coaching and facilitation
coaching
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it and nobody’s told it yet, so it goes on flying anyway. The bumblebee is nature’s best possibility thinker!
Throughout my career I have coached teams and individuals to help them achieve and exceed their goals. Coaching is about helping you uncover and develop the skills, attributes and talents you already have. The main coaching tool I use is listening and questioning, you already have the answers; we just need to ask the right questions! There’s an old Chinese proverb “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and he feeds himself for life”. Coaching is not telling; it’s about providing you with the tools and techniques to develop yourself. In any coaching relationship, our aim is to make ourselves redundant as quickly as possible.
Most often we are our own barrier to success. It is our self-limiting beliefs, lack of confidence or self-belief that stops us, the ordinary, achieving the extraordinary. My job is to challenge, support, inspire and motivate you through a relationship based on trust and rapport.
Sometimes coaching needs result from issues arising within a team. Spending some quality time one on one with a team member or team manager can make the difference between a team at loggerheads and a harmonious team pulling in the same direction.
facilitation
Facilitation has its origins in the French word ‘facile’ = easy. It’s about making the process of a team or group coming together to achieve an outcome as easy as possible. In order to do this we work together to ensure that objectives, expectations, needs and outcomes are crystal clear and understood in advance. Facilitators often use processes and models to help get key messages across and where this is applicable, I will openly share these with you so you can take them back and use them in the workplace.
my role as facilitator is:-
- To ensure that all voices are equally heard
- To bring neutrality to the process and all parties
- To facilitate the desired outcomes and objectives of the session
- To ensure agenda and timekeeping are effectively managed, staying on track
I am happy to facilitate meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences of all types and sizes.
bringing conferences to life
Are your conferences interactive, dynamic, energised and fun? Or….have they had a reputation for being ‘death by PowerPoint’ in the past? It’s amazing what an innovative ice-breaker or a creative energiser can do for your conference participants. It’s important to match the activity and experience with the theme of your conference, the key messages, the culture of your organisation and the expectations of your audience. There’s always something for everyone so please call or e-mail for an exploratory chat. |