"Executive Coaching has given me a confidential space, which has influenced very big decisions in the company.”

Individual coaching

Coaching is a structured learning process. Ambitious leaders need personalised feedback to create substantial and lasting improvements in their developments as leaders, in handling their daily challenges, and in developing their careers.

Coaching is not a quick fix. It is a deep, personal learning process that provides clients with the opportunity to conquer both inner and outer blockages. Even though the coach provides objective feedback, insights and tasks, it is the client’s responsibility to take the actual steps necessary to achieve the desired results.

As an Executive Coach, I am professionally educated to listen, observe, inquire, challenge, motivate, and to adjust my approaches in order to best accommodate each client’s unique needs and goals.

Coaching provides you with tools, structure, and ongoing support for improving your performance, and at the same time, you maintain responsibility for your own actions and growth.

The process

Start

The coaching relationship begins with a preliminary conversation followed by an in-depth questionnaire to be completed by the client. The preliminary questions help to prepare the foundation for the coaching relationship through various reference points, creating a thorough picture of who the client is and what is important to them. This preparation also establishes the basis and context for quickly obtaining advantageous results. On the background of this initial conversation, the coach crafts a proposal for a coaching agenda, that – as precisely as possible – defines the areas and problems the client wishes to develop and improve upon. When necessary, this agenda is adjusted along the way by the client.

The first coaching session is dedicated to going through the answers to the questions, to establishing clear expectations of one another from the outset, and to – not in the least – getting the client started on their first coaching task. The length of the coaching process is agreed upon from the start, typically progressing over 10-12 sessions.

Coaching sessions

Coaching sessions have a duration of 60-90 minutes, according to prior agreement. They are generally held every two to three weeks – or tailored to whatever duration best suits the client’s situation. Coaching sessions can take place at the coach’s offices, via telephone, at the client’s office, or wherever the client prefers.

Usually, there will be ‘homework’ between the coaching sessions, and this is where the rubber meets the road, as the saying goes. It is when the client brings insights from the coaching sessions into their real and immediate world that sustained progress occurs and becomes integrated into their life. Therefore, coaches often say that a lot of the value added by coaching happens in-between sessions.

I offer full support via phone or e-mail in-between sessions, to share perspectives, brainstorm, celebrate, or just to communicate as needed. I want my clients to know that I am t/here for them – also, when need be, beyond the scheduled sessions.

Examples of individual Coaching themes

• Preparing for difficult negotiations
• Transforming a bad habit
• Becoming better at enjoying life
• Learning to find satisfaction in who you are
• Finding new motivation for work
• Strengthening the ability to act courageously
• Strengthening the ability to handle emotionally tensed situations

I work with:

Leaders of Cultural Institutions