Leadership Coaching

Hi,

My name is Gill Graves and I specialise in leadership coaching.

In recent conversations with leaders across a wide range of organisations and market sectors, we've discovered remarkable similarities in the kinds of dilemmas being faced as they plan to meet their 2009 goals against the backdrop of a recession. For example:

How do I find a sounding board for new ideas?

What makes a great leader?

How do I further enhance my leadership skills
How do I develop the people that we have already got?

How do I develop a more strategic perspective?
How can I best handle conflict to improve productivity?

How can I improve morale?

How can I improve the top line?

How can I improve the bottom line?

Who can help me in my quest to be successful?

A recent large-scale survey by the CIPD highlighted these tricky, but common place, dilemmas as ones which are particularly well suited to coaching interventions. 

I worked as a HR director for a multinational company before setting up Iridium in 2000. I have a MA in Coaching and Mentoring and have experience of successfully coaching leaders across a range of organisations.

Contact my now on 07881 636538 or via the web.

I look forward to talking with you.

Gill.

A definition of leadership coaching

At Iridium we use the following definition of leadership coaching:

The overall purpose of leadership coaching is to enable leaders to be successful in an increasingly competitive and pressurised world by taking responsibility and control of their own learning and development in order to:

 Develop their skills

 Improve their performance

 Maximise their potential, and

 Become the successful leader they want to be.

As such we view coaching as a holistic and learning-focused approach with an emphasis on personal skills and attributes underpinned by the use of appropriate tools and techniques.

Why Iridium?

There are many organisations and individuals providing coaching so why choose Iridium?

Firstly, our coaches are highly skilled and professionally qualified to the new European recognised standards.  We've all had senior, director level hands-on in-company roles as well as significant professional consulting experience.

Secondly, we have considerable coaching experience and success stories.  Our coaching clients include Vodafone, The Open University, The Prudential and The NHS. 

Your coaching programme will be tailor-made and personalised to reflect your specific requirements,however it is likely to include all, or some, of the following:

	A range of coaching tools and techniques to increase self perception and awareness. The aim being to build up a 'tool kit' of tools that can be used on going.
	Use of personality questionnaires (eg MBTI, Learning Styles, Values) to explore personality preferences and how these manifest themselves at work and how these preferences affect leadership style.
	The undertaking of an Emotional Intelligence multi-rater/360 degree questionnaire to obtain additional feedback from colleagues/employees/clients about personal style.
	Access to the latest thinking on Leadership. Including Goleman's leadership styles and work on 'Why should anyone be led by you?
	'Email and telephone support throughout the programme.

The coaching can take a variety of forms to suit your preferences and time commitments eg face-to-face, telephone coaching, email support. Contact us now for a free introductory session to see what is right for you. Maybe you would also like to take advantage of our 6-4-5 offer - we have found that most people like to have an initial programme of six sessions so we have a special offer of  six sessions for the cost of five valid for coaching starting in December 2009 or January 2010.

To discuss further call me now on 07881 636538 or leave your details on our contact page. 

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