FAQs
What is the added value or benefit of Coaching?
There is considerable evidence to show that effective coaching can bring both short and long term benefits to individuals, teams and organisations.
Succession Management or Succession Planning . . . what is the difference?
Succession Management is an organisation wide resourcing, management and development process.
What is an Assessment Centre?
Crucially an Assessment Centre is not a place but a process.
What is the difference between an ability test and a personality assessment?
Aptitude and ability tests are typically time, multiple choice, paper-and-pencil (on-line) tests which assess abilities to interpret or reason with various types of information.
Personality Assessment . . . Trait or Type?
In the majority of contexts personality is assessed through the use of self-report questionnaires focused on the assessment of traits or types.
How do I choose a coach?
Coaching has its roots in the world of sport and its application in a wider context has been relatively recent.
What will a coaching session look like?
A coaching relationship is one of equal partners working together to focus on the identification, development and achievement of the goals set by the person being coached (coachee).
What is the difference between Leadership Coaching and Personal Coaching?
There is very little difference between Leadership Coaching and Personal Coaching in terms of the skills, tools and techniques that an experienced coach will use.
What will Leadership or Personal Coaching cost?
Coaching is usually charged per session and payment may be required in advance. Sometimes the first session is charged at a reduced rate to enable the client to make a decision about whether the coach and the process are going to meet their needs.
When can Mediation be used most effectively?
There are many situations where mediation may be appropriate to consider, for example; workplace disputes (employer/employee or employee/employee), unresolved grievances or complaints at work or at home, bullying/harassment, breaches of contract.
What is Career Coaching?
Career Coaching supports people to be proactive about career development and to realise their full potential. Often people remain, or stumble into, jobs that do not use their skills or where they are unhappy.
Why work with an experienced Career Coach?
Working with a career development practitioner helps people to increase awareness of the opportunities open to them.
How will Career Coaching help me?
Career coaching will help you in a practical way to work towards your career goals, for example, by identifying skill and knowledge gaps that need addressing to help you get the ideal job.
Can Career Coaching help me get a job?
Sessions with an experienced careers coach help many people to get a job by developing and reviewing their job search and related skills.
How much will Career Coaching cost?
Costs will vary according to the services you select and the location where you access the service. For most people, a career development discussion can be conducted in two sessions of about two hours.
What is the difference between Coaching and Mentoring?
Coaching and mentoring are often treated as synonymous as many of the skills used by the coach and the mentor are the same.
How many coaching or mentoring sessions are needed and at what intervals?
Coaching and mentoring contracts will vary depending on individual circumstances.
360 Degree Feedback . . . what is it used for?
In order for us to produce focused personal, professional development plans the need to receive effective feedback from those who are impacted by our behaviour is crucial.
Psychometric Assessment . . . what is it?
Psychometric Assessment is a structured way of evaluating how people perform on various tasks or respond in different situations.
What is the added value of Psychometric Assessment?
Psychometric assessments enable individuals and organisations to gain insights about how a person thinks, feels and behaves that it is difficult to access in any other way.
How do we decide which are the most effective/best/most reliable assessments to use?
There are a wide range of instruments available to test ability, assess personality and look at specific areas such as motivation and emotional intelligence.
What do we mean by Conflict Management?
In day to day living it is inevitable that we will all have disagreements with other people because everybody has different needs, values and wants.
What is hypnosis really about?
Hypnosis focuses on the mind/body connection and, in particular, the part of ourselves that tends to be unconscious rather than conscious.
Time Line Therapy™. . . what is it?
Time Line Therapy™ builds on the work of Neuro-Linguistic Programming by introducing the concept of a time line.
What is NLP?
NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is concerned with the study and replication of personal excellence.
What do we mean by Stress Management?
There are probably as many definitions for stress as there are people who experience stress as it is a very personalised experience. Stress can be extremely positive and in many cases is essential if we are to respond quickly to harmful situations.
What is meant by Appreciative Inquiry (AI)?
Appreciative inquiry focuses on looking at what is working in an organisation, or what is successful in a person, rather than on fixing problems...
What is Mediation?
Mediation is a process of bringing together, by an independent and trained mediator, two or more parties where there is an unresolved conflict or a dispute...
What is conflict resolution?
When there is disagreement between two or more people there is a need to understand the real issues underlying the conflict as well as the emotional responses engendered...
Finding a new Job?
At various times in our life we actively consider what we would like our next career move to be....
What do we mean by ‘Mind and Body Connection’?
More recent research in neuro-science and psychology has confirmed what we suspected instinctively is the close link between physical, mental and emotional health and effectiveness at work and in our personal life...
How can we achieve personal Wellbeing?
To keep ourselves fit, healthy and enjoying life it is essential not just to look at one aspect of our life in isolation...
What do we mean by Wellbeing?
Whether at an individual or organisational level it is essential to look at ourselves in the round...
What is meant by Work/life balance?
Whether at an individual or organisational level it is essential to look at ourselves in the round...
What is Action Learning?
Action Learning as a concept was developed by Reg Revans in the 1940's. As a research scientist he was used to sharing and comparing problems and ideas with other scientists to help him understand better how to take his work forward...
What is Solution Focused Coaching?
Solution-focused coaching is an outcome oriented, competence-based approach to coaching...
What is transactional analysis?
Based on the work of Eric Berne and others the body of knowledge called Transactional Analysis provides a stimulating and engaging framework to consider how we develop and improve our working relationships...
Wellbeing and Nutrition advice . . . what are the benefits?
More recent research in neuro-science and psychology has confirmed what we suspected instinctively is the close link between physical, mental and emotional health and effectiveness at work and in our personal life.
Conflict Resolution, Mediation and ADR . . . what do they mean?
Conflict Resolution and Mediation are processes used by an independent and trained mediator to bring together two or more parties where there is an unresolved conflict or a dispute.
What do we mean by Coaching?
Coaching is an activity that focuses on personal development. Its aim is to support an individual, or individuals within a team, to reflect on their context, skills and performance in order to gain insights to move forward and achieve excellence.
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