Coaching for a
Challenging Situation at Work
A SIX MONTH ONE-TO-ONE
EXECUTIVE COACHING PROGRAMME
You’ve dealt with challenges before. Now, it’s time to learn from those experiences and develop new strategies for greater success.
A dynamic programme of one-to-one coaching for leaders and managers who want to:
- Discover and deal with the right kind of exciting challenge or opportunity – and who sometimes have self-doubt, lose confidence or even sabotage themselves.
- Be recognised properly and find where they can best contribute – and who sometimes feel held back, overlooked or stuck.
- Forge good working relationships – and who can sometime find others to be exceptionally difficult, or even hit an interpersonal rough-patch themselves.
I’ve faced challenging situations at work myself. I know how it feels and I understand the demands and the opportunities.
You’ve probably read helpful resources such as The First 100 Days, The Seven Habits, Managing what Matters, and Start with Why. These provide valuable insights, but you want to understand their implications specifically for you. Applying them to your unique situation and staying consistent can be difficult.
Your organisation may have a robust leadership framework and values that guide how you should be at work. Internal coaching might also be available. Yet implementing these guidelines may not address your actual concerns or the challenges you face. They might not match your specific agenda in a way that works for you.
You may have watched how others do it, with some people in your organisation appearing to find this effortless. You’ve considered emulating them or using celebrity leaders as role-models. But you question some of their values. Ultimately, you sense they aren’t like you, don’t suit your style, and may not fully support your goals.
What Kind of Things Will Help?
Find a reliable sounding board — someone who provides space, time, and understanding for dealing with a demanding role.
If something’s lacking — a more effective approach or behaviour — seek honest and compassionate guidance. This enables you to explore and act on the situation.
An ally is crucial, but not an unquestioning one. They must be supportive, perceptive, credible and independent.
Reflect out loud on significant issues or uncertainties. This is a safe and stimulating environment to test your ideas, worries and aspirations.
Feeling bogged down in details? Get help to look at the bigger picture, considering both long-term and short-term aspects, as well as the immediate demands you’re facing.
Unlock your personal development, particularly essential soft skills like leadership, motivation, resilience, balance, and influence.
Explore how to reconcile other people’s agendas with your own objectives and wider responsibilities, effectively navigating any conflicts that emerge.
Embrace a bespoke mix of support and challenge, enabling you to confidently plan your next steps without hesitation or fear of getting it wrong.
To discover more about how I can help to deal with a challenging situation at work, please click this link to schedule a no-obligations, totally confidential chat.
I’m a Certified Professional Coach with a blend of hard and soft skills qualifications, over twenty years’ experience in executive coaching, and experience of my own in large and small organisations, including board-level roles. Learn more about my background and qualifications on my About page.
My coaching style is relaxed and informal with plenty of behind-the-scenes structure and as much courageous compassion and constructive challenge as you need.
I know what it’s like to face challenging situations at work and what it takes to overcome obstacles, make the most of opportunities and build a fulfilling way of leading and managing.
“At its core, my coaching is about championing – to understand and to lift, challenge and celebrate people in how they approach the demands of their work.”
Key Features and Process
A SIX-MONTH PROGRAMME OF
ONE-TO-ONE EXECUTIVE COACHING
Commissioned by:
- Individual leaders and managers for themselves
- Leaders and Human Resources professionals in support of colleagues.
Outline:
- An informal scoping conversation to discuss needs, approaches and desired outcomes with the coachee and, if involved, the commissioning colleague(s).
- An upfront promise of total confidentiality. I don’t share anything of the coaching outside of the sessions. Beyond a simple accountability for whether or not the sessions have been held, I don’t report any content to commissioning colleagues at work.
- An initial commitment on the coachees’ part to attend a minimum of six coaching sessions, typically of around 90 minutes each, over a period of some six months or slightly more.
Mutually-agreed ways of working, including:
- overall objectives for the coaching and how we will assess them
- what kind of approach and style is most likely to be successful for an individual coachee
- how we’ll deal with any obstacles that might arise,
- the logistics (dates, times, etc)
- opportunities for reflection and investigation in between coaching sessions.
Regular coaching sessions, usually monthly, where the coachee drives the agenda and I manage the process in order to achieve the outcomes they need.
For a confidential and no-obligations conversation about how my coaching can help to deal with a challenging situation at work, please reserve a time and date using the button.
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An old adage suggests that the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. And that the second best time is now.
But busy careers can get in the way of our own development, making it crucial to recognise when the right influence and catalyst comes along.
When people come to coaching they often say they felt like a coiled spring, filled with energy they wanted to direct purposefully and powerfully towards something important.
Or they describe it as having heard the starting gun a while ago, but hadn’t known how to start the race properly.
One client described it as like having a klaxon blaring, something that they couldn’t ignore any longer, telling them: now is the time to act, to stop being a passenger on the roller-coaster and to take control.
Another popular saying goes, “Time is luck.”
My view?
We make our own luck!
If you’re ready to explore some support for dealing with a challenging situation at work, please use the button to book some time in my calendar. In confidence.
Recent Testimonials
Nick has provided executive coaching and support to me for a number of years now. Starting with a period of self reflection and low confidence, Nick has nurtured my development as a leader. Time spent with Nick has always been extremely valuable and I greatly appreciate his empathy and challenge. Always willing to go the extra mile for his clients, I would highly recommend Nick for your coaching and development needs.
Fantastic coach! I’ve genuinely enjoyed coaching sessions with Nick, as part of a leadership programme. He’s an excellent listener and asks thought provoking questions to stimulate discussion. If you’re in need of time for self-reflection, then I highly recommend working with him. Thanks for all your help Nick!