Jeff’s Approach to Coaching
I use a holistic approach to coaching with a primary focus on work related issues. What this means is that if you are struggling at work, new to the role, looking to leave, starting a new business, dealing with difficult people or simply striving for more from your life; we’ll explore the mental, emotional, spiritual or physical well-being needs which support you on your journey. So, it’s not just about work stuff. It’s about “You” stuff that is getting in the way of being who you want to be. If there is an area that I don’t feel qualified or comfortable working with you on, I’ll let you know.
What Can You Expect From Coaching
I use an integrated framework that combines the best practices and principles of leadership coaching, mindfulness and organizational change management; tailoring what’s needed to your specific wishes, desires or objectives. This framework serves you in creating a customized approach to your development as a leader; equipping you with the skills, mindset, and strategies needed to guide yourself, your teams and your organization. The focus is to build on your existing toolkit to fosters cultures of adaptability, innovation, and sustained success.
You can expect me to create and hold a safe space where we can confidentially talk about what is going on and you can leave with a clearly defined list of next steps, homework or areas of reflection for us to continue working with the next time we meet.
Who I Work With
Most of my clients think of themselves as falling into one or more of these areas:
- Emergent Leaders are those who are new to a leadership role and feeling challenged on how to move forward or deal with the dynamics of the workplace. Through confidential conversations we work together on individualized goals, reflections, feedback, and behavioral changes to help foster cultures of continuous improvement, skill-building and self-awareness essential for leading teams.
- Executives who see themselves as either new or experienced. Through personalized development approaches, I enhance existing leadership skills, strategic decision-making, and overall effectiveness. Our confidential one-on-one relationship may involve goal-setting, skill development, or navigating the interplay between the personal and the professional. My intention is to empower executives to lead their organizations by developing the willingness to transform from a willful self-focused drive toward organizational success.
- “Transitionals” are those who are looking for a restart, at a fork in the road or seeking greater satisfaction in their professionals lives. We’ll talk through what “greater satisfaction” for you, what your goals and options are, “what floats your boat”, fires you up and what feels stuck that perhaps needs some loosening then what works best for you to move forward.
Many people check “all of the above” and that’s fine…we’ll start from wherever you’re at.
How We Can Connect
Let’s talk about what’s going on and take it from there. This how we’ll get started:
Free Initial Consultation
I’ll reach out via email to schedule an initial meeting (usually about 15-30min) In that meeting we’ll:
- Get to know each other a bit
- Talk about your experience with coaching
- Go over the ground rules
- Share my background and coaching focus areas
- Learn what you’d like to get out of our time together
- Answer any of your questions
- If it looks like a good fit, schedule our first session and establish a regular meeting cadence
How We’ll Spend Our Time Together
- Coaching sessions are 50-minutes
- Each session can be on the same topic or something new that has taken priority.
- You drive the agenda to:
- Identify goals or outcomes to help you get the most out of the session
- Review or get feedback on any steps you committed to in an earlier session
- Explore values, perspectives, learning’s or limiting beliefs driving you toward or away from where you want to go
- Build an action plan to get there
- Address any stuff that might get in the way
- Lock-in that plan so you can take the next step on your journey
- Confirm or schedule our next meeting
If that sounds interesting to you, please reach-out to schedule some time to connect.
What Clients Are Saying
Jeff is an excellent coach who asks questions that truly get to the heart of his clients’ challenges and opportunities. I found in working with him that he has a calm, measured demeanor while also holding me accountable and gently pushing me to self-discovery. I really enjoyed my work with him and would highly recommend him as a coach!
Keely, Career Consulting Professional and Post-Secondary Educator
Jeff has a unique ability to create the space I need to help me focus and consider priorities in my life to elevate my performance personally and professionally. He makes it comfortable while asking really powerful questions to unlock the answers I know I already have.
Jeremy B., Executive Director and CIO Province of British Columbia
Jeff’s coaching has undoubtedly made me better. His consistent support and the challenges he presented encouraged me to dig deeper, creating an environment where improvement became a natural outcome. Additionally, the safe space he provided allowed me to open up, contributing significantly to my overall growth.
Alexis W., Unites States Coast Guard
Jeff is an excellent listener. He was always able to reflect back a solid understanding of what I was trying to convey and would add his own insights and questions which helped me to gain new perspective on a problem or issue I was working through. Working with Jeff felt like a supportive way to navigate a time of vulnerable transition and offered me ideas and practical tools to use between sessions to make progress on goals I set for myself.
Eliza P., Attorney