COACHING FOR YOU

The Journey of Leadership

From team leader up to the c suite, there is a balance in your work between executing tasks, and getting things done by others. As you progress up the chain of leadership, you are adjusting the balance. You have developed or are developing your leadership style. And you are doing that “leader in front” thing really well. People are following you.

But you don’t want to just be followed. You want to create an environment or team that has direction, has context, and works towards the outcome – without you needing to check on it so often.

The Body Metaphor

An effective team is like the human body: a collection of parts that work together to make an awesome whole. So let’s look at your team and it’s goals with the metaphor of the body.

Say you want to run one mile. First you actually tell yourself that’s what you need to do (set the goal). Only then does your body start to move. Your legs move. You breathe: your lungs take in the oxygen, your diaphragm moves up and down faster when needed. Your toes keep you balanced. Your arms start pumping to help you go faster. These all just happen. And when the potholes appear, and the ground gets rough, your body adapts and keeps on going.

And when you want to be faster, less out of breath, you train your body regularly to increase performance.

And that’s that you want for your teams. That they can work together for an outcome, each knowing what they need to do, each being able to deal with whatever comes up: because they work as both independents AND as a whole.

If you recognise this, then talk to me about how I can help you.

ABOUT YOU

You are a manager or executive: 

• You are an experienced manager and have a bigger game to play.
• You’ve had some leadership training. You’ve been leading teams for awhile. And now you want to up your game and have a bigger impact. It’s time to take your leadership to the next level.
• Or you are a new manager/team leader and now you’re responsible for developing other people.
• You’ve got key areas where you want to develop as a leader.

You have a key role within a team: 

• You are an individual who wants to have impact. Your work matters. You want to contribute to your world (your team, your family, your hobby, your passion project) and you make a difference.
• You are part of a team and you want level up your influencing and negotiation skills.
• You are wondering “what’s leadership got to do with me?”  How do I show up as a leader in any situation?
• You don’t want to sit in another meeting that is going nowhere – you want to be able to shape the events around you, even when you aren’t in charge.
• What is your style? Where do you want to level up your leadership? What the heck does it mean to be a leader anyway?
• You want to engage people into working together, even when they don’t report to you.
• You want to shift from being a “do-er” to “making sure things get things get done”.

Your needs

• Make better business decisions
• Feel authentic in your business development
• Act with confidence
• Make an impact
• Maximise your energy
• Harness your unique presence
• Find balance