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Building momentum for change and achievement

Today’s demanding and competitive business world can be a lonely place for top executives. In this insular environment we tend to develop what we think is an appropriate corporate persona or mask. Typically, by hiding our authentic selves in this way, insecurities can develop and barriers to performance materialise. When this happens wouldn’t it be great to have an independent sounding board, someone on the touch-line helping us to reach our full potential?

Nick provides this support. He is dedicated to inspiring individuals to make lasting changes in their habits, behavioural patterns and attitudes, to enable them to perform at their highest level.

Every day, Nick helps corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, executives and senior managers, individuals from a range of backgrounds, to succeed by guiding them through a structured, yet tailored programme that creates deep self-awareness and leads to self-mastery and a sense of personal satisfaction.

Getting the best from your key people

Nick works with corporate clients, developing their senior talent, often in the following areas:

  • Developing authentic leadership
  • Fine tuning professional behaviours
  • Supporting transition into a new role
  • Developing personal impact, presence and influence
  • Personal development planning
  • Building career strategies and goals
  • Focusing on Emotional Intelligence
  • Providing a confidential sounding board

Maximising your potential

Nick’s varied work with individual clients typically encompasses many of the following areas:

  • Enabling a ‘real’ confidence, by validating core strengths
  • Understanding and validating key motivators
  • Improving personal productivity and capacity to adapt
  • Exploring own and others’ perceptions
  • Managing emotions and decreasing reactivity
  • Underpinning future work and personal developments
  • Clarifying preferred work environments
  • Appreciating ‘what is really possible’

Some typical examples of Nick’s work

 

Performance coaching to ensure requested six-month sabbatical, resulted in a positive outcome for both parties   

Engaged by an HR Director, to coach a Senior Marketing Controller within the FMCG sector, following the employee’s request to take a six-month sabbatical.  Having completed Personality and Emotional Intelligence insights, it became clear that, after 10 years with the business, the marketeer needed to refocus, redefine and develop a clear short, medium and long term career plan.  This enabled him to successfully return to the organisation and deliver a strategic project across the business within a two year window.

Leadership coaching for CEO

Over a twelve-month period, Nick worked with a CEO to understand and develop his leadership style.  Although highly capable, it quickly became clear he needed to stop playing a role and embrace his natural style.  This change in emphasis allowed him to be consistent and known to his senior team.

One-to-one coaching in stress scenario

Nick closely worked with a Senior Social Services Manager, with over 20 years’ experience, who had lost confidence and was unclear about her future direction.  We started by clarifying her career satisfiers and core strengths, and reviewed the highs and lows of her career to date.  This ultimately led to a promotion into a new role, which was more aligned to her specialist background and interests.  The stress dissipated and the coachee’s emotional resilience, motivation and contribution transformed.

Transition coaching  

Following an annual Performance Development Plan with their boss, it became apparent that there was ‘something missing’ for the individual.   Allowing the employee an objective, confidential and independent space to explore and understand the ‘right’ route forward, it quickly became apparent that although he was in the right function he needed to take responsibility for his actions.  We built a short term fix to allow the opportunity to study for professional qualifications, as well as a 3-5 year career strategy.

Performance coaching for career realignment 

Nick encouraged and enabled Senior Account Manager from within the hospitality sector to explore and transition into a new field of respite care for severely sick children.  This completely aligned with her personal drivers and natural ability and she was subsequently, nationally recognised for ‘excellence’ in her new discipline.