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 I work with each individual and
organizational client to design custom solutions that fit their desired
outcomes and their unique leverage points. In designing solutions I draw from a
wide inventory of proven processes, tools and principles designed to enhance
and support optimal functioning.
Here is a snapshot of some of the ways
I work with my clients to support them.
Contact me
to discuss how one or more of these solutions can help you or your organization
in functioning optimally.
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For experienced, successful
leaders who want to deepen and strengthen their leadership capability in order
to handle bigger, more complex challenges. The nature of the work is determined
by the unique needs of each client, but typically includes a focus on one or
more of the following:
- Enhancing integrity and character as a
foundation for leadership;
- Developing the ability to manage better in
uncertainty and ambiguity;
- Functioning more effectively in the midst
of complexity and competing demands;
- Leading in a more collaborative way;
- Becoming a champion for inspiration,
creativity, innovation within the organization;
- Maintaining well-being while significant
personal resources are focused on important initiatives;
- Developing new perspectives and clarity on
how to handle challenging situations.
My contribution: creating a
reflective space for personal exploration; facilitating action-inquiry;
confidential sounding board and thinking partner; source of relevant new ideas
and perspectives; creating learning maps; encourager, challenger and
supporter.
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For highly competent
individual contributors (e.g., scientists, engineers) who are in the early
stages of moving into a leadership role. Coaching for these clients focus on
building capability and confidence to deal wit the demands of the new role.
Typical focus areas include:
- Acquiring the higher levels of
interpersonal skills that are critical to effectiveness in the new role;
- Focused, customized development of
"management basics" (e.g., Managing for results; Motivating others; Developing
direct reports; Building effective teams; Hiring and staffing);
- Enhancing the capability to stay "on
purpose" in the midst of greater complexity and more demands;
- Understanding more clearly what the "real
work" of the manager/leader role is;
- Gaining insight into their own personal
strengths, motivators and beliefs, and how these affect their functioning in
their new role.
My contribution: co-designing
learning maps; source of content, best practices, ideas and perspectives;
facilitating action-reflection-learning process; teacher and mentor;
encourager, challenger and supporter.
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For leaders and high
achievers who have been successful so far in their careers, and have now
reached a cross-roads where the next step is not clear. Transition coaching is
helpful for individuals who:
- Are asking themselves "Where do I go next?
What do I want next?"
- Are ready to go beyond "business as usual"
and pursue a new challenge;
- Want to satisfy the desire to express
themselves as well as the desire to make a meaningful contribution;
- Understand there are no perfect, final
answers to the "what's next" question, only a thoughtful intentional engagement
with the next phase of life.
My contribution: creating a
reflective space; designing maps for the exploration; provider of tools and
processes to support the exploration; "connector of dots"; encourager,
challenger and supporter.
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For mature, highly
intelligent individuals who are fully engaged with their own learning journey,
and who are looking for a reflective space and a mature conversation partner as
they engage with the next phase of the journey. Such clients are ready to:
- Engage with deep questions about the
meaning of their lives
- Explore the implications of the
interconnectedness of everything for themselves and their lives
- Challenge themselves to live at a higher
level of integrity
My contribution: creating a
reflective space; being a conversation partner and fellow-explorer; facilitator
of action-inquiry; source of ideas and perspectives, encourager, challenger and
supporter.
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For organizations that want
to develop a leadership culture that is more collaborative, engages employees
more fully, and is more effective at developing the future capability of
employees. The proven Adler approach - which I've helped to develop - uses a
blend of consulting, design, workshops, and coaching to support organizations
in the following key areas:
- Strategic positioning
- Clarifying desired outcomes/measures
for proposed leadership development initiative
- Positioning the approach in the
organization's context - e.g., linking to performance management model,
strategic objectives, leadership competencies, core values
- Building leaders' coaching
capability
- Assessing of current coaching
practices
- Training managers through innovative
workshops in a comprehensive coaching approach and key coaching skills
- Supporting managers in relating their
coaching role to their other manager/leader roles
- Implementation support
- Providing follow up programs to ensure
application (e.g., group tele-labs, individual coaching for senior leaders
whose modeling is key to the success of the culture shift)
- Custom-designed support tools
Training and certification of internal
coaches to deliver the program is also available.
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For teams who have important
work to do and who truly do need to work together as a team to get their work
accomplished. Through my association with 4-D Systems I offer
organizational clients access to a fully integrated set of processes and tools
designed to help teams find the optimal balance among technical expertise and
social competence. 4-D Systems include:
- A powerful framework of eight key
contributors to team effectiveness;
- Benchmarked team assessments that indicate
leverage points for improvement of team effectiveness;
- Individual assessment that indicate
leverage points for improvement of individual effectiveness;
- Workshops that enhance team and leadership
effectiveness;
- Follow-up coaching for individuals to turn
4-D knowledge and tools into consistent behavior change;
- Follow-up assessment to monitor
trends.
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Contact me to discuss how one or more of these
solutions can help you or your organization in functioning
optimally.
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