Leadership Assessment and Development 1:1 Coaching

“Nicola is a fabulous coach and facilitator. Her style of active listening and insightful prompts helped me to deeply think through a range of professional and personal challenges that were reducing my day to day wellbeing and leadership effectiveness.  The most powerful part of her work is her ability to help me find simple changes that I can commit to and that have made a real difference to the way I lead my life and team.  I’d recommend working with her on your own journey of self-discovery.”– Cameron Fitzgerald- General Manager Strategy and Planning City West Water

What is Coaching?

Coaching is a unique process of dialogue and personalised development that enables people to achieve their full potential by gaining clarity on goals and confidence to take action. A key tenant of working with a coach is that the client takes responsibility for their achieving their own outcomes.

Engaging a leadership coach helps you to step into the driver’s seat of your own development and to take conscious and committed action to make desired changes. Leadership Coaching is key part of both our Leadership Development and Team Development Programs.

During the coaching process, the coach will facilitate the exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes to assist the individual in making real, lasting change. Coaching involves using questioning techniques to facilitate client’s own thought processes in order to identify solutions and actions rather than takes a wholly directive approach. You can also expect that the coach will:

  • Support the client in setting appropriate goals and methods of assessing progress in relation to these goals.
  • Observe, listen and ask questions to understand the client’s situation.
  • Creatively apply tools and techniques which may include one-to-one training, facilitating, and skills practice scenarios.
  • Encourage a commitment to action and the development of lasting personal growth & change.

A key focus of the coaching relationship is that the client develops thier own competenices and does not develop unhealthy dependencies on the coaching or mentoring relationship. The coach will broker and facilitate meetings between the client and their sponsor to align, monitor and appraise progress. There will also be an evaluation of the coaching process using objective measures wherever possible to ensure the relationship is successful and the client is achieving their personal goals.

Coaching Process

While our coaching is customised to meet individual and organisational requirements within a specific context, a typical coaching process involves: 6 x 1.5 hours (or equivalent) coaching sessions over six months; three -way dialogue & engagement (coachee, manager and coach) – start – mid and endpoint; clear development objective; email access to coach between sessions and a leadership or wellbeing assessment. We also offer a coaching program specifically for women Cultivating Self 1:1 Leadership Coaching.

Needing some support on a particular leadership challenge but not a whole coaching program? We also offer one -off and three session coaching packages. Book a discovery call with Nicola to discuss your needs.

Who is coaching for?

Coaching programs are customised to meet the needs of different groups including; board members and CEO’s, executive level employees, senior managers, leaders in transition & high potential employees.

Preferred leadership development and wellbeing assessments:

 

The Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) – A comprehensive 360 degree leadership development assessment with benchmarks against a global database of leaders. Great to kick start the development of individual senior leaders and also in conjunction with a team culture assessment. A variation in this assessment is also available for middle managers.

 

 

Leadership Development Report (LDR) – The Leadership Development Report (LDR) is a powerful coaching tool for promoting self- awareness, personal transformation, and an understanding of the actions a leader needs to take to realise his or her full potential. Includes self-assessment and assessor feedback on observed and requested values and behaviours. Reviews strengths/ development areas against 26 core behaviour questions. Perfect for mid-senior level leaders and can be used in conjunction with a team option to collate collective development strengths and needs to inform approaches to leadership team development.

 

 

Global Leadership and Wellbeing Survey – GLWS – Perfect for an individual leader needing support with their own wellbeing and for teams and groups serious about growing a culture of wellbeing.

 

 

 

Our coaching rates are competitive. Diagnostic assessments range from approx. $450– $650 ex GST) and typically involve an online assessment, a two hour debrief and a two hour development planning conversation as a once off development event or as part of a six month coaching program.

Read Nicola Vague Coaching Bio May 2024

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