Coaching  " A coach is someone who helps you hear what you don't want to hear, who helps you see what you don't want to see, in order that you can be who you have always known you could be."  Tom Landry - Former Coach for the Dallas Cowboys.

The Process
It doesn't matter where you are coming from, what matters is where you want to go. Coaching will empower the individual manager or the entire team to successfully reach or exceed their goals. If you put a little bit in each day of each week of each month of every year, get some feedback and get a chance to measure your success, the likelihood of being successful is going to increase because it really is a process of successive approximations.

Most don’t realize change on the first or second try, especially when it is behavioural change. So, it is really fine-tuning behaviours as you are going along. Plus, personal and professional growth is a very positive, gratifying experience.

Coaching With Assessments
Coaching helps an individual put a mirror in front of them and take a snapshot of their current strengths and developmental needs, as well as career goals and aspirations. The purpose of the coach is to take an individual on a development journey and facilitate him or her in that journey without making decisions for them but helping guide them through that journey as a supporter and motivator. Behavioural assessments simply make that snapshot more objective, focused and comprehensive.

What is business coaching?
Business coaching is an ongoing, interactive partnership designed to help you achieve your professional and personal goals, more quickly and easily. The coach’s role is to help you strengthen your skills, implement new strategies and discover solutions to major issues or obstacles, with the goal of achieving meaningful, lasting results. As an objective third party and trusted partner, a coach works with you on the most important aspects of your business and life

How is coaching different than consulting or counseling?
Coaching assumes that the entrepreneur or business leader is an expert when it comes to their business. The coach’s role is to help the client clarify what they really want and then develop strategies and skills – based on each client’s unique personality and style - to achieve their goals, quickly.

A consultant provides expert advice and knowledge on specific issues or situations. Consulting is excellent when you need to acquire knowledge or expertise that you don’t already have, or when you need an objective third party to help understand situations or issues and then provide recommendations. Generally, the client is expected to implement the recommendations on their own.
 

Performance Coaching

is designed to empower executives, managers, and supervisors to develop personally and produce more satisfying results for themselves and their organizations. Performance coaching works! An article in Workforce Magazine, October 2000, describes a study comparing training alone to coaching combined with training. This study showed that training alone increased productivity by 22.4 percent, while training plus coaching increased productivity by 88 percent.

What does it cost?
Coaching fees depend on the size of your business and the scope of the engagement. For more information contact Bill

How long must I commit for?
Bill works with clients that are looking to make permanent changes. As a result, the commitment is usually long term.