EXECUTIVE COACHING
Executive
coaching is a developmental strategy that improves strategic leadership
abilities and facilitates long-term development and increased
self-awareness. It relies on personalized developmental assessments,
encourages leaders to learn about their leadership skills and to use them
more effectively to achieve excellence. Executive coaching typically
involves the coach being assigned to an executive to interact on a regular
basis, with several outcomes in mind:
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Improved
leadership and team performance
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Detailed
strategies to address individual performance and/or developmental needs
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Improved
stakeholder relationships
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Skills for achieving increased ROI
Coaching can
focus on one or a number of developmental areas, such as:
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Improving overall leadership skills
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Enhancing effective communication skills
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Establishing executive presence
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Sharpening influencing skills
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Developing decision making skills
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Building
a high performance team
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Transitioning to a new role
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Increasing interpersonal
effectiveness and self awareness
The Process
Context
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conduct situation analysis to understand the issues and business environment.
Enrolling
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establish a relationship and define clear outcomes and mutual expectations.
Assessment –
determine appropriate assessment, fact finding and feedback tools to facilitate
the executive’s process of self-awareness, self-management, and development.
Goal setting and
developmental planning – define and formalize a written action plan with
desired outcomes and success measures.
Coaching Plan
– regular 1:1 coaching sessions that focus on self observation, using real
time events and feedback to implement the plan.
Evaluation and
Review – a review of key accomplishments and the process, take steps to
ensure that development will continue.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING
Organizational consulting is an assessment of business
practice effectiveness and provides an intervention focused on optimal
performance and functionality. Joan has worked with scores of executives,
managers, and human resources professionals to develop and implement
strategic initiatives aimed at increasing competitive advantage through
targeting efficient operational effectiveness. She helps companies and
non-profit groups transform conflict into collaboration so that they can
move forward with common purpose and goals.
CONSULTING PARTNERS
Joan engages additional consultants from her extensive
network as needed for client assignments. These consultants represent an
array of experience and disciplines, including communication strategy,
presentation skills, training facilitation, compensation, and performance
management.
