For an entrepreneur with a small service business, I helped her with a strategy to negotiate a new contract with one of her clients. For a consumer products company, I helped them resolve a conflict between their sales director and one of their top reps. For a residential construction firm, I helped them rewrite job […]
Coaching can help anyone, but not everyone is a good candidate for coaching. For example, a supervisor may recognize that Jim, the VP of Marketing has an anger-management problem. Coaching can help, but Jim may not want to acknowledge and/or deal with the problem through coaching. I can usually tell in the first meeting or […]
All coaching programs have clearly defined goals. What we cover in each session generally follows those goals. Ultimately, you decide what we will discuss in each meeting based on where you are in the coaching program, and anything that may have come up since the last meeting that is important for you to discuss. At […]
That would depend on the goals we have discussed and anything you worked on since the prior meeting. Our coaching is going to be focused on things you are doing in your everyday work and life, so it can be helpful to keep notes about what you wish to discuss in our next meeting. We […]
Clients are based all over the US and we’ve done quite a bit of work internationally, as well. Some coaching is done in person; quite a bit is done by phone and by video. I’ve coached people all over the country, some of whom I’ve never met in person. What’s important is the process of […]
Clear goals are established at the start of every coaching program. Progress is assessed at every meeting. For programs paid by your company, a mid-point and post-coaching review are also conducted. By frequently checking in with coaching clients on goals and expected outcomes, we are able to mutually confirm what is working as we move […]
We try to accommodate all requests for coaching. Along with our partner firms, we have a large network of coaching resources.
Coaching clients are able to go directly to our calendar and schedule appointments as they need them.
There’s no set length for a coaching session, although for convenience they are usually scheduled in advance for whatever the agreed upon duration is. Sometimes a quick coaching consult is needed, and this is handled by phone … you simply call me up and we discuss whatever the pressing situation is.
That depends on the goals you have. I can usually give you an idea at the end of our first conversation about how long I think we’d need to work together to accomplish your goals. It’s not uncommon for new goals to emerge during a coaching engagement, and when that happens people frequently extend the […]
