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 Coaching
is clearly recognized today in large and small businesses as a development
tool for managers and leaders. It is most successful when the manager
him/herself is the source of the request. The complexity of corporate
coaching, however, stems from the multiple nature of the request
which is why it is so important to unite the key stakeholders around
the table for a meeting that initiates the coaching process. In
general, but not always, the stakeholders are the HR director, the
manager of the person to be coached, the person to be coached and
the coach. The purpose of this initial meeting is to clarify the
objectives for the coaching and identify the key success factors
that will recognizable at the end of the process.
My clients have ranged from junior high potential managers to very
senior executives in multinationals. I have coached both men and
women of various nationalities and based in different countries
with objectives ranging from: improve my communication skills with
my team, manage my own hierarchy more assertively”, manage
conflict with a win-win attitude, balance my life and my work, transition
into/out of another position in the company, leave gracefully”
……..
For confidentiality reasons I have separated the names, companies
and objectives of the following case studies.
Companies:
Bouygues Construction, Société Général,
Philips, Airbus, Sanofi Pasteur, Hewlett Packard ...
Roles:
European Head of Finance, Head of Quality, General Manager,
European Sales Manager, Production Manager, International HR Manager
...
Objectives:
- Transition into an operational role as team leader of a new
organisation.
- Transform the vision into an operational action plan that will
allow me to lead us through a difficult period.
- Gain a healthy balance between my personal life and a very hectic
international business life.
- Develop strategies for working with my general manager who does
not see the world the same way I do.
- Adapt my leadership style to accommodate the very different
cultural working styles of the French, the Germans, the English
and the Spanish.
- Develop my skills as a manager and assert myself in a difficult
relationship that is currently interfering with the job I am expected
to do.
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