What is coaching? |
Coaching is a process for encouraging you to make the most of your own resources. |
The coach listens to you and prompts you to find your own solution to whatever issue you choose to discuss. This might range from developing strategy for the next five years of your business; to how to deal with a colleague who is not performing; to how to organise your life so that you see your children at night as well as meeting your annual targets. |
How much time is involved? |
You should allow for at least three sessions of up to two hours each. These can be spaced as you choose, but typically will be between one and four weeks apart. |
It would not be unusual for sessions to continue for six or twelve months, or indefinitely, depending on the range of issues involved. |
Who pays? |
You might do so personally or the organisation in which you work might. Where the organisation pays, it is important to be clear from the outset about the nature of the process and the possible outcomes. |
Normally the process will begin with a meeting between you, the coach, a sponsor from the organisation, to achieve that clarity. |
How confidential is what passes between coach and coachee? |
Completely. It is fundamental to the process that the coach will reveal nothing of what you tell him without your permission. |
What is the value of coaching? |
How often does someone concentrate all his attention on you and what you are saying for up to two hours at a time? How often do you allow yourself two hours at a time to concentrate on one issue and really think it through? |
Experience shows that being able to do this will often enable you to unlock simple and effective solutions to the questions with which you feel that you have been wrestling unsuccessfully for ages. |
What does it cost? |
Charges are normally calculated on a time basis, and the amount and timing of payments will be agreed in advance. |
Where will coaching sessions take place? |
Normally in a meeting room on your own premises. Alternative venues can be arranged at an extra cost. |
What experience and qualifications can Matthew Arrowsmith-Brown offer? |
Matthew Arrowsmith-Brown has thirty years experience as a solicitor acting mainly for private individuals, most of whom owned and ran their own businesses. |
He combines this with training from the University of Portsmouth Business School where he has completed an MSc in coaching and development. That training was delivered by some of the foremost practitioners in coaching and development in the UK. |
This results in a unique combination of skills, particularly suited to the needs of professional organisations. |
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