Coaching
What is coaching
Coaching is the process of getting people to realise their potential. Often it is our own perceived limitations that hinder our effectiveness. Coaching is about empowering the coachee to discover their best self and thereby creating and sustaining new high levels of performance.

Until recently coaching was largely used in the world of sport. Today, however, almost 90% of companies use coaching (CIPD 2005). It is seen as a key strategy in meeting the complex issues associated with individual employee development.
“Something we were withholding made us weak until we found it was ourselves.”
Robert Frost

Why coaching works
A powerful alliance is developed between the coach and the coachee. To make the changes required to move them to the next level the coachee is both supported and challenged to take the necessary action. Because the commitment to the agreed actions are followed up in the coaching sessions the coachee achieves far better outcomes than if left to their own devices.

Unique approach
The model we uniquely employ for coaching is our integrated inside-outside coaching model.We enable coachees to:

• Improve and refresh key business Skills (‘the outside approach’)
• Reflect on Self and reaffirm their life values and motivators and devise strategies for meeting these values and motivators (‘the inside approach’)
• Develop Support networks to ensure they are successful after the coaching programme is completed

Benefits of our integrated insideoutside coaching model

• Coaching requirements vary greatly for each individual. By providing both ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ coaching support the Sharry People Development approach can offer the right support, whatever the requirement.
• Coaching increases productivity, improves communication and increases staff commitment
• Coaching helps people feel more confident, self motivated and generally better about themselves
• Coaching empowers managers to lead effectively
• Coaching develops the competencies and skills (often interpersonal skills) necessary to succeed in the role
• Coaching delivers on training by ensuring the valuable learning gained from a training programme is implemented back in the workplace
• Coaching helps leaders to think and plan more strategically
• Coaching enables leaders to use their personal power more effectively
• Opportunities for personal and professional development are expected by many employees today. Coaching helps meet these very real expectations
• Coaching ensures there is greater acceptance of personal responsibility for achieving success
• Coaching improves leadership capability as ‘leadership’s first commandment is to know thyself’ (Harvard Business Review Dec 01)
• Coaching creates trust. People will trust the company more as they have received something for their own personal benefit

Integrated inside-outside coaching model


The process
A company’s success in achieving its strategy is dependent on the skills and commitment of its people. In today's fast changing society there are many challenges to be faced in work or elsewhere. The integrated inside-outside coaching model ensures people are empowered to face these challenges effectively. Our process is as follows:

• Group Session/Workshop (optional)
• Meeting with management to agree outcomes (optional)
• First session with coachee to set expectations and agree success criteria
• Second and subsequent sessions
• Mid-programme evaluation to check on progress
• Further coaching sessions, if required
• Final session and evaluate in line with success criteria
• Report back to management (optional)

The number of coaching sessions varies but it is suggested that a minimum of six sessions are required for best effect.


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