Laura helps organizations to achieve exceptional bottom line results through developing high-functioning leaders and teams. Laura helps individuals and teams to identify their habitual patterns of thinking and behavior that undermine their effectiveness and results, and supports them in shifting to new, optimal mindsets that underpin strong working relationships, expand agility and self-responsibility, and drive enhanced outcomes.
Typical results include:
- Higher productivity
- Increased employee engagement and morale
- Expanded collaboration and innovation
- Better communications and relationships
- Improved alignment
- Reduced inefficiencies and costs
- Enhanced retention
- Increased bottom line profitability
What would be possible for your organization if all your leaders and teams were operating at peak performance level?
“After doing considerable due diligence (speaking with a lot of coaches), I hired Laura to work with a faith-based non-profit for which I was a past president. I remained heavily involved as Laura worked with several individuals on the leadership team. Laura’s coaching and positive impact was absolutely stellar. Laura is incredibly perceptive, professional, and always available. She has an incredible ability to tease out complexity and allow those with whom she works to see and understand things more clearly. I have since referred Laura to many other people. And I value her skill set so highly, that I decided to take several coaching classes in which Laura was the teacher/mentor. The wisdom that she imparted will last me a lifetime. I highly recommend Laura!!” – David Boninger, Ph.D.
Programs and Services for Organizations:
LEADER AS COACH – A group learning program to learn coaching skills that will amplify your impact as a leader.
Today’s leaders and managers are aware that they are expected to coach their teams, but most are under-equipped to coach effectively. In a recent ICF global survey, leaders/managers responding to the survey cited untrained individuals as the number one obstacle to the use of coaching in the workplace.
Due to that lack of training and full understanding of the role, coaching may be
- ignored;
- done sporadically and/or in a cursory way;
- or worst, executed so poorly that it can actually do more harm than good.
As a result, the opportunity for individuals, teams and organizations to achieve maximum results is undermined – and valuable resources are lost.
Do leaders and managers need training on how to coach employees? – “YES!” said 93% of respondents to the 2017 SHRM/Globoforce Employee Recognition Survey.
Lack of effective coaching negatively impacts employees in a multitude of areas, including…
- diminished quality of supervisor-direct report relationships
- failing to develop and leverage employee strengths
- lack of clarity about priorities and mission
- underperforming individuals and teams
- inadequate and/or disheartening performance reviews
- lackluster employee engagement, and negativity
- poor retention
- disappointing training results
A leader who has developed strong coaching skills has the tools to turn all those negatives around. This Leader as Coach program provides leaders and managers with the foundational skills to build better workplace relationships, and conduct effective coaching conversations, as a process for driving exceptional results.
In this Leader as Coach program you will learn…
- How to develop a Coaching Mindset, the most crucial element in coaching success
- A framework for understanding how coaching works
- How to establish a strong coaching agreement, and build trust
- Structure for an effective coaching conversation
- Core coaching skills of deep listening, powerful questions, encouragement, direct feedback
- Planning, goal setting, and supporting learning
- Designing effective actions
- Cultivating robust self-responsibility and accountability
- Establishing a consistent coaching cycle over time
Who will benefit from this program?
- Executives and high level leaders in any organization
- Managers at any level
- Aspiring leaders who want to build their leadership toolkit
- Educators in any learning environment or level who want to support more deeply grounded learning
- Consultants who want to attain better results through better conversations and better relationships.
What results would you expect to see if you could coach with great effectiveness?
“This will help me BIG TIME!” – D.Z., Production Team Lead
“Gained a clearer understanding of the value of coaching in organizations, and seeing how the models/tools, etc. can truly impact the way managers engage with their teams. Great program that can really change the way managers manage people.” – Jeff Becker, Leadership Consultant
“I found it extremely helpful in doing my job, and also in communicating better in all areas of my life.” – P.P., Call Center Manager
Virtual Program Format: Six 90-minute Zoom sessions over a 3-month period. This is a flipped-learning format with pre-work prior to each group meeting.
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EXECUTIVE / LEADERSHIP COACHING - Standard and customized coaching packages to meet your needs
ROI: Did you know that professional coaching provides a huge ROI? Return on Investment is typically 6X the cost of coaching.
What coaching breakthrough opportunities would make the biggest difference for you?
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MAGNETIZING FEEDBACK – A group learning program to help you set up feedback for optimal receptivity and success.
The “MAGNETIZING FEEDBACK” program includes a framework that creates a powerful paradigm shift for thinking about feedback, to make giving and receiving feedback not only more comfortable, but also more welcomed.
What if you / your team / your clients / your organization really learned to thrive on feedback? – Where might that take you?
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TEAM COACHING - Customized to meet your team's needs
Effective teamwork is key to achieving optimal success. Team coaching is always customized, and is a great way to take a team from good to GREAT.
Team Coaching produces Better Relationships, Better Conversations, and Better Bottom Line Results.
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