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Owner/Manager of Small to Medium Sized Company
My Agenda:
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My company is quite successful, but I feel I'm too "hands
on".
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Some decisions I make are quite sensitive - I could use
a sounding board.
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The company is too dependent on me - there is no obvious
successor.
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I now need to build a management team.
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I need to improve my people skills.
What can I do?
As an Owner / Manager in a Small to Medium Sized company,
these may be some of the issues that you currently face. In
some situations you maybe in a position to involve some of
your colleagues in developing answers to these questions.
However on occasion this may not be possible.
Coaching may offer you the opportunity to consider
these issues and allow you to advance your thinking before
raising them with the relevant audience. In this context the
use of a coach can help you frame the issue, clarify
your options and consider the most appropriate action to take.
The role of a good coach is to operate as a sounding board,
in a confidential and discreet environment. Through active
listening and constructive questioning the opportunity exists
to reframe an opportunity or challenge in order to find the
most effective solution open to you.
As you will be aware, the coach is not the expert and is not
there to give advice. Rather the coach acts as a facilitator
in order to assist you in identifying the most effective approach
to take. This means that an effective coach does not try to
'second guess' your knowledge of the business or the people
involved. In addition a coach can provide a useful
role in providing an outside perspective to the particular
issue you are considering.
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