Typically, individual leaders seek out a coach if they are navigating some significant transition in their life or career or have an idea that their leadership style (or behavior) might be holding them back. These clients find themselves in a place of transition. Somewhere between where they’ve been and where they want to be.
Many of Therese Marie’s clients are professionals in the middle part of their lives who begin to turn the attention that was heretofore faced outward (on career, family, finances, etc) toward internal issues of what’s important? These professionals are in an unfamiliar (and, oftentimes, vulnerable) spot… knowing that changes seem to be happening, but unclear on what changes need to be made, when and how.
Clients will choose to be coached if they discover that there is a gap between their current reality and the vision they have for their life or their career. Further, they will commit to the coaching process if they have an awareness that something (usually some pattern of behavior) is getting in the way of their success.
The coaching relationship offers a safe space to let “what’s important” emerge. This process leads the client to consider the possibilities of a new perspective, making room for her/him to explore plans of action, and preview the potential outcomes toward the right action.
Companies seek out a coach when they need to shift the corporate culture or when a group could be holding itself back from working well together.
An organization most likely to hire a coach or most likely to initiate a coaching culture is one led by an executive who values continuous improvement and professional development for his/herself AND the company’s staff. For a coaching program to be effective, it must be embraced by the highest ranking individual.
Companies (and executive recruiters) engage a coach’s services to provide onboard coaching to leaders hired or promoted into a position… so they will become successful in their new role/environment/culture by assimilating effectively.
Therese Marie provides coaching to HR executives who want to make sure that the people in charge of attracting, selecting, and retaining employees are getting the right results. This coaching puts the company’s hiring process under the microscope, identifies gaps that could result in attracting people who are not a fit, and builds hiring managers’ capability in selecting the right people for the right position.
