One-on-one leadership coaching is the gold standard for developing new skills and increasing impact on an organization.
I offer coaching to organizations looking to develop more effective managers and to individuals looking to invest in their own self-development.
One-on-One Leadership Coaching
After hearing about my work, a friend of mine recently looked at me skeptically and said, “What, you teach empathy?”
“No,” I told him. “Everyone is born with empathy. I just help my clients learn how to use it to motivate and inspire others. The rest they do on their own.”
Research shows that when leaders develop emotional intelligence skills and behaviors, performance soars. People in the top 25% of emotional intelligence account for 62% of high performers.
As the story above illustrates, coaching for emotional intelligence is more a process of discovery than a process of teaching. It helps people tune into their natural abilities to understand others better. My clients learn to use emotional information to get better results. For over 8 years, I have built a track record of success helping my clients increase emotional intelligence by 18%, almost two standard deviations. This is enough to move them from average performance to the range where effective leaders score. Most of my clients are promoted within a year and 20% of them double their salaries within 2 years.
In most engagements, I coach my clients to develop behaviors that are associated with high-performance, including such skills as listening, authenticity, self-awareness of their impact on others, empathy, flexibility, impulse control, and other skills.
Emotional intelligence is the basis for good management. It makes delegating more effective as you spend more time understanding what your direct report is learning, how they learn best, and develop their ability to work independently. It is essential to motivating your team. No two team members are alike. A deep understanding of what excites and drives your direct reports helps you have a greater impact.
NOTE: For leaders looking to increase overall organizational or team performance, one-on-one coaching for key managers is the most efficient and effective way to enhance team performance. Inquire about package rates if you have three or more managers you want to offer coaching to.
Coaching sessions may include topics like:
- An emotional intelligence assessment using the EQi-2.0 and a full report (included in all my coaching engagements)
- Development of your coaching and emotional intelligence goals.
- Building self-confidence and overcoming imposter syndrome.
- Developing emotional self-awareness, the number one skill associated with overall success.
- Role playing, review and analysis of past conversations.
- Techniques for decision making, conflict resolution, negotiating alignment, getting buy-in, influencing across team boundaries, and difficult conversations.
- After six months of coaching, you can retake the assessment to measure your progress.
Coaching for First Time Managers (and other managers who want to improve their effectiveness)
The transition from being a high-performer to managing a team of high-performers is a difficult one for many people. Skills for success at the management level are different than they are at the individual contributor level. Many people have to un-learn or let go of what made them successful in the past and acquire new skills to ensure success in the future. While their technical knowledge is an asset, they have to learn how to transfer that knowledge to others through motivation, training, and delegating. Coaching support during this critical transition period can increase the chance of success and improve team outcomes overall.
For first time managers, the focus of conversations will focus on developing emotional intelligence and other skills to help your team focus and achieve common goals. I’ll share proven techniques like how to have good 1:1s, how to resolve conflict, how to avoid micromanaging.
Coaching topics for managers may include all of the above topics for coaching, PLUS:
- A plan for your first 90 days, including techniques for gathering information quickly, building key relationships, finding small wins to build credibility, and creating a strategy to get to your break-even point (where you are bringing in as much value as you have cost).
- Navigating a new culture and new office politics and people
- Goal setting for yourself
- How to help your direct reports set goals and how to hold them accountable.
- Management techniques that increase high performance like knowledge-sharing, innovation, process improvement, improving focus and reducing friction, aligning individual goals with company goals, and ensuring accountability.
- How to have effective 1:1 meetings that motivate team members, facilitate the delegating process, ensure accountability, and recognize team members’ successes, and encourage growth.
If you are looking to increase your team’s effectiveness or your own, there are three simple steps to move forward.
- Book a 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.
- Book a free demo of coaching to learn how coaching will work for you.
- Sign up!