• better manage your team
• improve the performance of others
• get better results with your work partnerships
• take the next step in terms of your career

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."  
Abraham Lincoln

WE HELP PEOPLE CREATE EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS THAT BRING OUT THE BEST IN BOTH THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

We help you sharpen your axe.

If you want to better manage your team, improve the performance of others, get better results with your work partnerships, or take the next step in terms of your career etc.,
then you are in the right place.

What do we focus on?

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Our coaching focuses on helping individuals work really well with others.  We work with staff members, team leaders, front line managers, project managers, line managers, middle managers and senior leaders, helping them improve how they work with direct reports, internal or external customers, colleagues, peers, bosses, stakeholders and senior managers. 

Who do we coach?

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We coach people from all kinds of businesses, such as large corporate organisations, small to medium sized companies and owner operated businesses.  And we aren't fussy about industry either.  That's because we focus on the people side of things and not on the technical aspects.  We always aim to understand the context within which the people-related activities are unfolding, but our expertise lies in understanding the people themselves and how to create and maintain great working relationships, not just when times are good but also when the going gets tough.

Our coaching is grounded in both the individual's day-to-day challenges and the person's longer term goals - in other words, we keep an eye on both the road immediately ahead as well as the twists and turns off in the distance.

COACHING PROCESS

A typical process involves setting up the programme, often by having a planning meeting in which the coach and the individual seeking the coaching, together, discuss the needs, focus, duration etc.  This can also involve a sponsor if one exists.  From there the coaching commences in line with the agreed programme, the elements of which are outlined below.  Finally, the programme comes to an end, in such a way that the individual can continue their journey on their own.

TAILORED APPROACH

Each coaching programme is tailored to the
individual's needs and desired outcomes. 

MAIN ELEMENTS

Face-to-Face Meetings

Primarily, the coaching occurs via face-to-face meetings with your coach ​at your workplace - we come to you to maximise your time.  However, if you would rather work off-site, that can occur too.  Further, technology enables us to also conduct these meetings via phones, internet-based video conferencing and the like.

Phone Contact

In addition to face-to-face meetings, we find that brief phone meetings keep the momentum going and ensure that you get the best out of the face-to-face meetings.  Phone contact also allows for unexpected things that crop up to be discussed in a timely manner with your coach.

Between-Meetings

Between the face-to-face and phone meetings, you apply what you and your coach have discussed and planned.  This could see you try something new with your team, read something supplied by your coach, reflect upon your efforts etc.  You and your coach will then discuss all this at your next meeting.  Your between-meeting efforts are critical to your success.

KEY VALUES

Our coaches approach each programme with key values in mind.

Partnership

Our coaches take a partnership approach and are guided by clients regarding the areas of focus, the duration of the work, how progress will be reviewed, and what success looks like.  In this way, our clients are active participants in the coaching process and ultimately, in their own success..

Inclusive

If the coaching is being sponsored by a line manager or similar, our coaches can engage this person if he or she wishes to influence the focus, content, duration and the like and be involved in the review process.

Confidentiality

When setting up the programme, our coaches  talk about confidentiality and explicitly agree the arrangements with all parties.  We pride ourselves on ensuring that everyone involved is 100% clear on this before any coaching commences.

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

Assessments

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Interventions

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Resources

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