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What
is the Birkman Method®?
The Birkman Method® offers a questionnaire whose nonjudgmental,
customizable results create a productivity methodology with the
individual's data on what an individual's usual, positive operating
mode might look like and what they might need to sustain this mode.
It also offers suggestions what might be needed, short term and long
term, if these needs are not met.
The
questionnaire results also offer information to explore potential
career goals--positive environments, duties and roles for
sustainable performance. When the results are compiled for a team,
they might focus on similarities and differences between individuals
and how these-properly managed-can make for more effective teams and
organizations. For
more information, please visit www.birkman.com.
What
is Coaching?
Coaching
is simply a confidential conversation between a client
and a coach professionally trained to know what questions to ask.
It may involve conversations in person, individually or in groups, by telephone, on email, via WebEx
or a combination that creates the most efficient format for you.
Expect to receive:
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Fierce
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Observation,
listening, perspective, objectivity and nonjudgment;
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Structure,
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Undivided
attention, focus,
clarity, vision, range, vitality and humor.
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"The
book Co-Active Coaching characterizes coaching as a
designed
alliance in which power is granted to the relationship, not to the
coach. In coaching, "clients do not buy a packaged program.
They are involved in creating a powerful relationship that fits
their working and learning styles... Clients learn that they are in
control of the relationship and ultimately of the changes they make
in their lives."
Fortune
(2/19/01),
in a study of 100 Executives from Fortune 1000
companies, reports that executives who received coaching
experienced:
77% - better relationships
with direct reports
71% - better relationships with their boss
61% - marked increase in job satisfaction
and commitment to the organization.
Why
would I want a coach?
“Recent
studies show business coaching and executive coaching to be the most
effective means for achieving sustainable growth, change and
development in the individual, group and organization.”
~ HR
Monthly Magazine
To assess your strengths and development needs.
To support career transition.
To accelerate your high potential as a leader.
To grow your business with focus, clarity and momentum.
To gain fresh perspectives or look for unintended
consequences.
To tap into your wisdom and creativity.
To retain key contributors.
To manage change.
To integrate training for sustained performance.
To enhance communication and relationship skills.
To explore, to plan and to achieve what you want!
“Asked
for a conservative estimate of the monetary payoff from the coaching
they got, these managers described an average return of more than
$100,000 or about six times what the coaching had cost their
companies.”
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Fortune (2/19/01) Study of 100 Executives from Fortune 1000
companies
How
do I select a coach?
1.
Visit coaching websites like the ones below, ask for referrals,
attend a free workshop presented by coaches.
2.
Interview at least three coaches to determine who might best meet
your current needs. Most coaches offer a complimentary
interview conversation.
3.
Ask questions about their style, their experience, how coaching
might work with them, who is their perfect client, what the coaching
relationship means to them, how much they charge, how to get into a
contract and how to get out of a contract.
4.
Get a sense if the coach has the expertise and personality that
works best for you! The coach will be doing the same and
may refer you to someone else to ensure you get what you want.
5.
Set your first appointment and enjoy the process!
What
is the International Coach Federation?
The
International Coach Federation (ICF) is a professional association
of personal and business coaches that seeks to preserve the
integrity of coaching around the globe. ICF defines coaching
as a ‘trusting, professional partnership between a client and a
coach to efficiently and effectively support the client to increase
performance and improve quality of life.” For more
information, visit www.coachfederation.org.
What
is Co-Active Coaching?
"The term co-active refers to the fundamental nature of a coaching
relationship in which the coach and client are active collaborators.
In co-active coaching, this relationship is an alliance between two
equals for the purpose of meeting the client's needs."
For more information, please visit www.thecoaches.com
~ Excerpt
from Co-Active Coaching,
Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Phil Sandahl
What
is Ontological Coaching?
Coaches
"develop competencies to facilitate learning, growth and
effective action in oneself and others."
Ontological coaching states that your language, that your
body, and your emotion are generative and create possibilities for
action.
For more information, please visit www.newfieldnetwork.com
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