Coaching in FM

"Systematically increasing the capability and work performance of someone by exposing him or her to work based tasks or experiences that will provide the relevant learning opportunities, and giving guidance and feedback to help him or her to learn from them."

Coaching in Organisations

Coaching is good management practice. Some of us do it more, some do it less. Some do it well, some not so well.

Effective organisations ensure that their managers coach often and coach well. To do this, they provide an environment where coaching is seen by all as important, where everyone understands what coaching is, and where managers are supported and encouraged to coach as part of their normal role. In these organisations, coaching is as much culture as it is skill.

The coach uses the workplace as the classroom, helping the individual to develop new competencies and to improve existing ones. Coaching is very different from training, it is more of a ‘facilitation’ role. The benefits of effective coaching are manifold. For the individual, it not only develops their skills, it also develops their ability to learn. They are then better equipped to go on learning from future experiences, independent of the coach.

For the organisation, not only do you see a financial return on investment; productivity rates also increase; the capacity to make thoughtful decisions increases; and motivation improves. And if this was not enough, you will often see marked behavioural changes. Coaching heightens an individual’s awareness of their style and impact on others, making communication more honest and fluid. Clients gain relationship building tools such as constructive feedback, active listening, and clear language, which, when employed in business, encourage innovation and creativity and can add to the bottom-line.

Typical FM Coaching programme

A ‘kick start’ two-day workshop on performance coaching to ensure all managers are starting at a common point
Allocate an external coach to each delegate
Develop a cascade approach to introduce coaching as a management style
Produce materials for managers to use that will support existing procedures and systems

Your business will typically start to see results within 8 weeks.

Coaching for individuals

It’s never been more important to have the kind of personal resilience and self-belief that allows you to roll with the times and to overcome set-backs, and succeed despite the current climate.

To support you, I am offering a discounted 3-session package that will help you become more robust, and capable of taking on any challenge life and business can throw at you.

Coaching lets you focus one-to-one on your needs, eliminating the beliefs and actions that stop you from fulfilling your true potential
Coaching gives you a confidential space to discuss your concerns without fear of being judged, and to formulate action plans that will move you quickly towards your goals, at the same time uncovering those talents and skills that will help you to stay on top

As an experienced coach I can support you across the full range of issues, whether you’re on the hunt for a new job, a new career path, or simply want to get ahead in your existing field. You choose the destination, and I will support you every step of the way.