Leadership Coaching and HR Consulting
Accelerating Performance
of organizations, leaders and teams through coaching, training, and consulting.
Why Coaching?
As a coach, I act as a catalyst for your learning, growth, and change. Hence, the company name – Catalyst Leadership Coaching.
You may be asking yourself, is coaching right for me and is it worth the investment of my time and money? Only you can answer that question, but here are some things to consider.
A 2004 study by Manchester Consulting (now Right Management) found that executive coaching delivers a return on investment of nearly six times the initial cost of coaching. The study results demonstrate what we’ve known for some time – that coaching can have a dramatic impact on personal behavior, leadership effectiveness and business performance. For more information on the benefits of coaching, go to Slideshare to view a presentation I delivered at a 2008 conference for human resource professionals.
Some of the more common reasons to work with a coach are to:
- Set and reach career and personal goals – faster
- Sort through options and decide on a new direction
- Maintain momentum and motivation while on the journey to achieving goals
- Uncover and eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors
- Learn, grow and develop – personally and professionally
- Explore issues with an objective listener to get feedback and support
- Navigate around obstacles that are in the way of achieving goals
- Get really clear on vision, values, and what comes next
- Achieve work + life fit
The only prerequisite for coaching is a willingness to change. See if you are ready for coaching by taking a self-assessment.
Beyond Training
“Training without coaching is merely entertainment.” Dave Buck
True learning and development require more than attending a training class. Training is important, but it should not be confused with learning. Training is an event. Learning is a process.
When you attend a training class, you are introduced to new skills and concepts or reminded of something you have heard before but didn’t retain. The real learning takes place in the days, weeks, and months after the training event is over.
A 1997 study of 31 public sector managers by Baruch College researchers found that a training program alone increased productivity by 28 percent. With the addition of follow-up coaching, productivity increased by 88 percent—a remarkable 60 point difference!
The process of coaching locks in the learning and reinforces new behaviors and habits. If you are ready to step up to the next level and move from acceptable to exceptional, add a coaching component to your training program!
People Strategy and HR Consulting
Does your business have a people strategy?
Who do you hire? How do you develop your employees? What do you do to ensure your best people stay? How do you measure performance? How do you deal with under-performers? And, what about compensation?
The answers to all of these questions are part of your overall people strategy. If you need help with the answers (or the questions for that matter), Catalyst Leadership Coaching can help.
