Leadership Coaching Program

For leaders, established and new, and for people who work with them, a Coach will help you become more effective.

Leadership Coaching Focus:

Become a stronger, more effective manager
Conflict management
Develop more of a positive effect on others
Negotiation skills - get what you want and create Win-Win-Win situations
Collaboration and partnership is essential
Developing a stronger personal style

Scenario:

A supervisor, reports into a manager, who reports to a vice-president. The supervisor knows more about the company and the department than both her manager and vice-president, but she is afraid to speak up in meetings. She is not certain her point will add significant value; she frequently says nothing and does whatever is asked of her.

This client began coaching with Cecile because she wanted to be recognized for her knowledge and to be seen as a leader. She wanted to accomplish this by her next performance review, which was 9 months away.

Approach:

From her assessment we determined that she needed to work on the following: risk taking, self-confidence and leadership skills.

A strategic plan was set up based on her goals. In her weekly ½-hour phone coaching session, we focused on and implemented actions on the following:

How to use "Personal Power" to influence the thought and actions of others - "Power Talk"
Working smarter not harder
Developing fresh approaches to old problems
Providing value - going beyond what is requested
Demonstrating a strong belief in her own knowledge and capabilities
Acting as a role model
Mentoring others
Asking the right questions
Constantly seeking to learn and draw out new ideas
Viewing work as something challenging and exciting
Taking action without waiting for direction

Results:

Began contributing to meetings
Delegated more - moved away from day to day operations
Implemented a new training program for new employees
Started encouraging leadership initiatives of others
No longer afraid to speak up, she was able to accept criticism and maintain composure
Perception of her shifted as the person to approach in the organization for information and resources
She now feels empowered, recognized and successful!

“It was great to schedule a weekly meeting to discuss “me.” Cecile was flexible enough in her coaching technique to allow me to structure a more mentor/student approach – which I was better able to thrive and learn from. Cecile takes great notes from our sessions and always kept me on task. I found it most helpful when, in our coaching sessions, Cecile would not allow me to downgrade my unique skills or to sell myself short, reminding me repeatedly, that “you don’t need the title to be a leader.” Cecile helped me through the negotiations with a major promotion, where, I believe, I left nothing “on the table.”

Tim Grover, Learning Point Associates