A strategic partnership: Empowering Individuals for Personal and Professional Excellence
Aimed at nurturing holistic leadership development across multiple organizational tiers, our Executive Coaching programme begins with a needs assessment to pinpoint unique leadership challenges and areas for growth. Once identified, we match each leader or team with an executive coach whose expertise and experience resonate with their specific requirements. Alongside personalized one-on-one sessions that address individual leadership goals, the programme can also include group workshops. These collective sessions focus on overarching leadership themes, facilitating not only targeted learning but also peer collaboration and shared growth experiences.
Embarking on executive coaching takes you through a journey of growth. It’s not just about honing leadership skills; it’s about fostering culture, managing conflicts, and improving decision-making. These sessions dive into self-awareness, addressing behaviours, strengths, and growth areas. Emotional intelligence tools enrich relationships and communication. Navigating roles, you’ll find work-life balance strategies and solutions to challenges. Ultimately, executive coaching serves as a comprehensive platform for leaders to refine skills, boost self-awareness, and achieve envisioned career aspirations.
Executive coaching benefits individuals at various career stages, including high-potentials, middle managers, entrepreneurs, career shifters, and those facing performance or work-life balance challenges. It’s also valuable for teams and departments seeking collaboration enhancement or shared objective achievement. Executive coaching fosters growth and development for anyone aspiring to succeed in their professional journey.
Executive coaching benefits include leadership development, conflict management, and culture building. It boosts decision-making, self-awareness, and work-life balance. It clarifies vision, enhances communication, and drives growth. Accountability ensures goal commitment, and it aids in conflict resolution and emotional intelligence. During transitions, coaching provides support and tools, ultimately catalyzing leadership, personal growth, and organizational performance.
Executive coaching is a personalized professional development process tailored to senior leaders, managers, and high-potential employees within an organization. It focuses on enhancing leadership capabilities, decision-making skills, and overall performance by addressing individual needs, challenges, and goals. An Executive Coach acts as a confidant, mentor, and guide, employing techniques such as active listening, powerful questioning, and feedback to help leaders gain deeper self-awareness, broaden their perspectives, and develop more effective leadership behaviours. The process often involves setting specific objectives, creating action plans, and monitoring progress over time. While executive coaching is often oriented toward the business context, it also considers the holistic well-being of the individual, recognizing that personal and professional growth are intertwined. In summary, executive coaching empowers leaders to maximize their potential, drive organizational success, and achieve personal fulfilment.
You can expect a structured, yet flexible journey tailored to your unique needs and aspirations. Beginning with goal setting and a thorough assessment of your current state, the process unfolds as a series of meaningful conversations that aim to bridge the gap between where you are and where you wish to be. Throughout the engagement, you'll experience a safe environment where you can express concerns, share aspirations, and explore opportunities without judgment. Your coach will employ active listening, powerful questioning, and evidence-based techniques to draw out insights, challenge limiting beliefs, and foster a deeper self-awareness. As the process progresses, you'll be equipped with tools, strategies, and action plans to tackle challenges and pursue your goals more effectively. Beyond the immediate outcomes, the coaching process often instils lasting habits of reflection, self-improvement, and proactive problem-solving, setting the foundation for continuous personal and professional growth.
The duration of a typical coaching engagement varies widely based on the objectives, individual needs, and the specific context in which the coaching is being provided. In general, many coaching engagements tend to last anywhere from three to twelve months, with sessions occurring weekly or bi-weekly. Some specific scenarios, like preparing for a particular event or addressing a targeted issue, might require shorter engagements, spanning just a few weeks. On the other hand, executive or leadership coaching at senior levels, or coaching aimed at profound personal transformation, can extend beyond a year. It's essential for both the coach and the individual being coached to regularly assess progress and determine the optimal duration to meet the established goals. Moreover, even after the primary engagement concludes, some individuals opt for periodic "check-in" sessions to maintain momentum and continue their development.
In executive coaching, progress is tracked using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. Starting with clear objectives, regular check-ins assess achievements and areas for refinement. 360-degree feedback offers holistic insights, supplemented by various assessment tools and personal reflections. Tangible results, such as team improvements, combined with personal growth indicators like increased confidence, measure development.
Progress in coaching is multi-faceted, both the coach and the individual play pivotal roles in monitoring and celebrating the milestones achieved throughout the journey.
Consider the coach's credentials, experience, and coaching style. It's essential that you feel a strong rapport and trust. You are welcome to set up a chemistry session with any of our coaches to have a chance to connect with them and see if you feel a strong fit.
If you're looking to grow professionally, navigate challenges, or enhance specific skills and are open to self-reflection and feedback, coaching can be beneficial.
Typically, sessions are held every two to four weeks, but frequency can be adjusted based on individual needs and preferences.
Yes, our coaches offer sessions via Zoom or Teams.
Things to consider if you have coaching on one of these platforms:
Open communication is crucial. Discuss any concerns with your coach to adjust the approach or determine if a different coach would be a better fit.
Costs vary widely based on the coach's experience, the duration and frequency of sessions. Sessions are between R2000 – R3500 for 60 minutes. Many coaching engagements tend to last anywhere from three to twelve months, with sessions occurring weekly or bi-weekly. Some specific scenarios, like preparing for a particular event or addressing a targeted issue, might require shorter engagements, spanning just a few weeks. On the other hand, executive or leadership coaching at senior levels, or coaching aimed at profound personal transformation, can extend beyond a year.
I’ve worked with Carrie Nidd via Zoom as we are in different countries and I can highly recommend her. The sessions were so easy to book and manage into my very busy schedule. I had only 20 mins free some weeks and yet she was able to create a space where I could get out my head and get clear on things such that I could move forward more productively. She is warm non-judgemental and sincere but frank and candid when needed and I enjoyed our time together. What I went to coaching for was business and yet she addressed all aspects of my life that I didn’t realise were impacting on my business. This holistic approach was extremely effective.
“Working with Mary was a big decision, but it’s one of the best investments I’ve made into my business, our marriage and myself. Mary J helped me answer these questions and others that I didn’t know to ask. I now feel like I have direction and agency in my life and career… the ride is no less wild, but it feels less terrifying in the driver’s seat. ”
“Working with Mary unlocked something very special for me. She invited me to set “emotional goals” (what were those!?) and introduced me to the Enneagram which helped me put everything back together within myself after spending two years lost in the wild i.e. burnout recovery. Eighteen months later, I still don’t quite have the money thing all figured out, but as a creative entrepreneur just starting off on her own, I think that’s fine – especially with MJ there to tame my chaos.”
“When I first started working with Mary a couple of years ago I felt incredibly disempowered. I had spent my lifetime trying to fit a mould that really wasn’t the right fit. This translated into how I felt about, and related to money. Mary holds such a sensitive, supportive & respectful space for me to explore my self, needs, and how I’d like to be and move through the world abundantly. In a year I went from scared and disempowered to courageously negotiating business deals from a place of self worth and values, not afraid to turn down offers that didn’t align with my new found will to thrive and not just survive. Mary really is changing the way we can work with money, introducing a much needed holistic approach to merging wealth and well being.”
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