Individualized

Coaching

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How It Can Work for You

And that's the purpose of coaching - not focusing on the negative, but developing potential

One-on-One-Coaching begins with an in-person visit. That’s not negotiable! As cool as our virtual technologies are, they cannot replace the face-to-face interaction between two people for a first meeting. In person, you can read an individual so much more clearly, pick up on subtleties that aren’t clearly read through a monitor and ask the second level questions that those subtleties can lead to.

An introductory meeting sets the tone for the coaching relationship, allows BOTH parties to get a better understanding of one another, begins to build trust (there can’t be an effective coaching outcome with it) and to clarify expectations about the upcoming coaching. In every in-person intro meeting I’ve had with someone, emotions surface that would never have appeared via computer – this means you’re both getting closer to the heart of the situation and gives you a firmer foundation on which to proceed with a much better view of the situation.

In the intro meeting, we will establish the process, ground rules, resources and timetable that will best work for you.

At a minimum we begin with a DISC profile of you – this is completed online by you prior to the intro meeting, which is when we analyze it – your behavioral preferences are revealed in the profile (with a focus on the setting you’re working in – usually business) and we have a basis to begin discussion about behaviors and outcomes as well as how you may be coming across to others. This is often very revealing information for you and it certainly helps me!

You and I will develop a relationship where we can discuss difficult news, help you process the emotions of your situation (I’m NOT a psychiatrist – just an experienced leader of many unusual situations!), make sense out of the information you take in and help you think about change.

If this is coaching you’ve chosen to undertake on your own we’ll create a follow-through plan and we’ll be very specific about goals, actions, activities, accountability and other follow-up.

Then off we go! Now we can accomplish everything virtually.

If this is coaching that is focused on a situation your manager has requested you undertake, we’ll still create a follow-through plan and we’ll be very specific about goals, actions, activities, accountability and other follow-up. Most everything else should be completed virtually.

At the correct time we will include other pivotal people in your situation, even your manager.

My most successful coaching experiences have gone from the in-person intro meeting, directly to a three-way meeting with you, myself and your manager with an overview of the plan you and I have made.

On a periodic basis, the manager is then briefed – if that’s good for your situation – about our progress. It’s vitally important to include the manager in:

• what you’ve identified the problem(s) to be
• what you’re committed to doing to improve the situation
• what you’re actually doing so the manager can observe the success of the changes you’re trying to make
• regular updates and virtual conversations among the three of us

One-on-One-Coaching - How Can It Work for You?

By your developing potential and increasing your leadership ability

Sincerely,

Christine Johnson