Leadership Coaching

Successful leaders in business seek an edge to put them ahead of the competition. This edge could be in product or marketing but is most often in management and leadership techniques.

It is a sad fact however, that only 8 – 12% of those who attend training courses translates new skills and knowledge into measurable performance improvement or business results.

Training alone has proved inadequate in providing leaders with the skills they need – evidence shows that a critical factor in the transfer of skills is the opportunity to practise and gain constructive feedback. A study in a private sector found that training alone increased productivity by 22.4%, whereas training and follow-up coaching increased productivity by 88%

High Performance coaching overcomes this by offering an innovative curriculum that gives participants the opportunity to practice and gain constructive feedback. These unique instructional techniques are estimated to increase the benefits of our leadership coaching and management training up to 88% productivity in comparison to a standard course that does not provide follow up one-on-one coaching.

Become the Employer of Choice

With the economic downturn, every company is seeking new ways to increase revenues while decreasing costs. Some companies believe one of the easiest ways to do this is to cut their leadership development or management training budget. However, businesses interested in long-term viability recognize that to be successful they must continually develop their people, especially their leaders.

One of the biggest questions executives have is, "Why should I develop people who are only going to leave me later on? What good is that to me? The bigger question you should ask is What if you don’t develop them and they stay?"

"Why should I develop people who are only going to leave me later on? What good is that to me?"

The Bigger question is, "What if you don’t develop them and they stay?

Personal Leadership – Become the Employee of Choice

Today the survival of many individuals within business and organizations will depend upon their ability to adapt to rapid and ongoing change, much of which is imposed on them. At times, survival during these changes may seem nearly impossible, let alone sustaining current levels of or increasing confidence and empowerment.

There used to be an almost unwritten agreement that team members had with their organizations - "I can expect that if I do a good job, work hard and do the right thing, you will offer me opportunities, security and an environment which will help me to thrive". In the early 1980s global competition brought with it unfriendly take overs, budget squeezes and serious rationalization of resources.

Permanent positions are fast becoming a thing of the past. Many people are on contracts, some working for more than one person. We are hearing more and more about the possibility that in the future the ‘norm’ will not be full-time work but a series of part-time jobs.

This means that there is a need for individuals to develop strategies to cope with these changes and start to develop themselves, so that they can feel confident in marketing themselves and taking responsibility for their futures. You can play the game of denial and pretend it’s not really happening or you can start to take action today.

High Performance Coaching + Training provides you the vehicle to determine who you are and how you can further develop yourself as the Leader of integrity, based on values framework – The essence of leadership.

What position in an organization do you have to hold in order to be a coaching leader?

Coaching leadership is less about position than about influence. Coaching leaders have influence over individuals, teams, and/or organisations. You may be a coaching leader if you are accountable for supporting your employees to attain greater quality and better performance. Or you may be a coaching leader as an owner of a small start-up company who is setting goals and developing strategies for success.

Following is a list of people we believe can be both leaders and coaches:

So are you a leader?

If you are, your next step is to determine if you should be a coaching leader. If one or more of the following conditions apply to your leadership situation, then read on.

The practice of coaching has become very popular in the last 10 years. Coaches practice independently or in organisations, or they apply coaching as part of other jobs.
Coaches are committed to change, so they can stay aligned to challenging and believable futures that are in constant flux.

They are committed to external performance when that can be attained and to internal reward and resilience when that is necessary. Coaching helps every executive build an individual path to achieve personal or organizational aspirations. When consolidated, all these paths transform today's managers into tomorrow's leaders.

So what are the benefits of High Performance Coaching + Training?

Here are some benefits to the employer and employee.

Benefits to the Organisation and Business

Building High Performance Teams

Building strong high performance teams is the competitive edge to any business or organisation.  We find that while a majority of people emphatically state that teamwork is a core value, few participants report that they or their leaders are doing anything to develop teamwork in their originations. Why is there such a large gap between knowing and doing?

The four key reasons are:

1. The leaders believe that teamwork happens spontaneously
2. They assume that teams will naturally organise themselves to tap into the full potential of all team members
3. That teamwork is not overtly recognized and rewarded within their organisation
4. Team leaders simply don’t know how to design and support teams to success

And so, contrary to the hope and high expectations of many team implementers, most teams do not become high – performing ones. Whether the team is formed to prevent a looming crisis, to create innovations in service delivery, or to develop a new product, simply assigning members to a team does not make a team.

If real teams are required to do important and relevant work, then how do we design for real teamwork?  Our approach in designing sound team management practices integrates three critical concepts: Task strategies, social strategies, and commitment strategies, which together provide the foundation for real teamwork.

Our Foundation for Real Teamwork

Task strategies are the goals, activities, work processes, tools, and technology the members use to achieve their overall purpose.

Social strategies is the processes and protocols to satisfy people’s needs for voice, meaningful involvement, and relationships

Commitment strategies – The understanding that real commitment to the team, whereby members are energized to make the team’s goals happen, develops from both meaningful, relevant task ( task strategies) and an enabling, respectful environment ( social strategies).

High Performance Coaching + Training will take you through the 9 essential elements in building a high performing team.  These elements will ensure that you have a strong foundation to build your high performing teams within your organisation or business.

We will work with your team leaders and team members to access the complexity of their challenges.  After this we support and encourage members to expand their thinking, to learn from each other and others outside the immediate team, to build on existing know-how, to apply knowledge in new ways, and to go through problem solving activities.

So as the complexity of our business challenges increases, so does the need for real teamwork. Well-designed teams can provide the task and relationship ingenuity to survive and thrive in any environment.

What is the Next Step?

Our coaching programs are designed to develop the individual and teams within the organization through taking ownership and responsibility of their roles. We improve their concentration, confidence and decision making around the businesses objectives.

How many times do you have a team meeting and discuss wonderful new ideas and nothing happens?

Coaching is about doing not talking about doing

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