Coaching
Optimum PDM offers two types of business coaching service:
Professional development
Business coaching can also help to support employees through organisation change, helping them to accept and adapt to change effectively and willingly. Business coaching helps to fulfil organisational training and development requirements in an interesting and highly useful manner. It also helps to achieve a balance between the goals and objectives of an organisation and its employees.
Personal
mentoring
Running a business or working hard in a role within a company can take their toll. It is becoming increasingly difficult for individuals to achieve their work and personal goals simultaneously, without severely compromising in one or other area. Our one-to-one business life coaching service offers individual support in a confidential, positive manner. It can help an individual take stock of where they are at now, assess priorities, plan a course of action and ultimately achieve their goals. All information is dealt with in strict confidence, providing a safe environment in which to explore business and personal issues.
All Optimum PDM business coaching uses proven listening and mentoring skills, as well as proven coaching tools. We offer bespoke packages to companies or individuals, to ensure an appropriate service is provided. We never offer advice but use a person-centred approach, safe in the knowledge that every individual is an expert on themselves.
Further information
Our coach will:
Facilitate the exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes to assist the individual in making real, lasting change.
Use questioning techniques to facilitate a client's own thought processes in order to identify solutions and actions rather than takes a wholly directive approach
Support the client in setting appropriate goals and methods of assessing progress in relation to these goals
Observe, listen and ask questions to understand the client's situation
Creatively apply tools and techniques which may include one-to-one training, facilitating, counselling & networking.
Encourage a commitment to action and the development of lasting personal growth and change.
Maintain unconditional positive regard for the client, which means that the coach is at all times supportive and non-judgemental of the client, their views, lifestyle and aspirations.
Ensure that clients develop personal competencies and do not develop unhealthy dependencies on the coaching or mentoring relationship.
Evaluate the outcomes of the process, using objective measures wherever possible to ensure the relationship is successful and the client is achieving their personal goals.
Encourage clients to continually improve competencies and to develop new developmental alliances where necessary to achieve their goals.
Work within their area of personal competence.
Possess qualifications and experience in the areas that skills-transfer coaching is offered.
Manage the relationship to ensure the client receives the appropriate level of service and that programmes are neither too short, nor too long.