A leadership role is changing
New responsibility, expectations or relationships are affecting the person and the work.
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Coaching
One-to-one conversations about leadership, career, identity and life transitions, grounded in the concrete situation a person is living through.
About the work
Coaching
Coaching begins with a specific situation: a decision, a recurring pattern, a difficult relationship, a change in role or a transition that affects several parts of life at once.
I listen for the details, assumptions and reactions shaping the situation. Together we develop a clearer account of what is happening and decide what to examine or do between conversations.
When this is useful
Situations I can help with
A recurring pattern is becoming expensive
The pattern can be seen in decisions, relationships, energy or the way important situations are handled.
Career and life questions are interacting
Ambition, identity, family, time and responsibility need to be considered together.
Working process
How an engagement works
The current situation
We begin with the events, people, choices and consequences that are present now.
The pattern and its function
We examine language, assumptions, reactions and the way the pattern has been useful.
A decision or experiment
We choose a practical action that can produce new information before the next conversation.
Review and adjustment
We use the result to improve the understanding and determine the next piece of work.
Typical material
What the work can produce
A more precise account
Clearer language for the situation and the forces shaping it.
A decision
A choice connected to the person’s priorities, relationships and actual circumstances.
A practical experiment
An action designed to test an assumption or change a recurring interaction.
A useful cadence
A rhythm of conversation, action and review when the work continues over time.
Formats
Ways to structure the work
Single conversation
One focused session around a defined situation or decision.
Short series
A sequence of conversations with action and observation between sessions.
Ongoing leadership coaching
Regular one-to-one work across the person, the role, key relationships and the organisation.
Relevant experience
Background brought into the engagement
I draw on years of leading, advising, hiring, selling, building companies and navigating significant transitions, combined with a disciplined coaching practice.
Practical details
Common questions
What do we begin with?
We begin with a specific situation and the events, choices, relationships and consequences around it.
Which subjects can enter the conversation?
Leadership, career, identity, relationships, energy, family and daily life can enter the work when they are relevant to the situation.
Can we begin with one session?
Yes. A single conversation is a practical way to experience the work and decide what is useful next.
Discuss coaching.
Send the context, what you would like to discuss and any relevant timing. I will respond directly.
jacob@topmoller.com