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Executive
Coaching
Today, leaders in
mission-centered organizations want to operate with strength,
agility and dynamism. While their talent, experience and hard
work takes care of most of the challenges they meet, in the
midst of rapid change, complexity and demand, there can be
recurrent breakdowns that affect the leader and those
influenced by the leader. When leaders can see what needs to
be done, they take appropriate action. When the leader cannot
clearly see the situation, options for appropriate action are
not available.
Coaching provides
a method for leaders to observe themselves, their situation,
and interactions in such a precise way that brings new
possibilities to the forefront. Coaching provides the
structure, support, and confidentiality that support on-going
increase in leadership capacity to the benefit of the entire
organization.
Benefits
Develop leaders and managers
Build cohesive and productive teams
Build human capacity
Deal with complex change
Have greater impact following training
Coaching for
Lawyers
Why coaching for
lawyers? Lawyers participate in a profession with high
standards and ideals. The profession itself has become
increasingly demanding with pressures of billable hours,
complex changes in the law, and a system that thrives on
competition and harsh advocacy. Many lawyers reap the
rewards and still wonder what's missing. No longer
willing to compromise health, relationships and well being,
lawyers seek more balance in their lives. By attending
to themselves and their situations in new ways, they gain
needed perspective and re-tool their lives, resulting in
greater effectiveness and power at work and the enjoyment of a
rewarding life outside of work.
Benefits
Clearer sense of contribution
Work with more effectiveness and ease
A balanced life
Better health, relationships, leisure
A big-picture perspective
A legacy that's worth it
Coaching is an
effective method for achieving positive change. It
offers:
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New language
to describe your current situation.
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New skills to
see things differently.
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New practices
to reach new levels of effectiveness.
Programs
Programs are designed and conducted by Virginia Macali with
the client’s issues, concerns and desired competencies in
mind. The focus of coaching is achieving short-term outcomes
and long-term excellence.
Step
One: Introductory Coaching Conversation and Assessment
A
thorough interview is conducted which takes into account the
client’s needs, requests, and desired outcomes. The strength
of the relationship between client and coach is crucial to
the success of the coaching program. Building the relationship
begins at Step One and continues throughout the process to
produce mutual trust, mutual respect and freedom of expression
between the client and the coach.
Step
Two: Program Design
A
comprehensive program is designed to fulfill the desired outcomes
in a way that fits into the life and situation of the client.
The program may include readings, practices, self-observations
and assignments. All of this is tailored to the client’s needs
and to the purpose and goals of the program.
Duration,
structure and cost of the program are specific to each client.
The length of the program is important
because significant, long-lasting changes usually require
the client to expand existing ways of seeing the world and
taking new actions---not tasks that respond well to quick
fixes.
Step
Three: Coaching Meetings
During
the program, the coach and client meet regularly in person
or by telephone for coaching conversations. There is close
contact between the coach and client. The client is continually
supported through the process. The meetings are used to assess
the program, review breakdowns, raise new questions, make
new distinctions and celebrate successes. The meeting schedule
can be flexible and may change over time. At first, there
may be more frequent meetings, perhaps two or three times
in the first month. After that, we can arrange a workable
schedule that includes face-to-face, telephone check-ins and
occasional email communications.
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