Leaders & Managers

"People don’t leave [bad] companies, they leave [bad] managers" – D. Carnegie

It All Starts With You - How to be a Better Manager program

What if people had their needs written all over them?  What if you knew that one of your direct reports wanted more independence, while another wanted a bit more reassurance? Would it change the way you managed them? Would it make your job easier?

It All Starts With You – How to be a Better Manager is  a customizable development solution proven to increase the your effectiveness as a manager -whether managing direct reports or the relationship with their own manager.

You will learn how your management style influences how you manage time, make decisions, approach problems, and what you need to do to adapt to the styles of others to bring out the best in each and every employee in your charge.

Participants Take-Aways

• Discover your DiSC Management style: recognize the priorities and preferences that shape their experience as a manager of others and as an employee who must also effectively manage up
• Understand how their unique style informs their approach to directing and delegation
• Learn strategies for improving employee motivation and developing the full potential of people with various DiSC styles
• Identify new ways to work more effectively with their manager

Our programs are different because we will customize the workshop to fit your specific needs.  This program can be offered as virtual or in-person workshops ranging from ½ day – full day programs.  We can also incorporate this program into a longer term engagement to deliver the most value to your organizations.

Executive and Professional Coaching

You have your own story and you have your own future in front of you.

• What is getting in your way of having the future you want?
• Do you want to grow your skills as a leader or a professional?
• Do you want to plan for what comes next?
• Do you want to re-gain your focus and prioritize what’s important?

From the early-career high-potential employee to the senior executive, leaders benefit from a coach to accelerate your success, take strategic risks and grow – both personally and professionally.

We listen to your goals and challenges, help you understand how others perceive them, provide direct honest feedback, and equip you with proven strategies for improving your effectiveness.

The overall approach usually lasts six months with about twenty hours of 1:1 coaching, intermittent emails and phone calls.

Our engagement will include:

• Reviewing existing assessments and 360 feedback reports
• Conducting additional assessments to highlight strengths and areas of opportunity.
• Creating a coaching plan for focus areas
• Introducing leadership frameworks and models to stimulate learning
• Recommending assignment and establish commitments to increase self-awareness, self-regulation, leadership and communication strategies.