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Coaching

Coaching is an essential skill in every day life. All of us have been great coaches at moments, and many of us have been horrible coaches at other times. Laurie has spent 20 years working with leaders and organizations in North America and Europe assisting with change management, rebranding efforts, and organizational development. She not only has run her own highly successful businesses, but she has had the great honor of sitting on Advisory Boards for other organizations.

Laurie’s outstanding coaching style and delivery has allowed her to work for hundreds of Fortune 1,000 companies, as well as government and non-profit sectors. She has delivered thousands of hours of materials, and these can be tailored to your company's specific needs. Sessions can be established in a workshop environment or one-on-one sessions.

Here are some of the core coaching topics:

Reach for Success
  • Understanding coaching strategies.
  • Setting expectations with your team.
  • Developing goals with your staff, and benchmarking their progress.
  • Conducting performance evaluations.
  • Dealing with conflict resolution.
  • Working with difficult situations.
  • Overcoming challenges in a down turn.
Reading Your People
  • "It's a jungle in here..." Understanding types of people. (Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!)
  • Knowing people.
  • Evaluating different personality styles.
  • Providing feedback.
  • Understanding what makes people tick.
  • Coaching diverse employees.
Change Management
  • Helping your people accept change.
  • Using tricks and games to help your people embrace change.
  • Effectively leading change to increase productivity and profitability.
Communication
  • Using effective verbal communication.
  • Writing and delivering effective presentations.
  • Reading and understanding non-verbal communication.
  • Understanding the communication channel... sending, receiving and feedback.
  • Identifying message distortions, and stop the grapevine!
  • You never learn by talking... Learn to Ask!
  • Keep your ears Open!
  • Get out of your INBOX and talk to your people.
"Success is never definite, and failure is never final."
- 180 Ways to Effectively Deal with Change -
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