COACHING

FAQs

WHAT IS CO-ACTIVE COACHING?

Co-Active Coaching is a unique, proactive alliance in which coach and client work together as equals to meet the needs of the client.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING, THERAPY AND CONSULTING?

Comparison	Coaching	Therapy	Consulting
Client status	Client is creative, resourceful, and whole.	Client is broken, needs healing	Client needs advice or help.
Who is the expert?	Client is the expert	Therapist is the expert.	Consultant is the expert
Questions?	Asks what questions	Asks why questions	Answers questions
Time focus	Focus on present/future	Focus on past/present	Focus on /present/future
Agenda	Client’s	Therapist’s	Consultant’s
Problem solving	Client solves problem	Problem is analyzed/may or may not be solved, Why is it happening is analyzed.	Consultant solves the problem.

WHO HIRES A COACH & WHY?

People hire a coach because:

• They want more.
• They want to grow.
• They want to do things more easily. They want to develop themselves and the people who work for them.

Gillian's clients are successful individuals from all walks of life who consider coaching a tool that gives them the edge they need to fulfill their goals.

Workshops

We offer a number of development workshops that are designed to help groups that work together gain insight into their attitudes, behaviors, and potential in the workplace. By linking these insights to real-world-tested best practices, the transformation from insight to action is accelerated.

Choose from one of the following workshops, or contact us to custom design a program to meet your needs.

Improving Communication  (Full Day)   
Managing Conflict and Resistance (Full Day)
Using your strengths to your advantage (Full Day)
Making the most of your time - Time Mastery (Full Day) (8 session Tele-seminar
Getting the most from your Key Contributors (Half Day)
Improving Team Effectiveness (Full Day)
True Colors – (Half Day)

Improving Communication (Full Day)
Communication is more than talking and listening.  Genuine communication requires a deep understanding of another person’s perspective.  This program shows participants how to read other people and see how others interpret their behaviors.  It leaves them with a gut-level appreciation for their co-workers.   The program helps participants adapt their communication styles in a way that creates an enduring working alliance among members.

Managing Conflict and Resistance (Full Day)
Working with so-called difficult employees can be one of a manager’s biggest headaches.  People often times come across as difficult because they handle conflict differently than we do.  This program provides managers with a simple, direct way to understand the different fears that drive much of the conflict and resistance they see.  Participants will learn how and why different people become threatened and discover skills for relating more effectively with people of all styles.

Using your strengths to your advantage (Full Day)
It’s no secret that some of us seem to have more natural social skill than others.  But the truth is that we all have our own interpersonal strengths.  Truly effective people know their talents and find opportunities to maximize their skills.  This program helps participants pinpoint their unique strengths and shows them how they can get the most out of their talents. 

Making the Most of your time - Time Mastery (Full Day) (8 session Tele-seminar)
Setting priorities and managing time are basic to enhancing individual and organizational performance. The pressure to find innovative ways to achieve goals, stay ahead of the competition, respond quickly to customer needs, and enjoy life outside of work is increasingly intense in today's less structured, information-driven workplace. Meeting the daily challenges of managing professional and personal responsibilities requires a learning strategy that focuses on individual needs. The Time Mastery workshop helps people assess their time-management effectiveness and create a personal plan for improving their skills in key areas. 

Getting the most from your Key Contributors (Half Day)
Even the best performers get stagnated from time to time.  But before managers can help them out of their rut, they need to understand the situation and why the person is having difficulty.  This program helps managers read the situational needs of their key contributors and adjust their management style accordingly.   They’ll learn some fundamental strategies for reading the willingness and ability of the people they manage as well as the most effective approaches in each situation.

Improving Team Effectiveness (Full Day)
Think about the first work team you were on.  You probably quickly discovered that each person had a unique way of doing things.  Sometimes team differences are easily accepted and laughed about, but too frequently teams find that those differences can also cause confusion, stagnation, or frustration.  This program addresses three of the most common challenges that teams face; motivation, conflict, and communication.  Participants learn simple, intuitive ways to make lasting improvements in a team’s effectiveness.

TRUE COLORS
If you’re interested in fostering a work environment that buzzes with determination and drive?  Then our half day True Colors workshop is for you.

True Colors is a fun, straightforward and simple method for gaining insights into why people behave as they do.  Your employees will benefit by

• revealing their “strengths”
• teaching them new ways of relating to each other
• strengthening their communication skills,

Your managers will benefit by

• helping them understand and reduce sources of conflict
• opening lines of communication
• helping them to appreciate and utilize their team’s diversity

 

Pre-program Questionnaire document

Please download and complete this questionnaire, then return it by email.