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Coaching for Professional and Personal Development

One-to-one coaching has justifiably become a widely used intervention for improving performance.  It is relevant, immediate, flexible and effective.

I provide individual coaching to help managers address their development needs in the most effective way so that they can reach peak effectiveness in their roles.  Coaching can stand alone or be a useful follow-up to training to increase individual ability to put learning into practice.  

Working with objectives agreed by the organisation and the individual manager, learning can take place over a few weeks or months using managers’ everyday work experiences as a focus.   This is an opportunity to reflect on both the bigger picture issues such as management style, personal development,department and team objectives, and the details of performance management, project management and relationships with staff.  

What's special about the coaching I offer?

• a level of confidentiality different from that provided by internal coaches
• a focus which is not bounded by the organisational culture.
• skill in facilitating individuals to work on three main areas of experience which provide gateways to change:
  • behaviour (and skills)
  • thoughts and attitudes
  • feelings 
• experience and training in using psychological models including cognitive behavioural techniques, Myers Briggs Personality Profiling, NLP and Transactional Analysis 
• specialist interests in working under pressure/managing stress and women's development. 

For an information sheet which provides full details of my approach to coaching including the process, practicalities and costs, please contact me.

I offer a half-hour free consultation to help potential coachees decide whether they would like me to work with them in a coaching relationship.

Valerie Fawcett, Assoc. CIPD