Individual coaching is highly tailored and targeted at long-term development.  Coaching programmes start with an initial assessment meeting to establish needs and goals including psychological assessments, 360-degree assessments and non-verbal behaviour analysis where appropriate.  Coaching sessions last 1-2 hours, are usually held every 2-4 weeks and may be planned for out-of-hours to fit into busy diaries.  Coaching is targeted at long term development and therefore includes self development assignments between sessions to truly imbed these changes into normal behaviour.  Unlimited email and telephone support is available.

Examples:

• Management communication:  Individual coaching for two people from a financial services company as part of their development to group directorships.  Both the individuals have communication issues that are impeding their progress.  We are working with each of them individually to highlight the importance of these issues in relation to their development and coaching them to improve in the relevant areas.
• Personal impact:  Coaching a trainee lawyer on communicating a more positive attitude.   His reviews have identified negative attitude through his communication.  However, his work in general is very positive and therefore the company want to try and change the perception of his attitude to help him in his career progression.  This included a full voice and non-verbal behaviour analysis to identify why he is perceived to have a negative attitude.
• English pronunciation:  Working with a German individual from a private equity firm and a French individual from a pharmaceutical company on pronunciation of English and spoken communication in general to improve clarity, presentation and influence.  This included pronunciation diagnostics prior to coaching and each individual was given a pronunciation book with CDs to practice in their own time.
• Leadership development:  Working with an individual from the middle east on the cultural and communication issues that are impeding his career progression and coaching him to enhance his leadership capabilities in preparation for promotion.  This included an in depth 360 review to give the individual a clear picture of how they are perceived by others in the organisation and to highlight the main areas for development.
• Media coaching:  Ran a series of individual media coaching sessions for the senior management of a technology innovation consultancy firm to prepare them for the increased media exposure planned for next year.  We met with each of the management team, including management from overseas offices, for 3 hours and took them through comprehensive coaching on how to handle the media including two practice media interviews with video playback.  Follow up sessions are now planned to keep them on top of their game