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Coaching for Performance

          Coaching and mentoring are ‘helping behaviours’ used to support an individuals personal development over shorter and longer periods respectively. With our amazing associates, we offer a wide range of coaching and mentoring, including career coaching, executive coaching, life coaching, coaching culture and ethics, models and schemes, coaching services, coaching skills, coach and mentor supervision and evaluation of coaching.

        Coaching and mentoring are development techniques based on the use of one-to-one discussions to enhance an individual’s skills, knowledge or work performance. We work with clients to help them achieve their goals, in confidence and with great results.

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Coaching is one of the main skills needed for great leadership. Alec McPhedran works with a client on developing business growth.

GENIUS COACHING  

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The Value of GENIUS Coaching

        In my naïve, innocent early days, coaching was working the client, imparting my worldly knowledge and wisdom as well as, sometimes, working on their ideas. Of course, it’s actuallyClick here to visit the GENIUS Coachign web site. about working solely on the individuals agenda, developing their ideas, stretching their thinking – hands-on coaching and hands-off coaching.

       One of the key skills of course, is the management of the process of the coaching session, in a timely way as well as making good use of your questioning and listening skills. In the creative industries in which I mainly work, it is critical ideas and solutions came from the client, and that’s really hard when you believe you know what the solution is. But surely that’s one of the points, “What you believe the solution is.”In the creative world of television, film, music, arts, theatre, games and music, the idea is the asset.

Coaching requires great knowledge, skill and expertise. It’s also true that the coach should equally consider the effective management of the coaching process itself. Alec McPhedran outlines the simple to use but highly effective GENIUS coaching framework for developing creative talent.

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COACHING SKILLS OVERVIEW  

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        Confusion exists about what exactly coaching is, and how it differs from other 'helping behaviours' such as counselling and mentoring. Although there is a lack of agreement amongst coaching professionals about precise definitions, there are some core characteristics of coaching activities that awe think help explain coaching:
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Coaching is a fairly short-term activity.
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It consists of one-to-one developmental discussions.
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It provides people with feedback on both their strengths and weaknesses.
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It is aimed at specific issues/areas.
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It is time-bounded.
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It focuses on improving performance and developing/enhancing individuals skills.
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It is used to address a wide range of issues.
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Coaching activities have both organisational and individual goals.
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It works on the belief that clients are self-aware and do not require a clinical intervention.
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It focuses on current and future performance/behaviour.
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It is a skilled activity.
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Personal issues may be discussed but the emphasis is on performance at work