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| Too young to be a Director |
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As a result of a performance appraisal at a City Plc where I had worked closely with the board (facilitating away-days on its future strategy), I was invited by the COO to work with one director. I used Appreciative Inquiry to increase the confidence of this director and to help him believe he had ‘gravitas’ with his own client base. Because he ‘looked young’ he believed that his clientele thought he was not mature enough to do the job. This was a 6-month coaching contract, which included 4 monthly 1:1 conversations with the director concerned. To read more download: bsp_casestudy_2.pdf (24.34 KB) |
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| Everyone was scared of Cathy |
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As a coach, I employ various methods in my own work, which is largely based on systemic thinking and practice. Under this umbrella is a useful tool, originally pioneered by Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer for use in family therapy. I attended a 5-day coaching course with Kim Berg in 2001 and subsequently began to translate Solution Focused work, along with some other coaches, into the business arena - where it works well with individuals and teams that require a ‘jump start’ into some new behaviour(s) that begin, in turn, to make some small differences in the wider work environment.
I first met Cathy when she attended a sales coaching course at her company. A couple of years later her boss (Dan) asked me to coach her after feed back from their team that “everyone was scared of Cathy.”
To read more download: bsp_casestudy_1.pdf (49.88 KB)
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| Coaching support for transition back to work |
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I had been involved in coaching a specialist team at a City Law firm over a 9-month period. At the end of this period, its leader, Marianne, went on maternity leave. The new team leader, Steve, was part of a Partner Coaching & Leadership Programme I was also running at the firm, so we kept in close contact throughout Marianne’s maternity leave.
Upon her return, Marianne requested some further 1:1 coaching to support her transition back to work. To read more download: bsp_casestudy_3.pdf (26.36 KB) |
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Georgina Noakes set up Bright Side Productions in 1997 to offer coaching, leadership and development to senior executives and their teams. Bright Side creates and implements systemic leadership & coaching initiatives designed to enhance personal and team performance in organisational life.