They normally last around 6 sessions and the great news is with technology they can be face to face. The first session is exploratory focusing on what you are trying to achieve and why you want to achieve it? Building trust and a relationship is the key and an objective should be clear by the end of the session. Your line manager may be part of some of this session to provide expectations on outcomes. Our coaching conversations are completely confidential.
We schedule sessions into the diary eg, someone making a big change in an organisation is likely to have monthly sessions whereas someone looking to change a job urgently that is causing issues to their mental health often have weekly sessions. The sessions are conducted in a safe but challenging environment.
Where appropriate I introduce a tool or technique that you may find useful and prompt a discussion around it and how it may work for you. If the objective is organisation driven reviews should take place with you on progress.
Between these sessions you have access to me for ad hoc coaching. These often involve helping your resilience when things are going wrong, sharing successes or talking through something that has just happened and reflecting on it.
March 24th, 2020