UK Leadership and Executive Coaching

Leadership and Executive Coaching London and UK-Wide.

In recent conversations with leaders, managers and HR Professionals 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 2010 goals.  Maybe you're asking yourself similar questions:

How do we help competent technical of functional experts develop their interpersonal or managerial skills?
How do we develop high potential individuals?

How does someone develop a more strategic perspective after a promotion to a more senior role?
How do individuals learn to handle conflict situations so that they are resolved more effectively?

How do leaders find a sounding board for their ideas?

How do leaders manage work/life balance?

How can leaders make behavioural changes?

How can leaders raise their emotional intelligence?

At Iridium we believe executive leadership coaching provides an answer to these questions. We use the following definition of coaching:

The overall purpose of coaching is to enable people, in an increasingly competitive and pressurised world, take responsibility and control of their own learning and development in order to:

 Develop their skills

 Improve their performance

 Maximise their potential, and

 Become the person they want to be.

One of many testimonials that we have received:

"Gill’s coaching has significantly increased my personal impact - I’m much more self aware, delivering an impact that I control, and getting positive outcomes - for me and for others. Gill coaches with a good blend of carrot and stick; communicates with knowledge, common sense and empathy; and guides me to find my own solutions to improve my personal performance. "

Adrian Griffiths, Head of Mental Health & Continuing Healthcare Finance, NHS Birmingham East & North

Why Iridium?

There are many organisations and individuals providing leadership executive 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 hands-on in-company roles as well as significant professional consulting experience. See Gill Graves executive coaching and mentoring cv.

Secondly, we have considerable executive coaching experience and success stories.  Our executive coaching clients include Vodafone, The Open University, The Prudential and The NHS.  Take the following real life examples (names have been changed to keep confidentiality).

David had been working for his organisation for 4 years.  He'd consistently been a top performing sales person and had recently been promoted to a Regional Sales Director.  However, he was struggling to make the transition from a hands-on sales person to someone managing a team of sales and sales support personnel.  He was too involved in all of the detail and working far too many hours.  Over a period of 6 months we worked with David focusing on his delegation skills, performance management and taking a more strategic perspective in his new role.

By contrast Susan had been with her company for a long period of time and had been highly successful.  However, acquiring a new manager really pushed her out of her comfort zone.  The new manager had a very different working style and challenged many of Susan's ways of working.  Although not completely bought into the idea of coaching Susan realised that she needed to make some changes, and make them fast.  We worked with Susan for a number of months focusing on developing awareness of her own preferred ways of doing things and increasing her flexibility so that she had other choices available to her.

Both David and Susan met the coaching outcomes that they had set for themselves and have been successful in sustaining their increased performance levels.  We have many more examples which we could share with you.

Your executive coaching programme will be tailor-made and personalised to reflect your specific requirements. 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 July or August 2010.

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

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