Coaching programmes

Personalised professional development and support

Coaching provides you with the opportunity to step back from your day-to-day work to gain perspective on your role,
consider difficult issues, and think strategically about the direction your career is taking as a whole.

About coaching

What can business coaching can do for you?

Business coaching provides a uniquely supportive and open working partnership that benefits individuals, teams and organisations. The personal attention coaching affords helps boost emotional intelligence, self-awareness, leadership capability, confidence and focus.

Our experienced coaches will work closely with you to build a strong and trusting one-to-one partnership underpinned by sound coaching principles that blend challenge and support, and proven personal development techniques.

We understand that responsible roles can feel lonely. So our coaching programmes provide you with access to invaluable external support and advice, personalised development opportunities and an opportunity to discuss specific issues, needs or goals in complete confidence.


‘The best advice I ever got was to get a coach.
Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

 

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How does coaching work?

Typically, the coaching process involves the following:

A short introductory meeting– to understand your role, background and goals. The coaching process and confidentiality are discussed, and this meeting provides an essential ‘chemistry check’ – to ensure a strong relationship will develop.

Defining your coaching objectives– encompassing both short term and longer-term goals. Where appropriate your manager can be included in a three-way meeting at the outset and on completion of coaching.

Flexible structure– A format determined by your agenda and needs, but often 4-7 sessions lasting two hours spaced approximately 4-6 weeks apart.

An individualised approach– to increase emotional intelligence, raise awareness, reflect on strengths and challenges, and agree action. Coaches can draw upon an extensive range of psychological tools to ensure the desired outcomes are achieved (including DISC, Strengths-based psychometrics, 360 Emotional intelligence surveys, stakeholder feedback, and positive psychology). Action planning is central, and email / phone support between sessions is also provided to ensure continuity and progress.

Ongoing support– Added value of phone and email support that you can tap into as required.


The right coach and the right format for you

We have a number of highly skilled coaches, each with their own specialisms, experience and style from whom we will help you select the right person to support you.

And of course we recognise that it’s interpersonal chemistry as well as what’s on their CV that makes a coach right for you. That’s why we recommend an initial conversation to allow you to ensure you feel comfortable with the coach before committing to a series of sessions.

Depending on where you are, your needs and preferences we can arrange your initial chat and subsequent sessions to take place face-to-face, by telephone or Skype. Sometimes a combination of all three works best.

And in between sessions your coach is always happy to provide additional support and advice by email or over the phone.

Coaching categories

Every coaching relationship is unique and flexible, but we’ve developed specific approaches to six of the most common focus areas that help to structure how we work with you.

For details of how we approach these different kinds of coaching relationship, please click on the links below.

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Training for coaches

As well as offering coaching ourselves, we can also train you to be a coach within your own organisation.

Our trainers can provide a range of programmes to train internal coaches, some of which are accredited by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).

You can find out more about our coaching training here.

Find out more

If you have any questions about our coaching programmes or training, or if you would like to speak to one of our coaches about how it could work for you please get in touch.


Cambridge Executive Development is a boutique learning consultancy with a small and select team specialising in business training and coaching. Over fifteen years we’ve helped people from hundreds of companies, including many household names, boost their productivity and confidence, and transform their impact at work.

 
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