Overview

Coaching provides the opportunity to focus on areas for individual change in line with the company’s strategies and values.

How does it work?

Executives being coached define the objectives they wish to achieve through coaching, usually between 1 and 3 objectives. These can be related to business issues, desired personal changes or individual leadership initiatives.

Coaching by experienced senior business leaders develops the skills, behaviours and awareness more effectively and faster than if the individual is left to address on their own.

Executive coaches support the executive in their achievement of their objectives, offering experienced insight on issues, providing support and focus throughout the process whilst facilitating the development and embedding of new skills.

Executive coaches continually monitor progress throughout the assignment and upon completion the outcomes of each objective are reviewed and evaluated.

Coaching results are personally fulfilling and give increased confidence to the executive whilst having a positive impact and return to the company.

What is the process?

Commencement

• Initial identification of the candidate executive and their direct manager.
• Meetings with the candidate executive and direct manager to:
  • Explain the process
  • Discuss and agree objectives for the coaching assignment
  • Establish the scope, confidentiality and privacy rules
  • Introduce executive coach
• Coach and candidate executive meet for an informal catchup to ensure appropriate “chemistry”. They must be able to relate to each other and able to establish a rapport for the assignment to be effective.

Initial Coaching Session

• Gain understanding of the areas of desired change to achieve objectives
• Develop strategies and action plans
• Agree what success looks like and how it can be measured
• Plan for early success

Feedback

Throughout the assignment

• Feedback on progress and effectiveness
• Role play behaviours and mini scenarios
• Analysis of what’s working and what is not
• Strategies to overcome obstacle to success
• Fine tuning of action plans
• Continued use of new skills/behaviour
• Increasing awareness and confidence

Completion

• Strategy for embedding new skills/changed behaviours
• Review of overall achievements against plan
• What worked well for the coachee
• What could be done differently

For more information contact Linda Dewar

T: +61 3 9016 6000