The following are some examples of how our coaching services have helped clients grow professionally and deliver ever-greater value to their organizations.

A Client's First-Hand Account of Coaching Benefits

• Look at others and borrow their strategy.  (No, it does not mean that you are a phony.  'If it works,...')
• Give feedback to your team:  good, bad, or indifferent.
• Confront the problem when you see it.  Sound alarm bells before the boat sinks.  Don't try to fix it on your own.
• Take 360-degree feedback:  'They actually realize I'm good!'  Use that!

I entered coaching wanting to learn how to do these things, thinking that I knew what the benefits exactly were.  But I did not know what the benefits were until I experienced them.  It's like being in a room with a few doors, thinking that once you open a door you will get access to another room just like the one you are in.  It will be better because there are two rooms instead of one.  But that's not what happens.  You open a couple of doors, get to the other side, and realize there are no walls on the other side!"

Additional Executive Coaching Wins

The Impulsive Director

A valuable but impulsive director acquires better communication and planning skills, which improves performance within the entire unit.

The Post-Merger Victim

An executive, angry about a post-merger reassignment, makes a smooth and satisfactory transition out of the organization to a more compatible position.

The New Supervisor

An experienced researcher, appointed to departmental supervisory responsibilities, develops essential people management skills.

The Non-Confrontational Leader

An area manager who avoided all confrontation becomes more effective as a leader, and earns a reputation for fairness among the staff.

The Abrasive Leader

A technically brilliant, but socially abrasive, senior manager learns more adaptive interpersonal behaviors.