Coaching - All you need to know
Step 1: Book your 1st Free Call. In these interactive 45 minutes, we explore the topic you bring, reach it's core essence & draw up your next steps. Step 2: If we decide to work together, within 24 hours I send you a simple email with T&C confirming confidentiality of all our conversations, payment terms & the date for our first session. Step 3: High octane excitement throughout your sessions as you discover the numerous nuggets of magic within you. Your adrenaline rush sometimes replaces your coffee cravings.
What happens in the 1-on-1 Coaching & Consulting sessions:
We set your Goal Post: i.e. Where would you like to be at the end of your coaching relationship. We set clear goals for the overall coaching relationship including goal for each session.
We get to work straight away: Each session will have an outcome we both agree upon. I will steer us effectively & efficiently towards that outcome.
We co-create: I bring my secret vault of tools, tactics & strategies. We practice, draw-up scripts & rehearse. When coaching is experiential, the results stick.
Safe Space: You speak freely in our time together. You gotta feel heard, understood & inspired in your coaching session. I make that happen.
Mutuality: I don't give advise from an Ivory tower. I sit alongside you, we build a pespectful rapport as two key players on the same team.
Important Trivia: Think of personalized coaching as a time bound project on yourself. A gift you give yourself to nail your success faster & skilfully. If you have a dry sense of humour, like effing or taking a few minutes to breathe & center yoruself...bring all of you with you.
The catch about building Leadership Presence
that no one talks about…
Almost all leaders I have worked with know their ‘WHY’. They know why they need a job, why their personal values are important to them, why their values need to be met. The catch is in “HOW” they position their “WHY” to other people.
“HOW” you position your views can either make your colleagues rally behind your ideas, see value in your contributions & show respect towards you or move “away” from you. Ignoring, bypassing & undervaluing what you have to offer.
Because People choose how they want to respond to you based on the experience they have with you.
When someone interrupts you in a meeting, your WHY is likely to be very clear –“…you don’t want to feel cut off as though what you are saying is not important” people to interrupt you. But “HOW” you position your displeasure can make a big difference in the response you can expect.
"Can I finish please?"
Vs
"What do you think happens when you keep interrupting your colleagues in a meeting?”
Getting people to see value in what you bring to the table goes beyond traditional assertive communication. You need to have tailored strategies to position your WHY in a way that gets people to see your point of view.
Additional elements that I add to make coaching fun & impactful…
I make it Experiential - I study your current communication style & offer to practice & rehearse your new strategies & tactics so that when you use them in real life situations they don’t feel weird or awkward.
Practicing with me in a warm, friendly & inspiring environment is a very enriching way to ‘step into’ your strength.
Pallavi S.
The benefits you get out of a 1-on-1 coaching:
Sustainable changes: Have you ever wondered…whilst inspiring but why the effects of reading books or listening to pods don’t last. Because they are based on other people’s experiences. For a change to be sustainable, it has to spring from your life’s experiences, not someone else’s. 1-on-1 focus on you is a game changer.
Must feel Authentic: Embedding the changes into your day to day operating style means, the changes must ‘feel real’. Every strategy & tactic we create will be aligned to your authentic style. So no cramming up scripts or adopting things that don’t feel right. 1-on-1 space enables us to connect your experiences with the new reality you wish to create for yourself.
Reclaim your Energy: When the tweaks & changes feel that they are right up your alley, you go from effort to effortlessness. You begin saving tremendous amounts of energy which in turn fuels your presence. Because 1-on-1 conversations happen in a safe, friendly, pressure-free zone – you feel energized.
Tactics. Not trying: You may often be using the phrase “I tried so & so…”. But when you replace “trying” with “I applied that tactic”… you feel an inner sense of strength. Our words inform the state of our inner worlds. Imagine walking into a conversation with a solid, assured sense about yourself versus trying hard to get your point across to someone. People can spot the difference instantly & change how they respond to you. 1-on-1 conversations make that happen.
Renewed Self-Respect: When you strategically begin navigating people & situations based on your own smarts, you experience a renewed sense of respect & regard for yourself. And I can tell you … nothing on the planet comes close to that feeling. You will see me swear by this in our 1-on-1s.
Think of personalized coaching as an investment in yourself- towards personal growth. It’s fun it’s thrilling & it’s finding a renewed sense of strength in your potential.