and posture to your advantage
• Discover the links between confidence and motivation
• Shed those insecurities that prevent achievement, success and happiness
• Discover the power of goal setting to achieve the things you really want

Communication Coaching

Regardless of what role you have and what size organization you are in, effective communication skills are a must for anyone wanting to improve their personal or professional lives - they are essential for success. Lines of communication must be open between people who rely on one another to get work done. You must be able to listen attentively if you are to perform to expectations, influence and negotiate, avoid conflicts and misunderstandings, and succeed in any role or organisation.

Being an effective communicator means that other people take you seriously, listen to what you have to say and engage in dialogue. Effective communication is often cited as the most important decisive factor in choosing managers and as the main factor contributing to job success.

Yet, in spite of the increasing importance placed on communication skills, many individuals continue to struggle, unable to communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively – whether in verbal or written format. This inability makes it nearly impossible for them to compete effectively in the workplace, and stands in the way of career progression.

Coaching for communication can help you to develop:-

• Questioning and listening skills to establish your customer’s exact needs
• Feedback and rapport building techniques to build effective relationships
• Use and read body language and posture to influence and understand
• Assertiveness and influencing skills to create win-win outcomes
• Skills to manage and minimise conflict
• Networking skills to create a supportive, learning network both within and outside your organisation

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