"Through coaching with Wendy, I have become more confident and sure of myself. By learning how to react differently in certain situations and how to say NO without feeling guilty, my stress levels have reduced significantly."
MM,
Lancashire
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Katie Lusk
What is your company’s greatest asset?

The majority of companies recognise that PEOPLE are their greatest asset. Investment in ‘people’ provides growth and benefits such as increased staff retention, less absence due to sickness and stress, an open and honest culture, improved customer service and an increase in productivity and communication.

How can coaching maximise the performance of your PEOPLE?

By including coaching in your company’s culture and training you will ensure that learning is put into practice long after the ‘training’ has finished.

Coaching helps organisations to embed and build further on the learning. To use a sporting analogy, ‘the team that wins trophies will not maintain peak performance without continued dedicated training and coaching’. Training without coaching is not a viable option as the coach is there to create the desire to obtain even more to ensure a winning mentality.

Told during
training
Told and shown
during training
Told and shown
during training,
and then Coached
Staff recall
3 weeks
after training
70% 72% 85%
Staff recall
3 months
after training
10% 32% 65%
John Whitmore – research at IBM

‘People’ are a manager’s only real asset and yet often they seem to be the biggest problem. Reasons for this can be poor communication, absenteeism due to sickness and stress, change within the workplace, demoralisation and feeling undervalued. By a tailored approach coaching will realise the full potential of each individual and hence enable that member of staff to become an asset rather than a problem.

What can coaching do for you and your business?
  • Increase morale and motivation thereby reducing staff turnover and time away from the workplace due to sickness and stress.
  • Build awareness of behaviours and goals and hence increase productivity.
  • Build better relationships and communications through all levels of staff.
  • Show a commitment towards making your organisation a better place to work.
  • Encourage teamworking towards a common goal.
  • Identify, build focus and direction towards achieving goals.
  • Make your employees feel a valued and integral part of the success and longevity of your business.

In conclusion, coaching within the workplace is a very powerful tool that can and does produce real tangible results. For further information on how coaching can benefit YOUR business, Contact us now.
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