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The Coaching Company & Summit Leadership

Life and Career Coaching for High-Performance athletes and teams:

  • Do you manage, coach or lead a team of players in a high-performance team or development squad?

  • Are you motivated to develop holistic, well-balanced and strong athletes on and off the field or track?

  • Do you know the potential limitation and damage to an athlete's future opportunities and growth when they attach their ego and identity solely to external sporting success and recognition?

 Many young athletes are being selected for high-performing or talent development teams and squads at an early age while still developing their sense of individuality and career capabilities. 


Without balance and personal growth this may drive an one-sidedness to pursue external success or fame and achievement without ever developing latent skills or making plan "B".  If they are developed or chase athletic development to the detriment of broader personal growth and career skills then their life opportunities may have long-term negative outcomes.


Life coaching at this critical stage will offer an opportunity for making plan "B", and encouraging personal growth. Life coaching will help establish a strong belief in wider opportunities and career success later on beyond the peak period as an athlete.


Paul has broad life coaching experience with youth and young adults and completed an international best practise mentoring program in New Zealand (Project K).


To know more and discuss opportunities contact: Paul on the "Enquiries" page or call 03 384 0451.

Work with a New Zealand career coach to stand above the particles and crack the secret to the life you want

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If you are keen to advance your career and have the lifestyle you choose; work with a New Zealand career coach, contact: The Coaching Company.


Current Needs of the Market for Business coaching:
  • Building New Management Teams post organisational restructure.
  • Identifying new skills for success in the changed global market.
  • Career opportunities - what divides the successful from mediocrity.
  • Personal Recovery - from work / technology / stress / emotional overload.
  • Thinking Tools - to facilitate learning, future ideas, and emotional shifts.

Book Recommendations for peer group book reviews and  business people :

LEADERSHIP from the INSIDE OUT: Becoming a Leader for Life
2nd Edition (2008) by Kevin Cashman

TALENT IS OVERRATED: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else (2008) by Geoff Colvin


HOW COACHING WORKS: The Essential Guide to the History and Practice of Effective Coaching (2007) by Joseph O'Connor and Andrea Lages

OUTLIERS: The Story of Success (2008) by Malcolm Gladwell



Specialty Workshops available:

How to Succeed in Work Relationships in a Fast World

Enjoy great work relationships? In today's world technical skills and intelligence will not be enough for individuals to develop meaningful and fulfilled relationships.

"Intellectual behaviours are still critical for leaders, but relationships are essential for achieving success. Leaders of today need to be able to deal with people, to build, nurture and develop long-term relationships, to show sensitivity, flexibility, and be more prepared to help others to learn"  - Sir  Chay Blythe (leader in round the world sailing) .

Benefits:
  1. Empower yourself to think about your relationships strategically
  2. You will learn a new model to design relationships that are high in trust
  3. Learn and practice new skills to engage successfully with assertive people
  4. Understand how difficult work relationships issues are open doors for growth
  5. You will develop the skills great leaders use in their relationships to communicate

This interactive two day program is suitable for "teams" and cross-functional employees at compatible business levels.      This program is delivered as an interactive coaching and teaching  workshop to meet the individual and group learning needs.                                            Contact:  succeed@thecoachingcompany.co.nz    for additional information, learning outcomes and costs. Reference: Succeed


sound Minds and sound Bodies make sound Choices

Stressed out? Feeling tense? Lacking energy? Procrastinating? Troubled relationships? Unfocused teams? Research shows that increased self-awareness improves work productivity, communication and relationship growth. Feeling at ease and comfortable in a sound body makes others more receptive and engaged. Together a sound Mind and a sound Body make sound Choices no matter the pressures and stresses of life.

This is a 3 in 1 workshop: integrating relaxation, self-awareness and visualisation exercises to clear the mind, sharpen the focus and relax the body. Gain the clarity and purpose when making choices in your life in a relaxed, centered state of mind and body.

Benefits:
  1. see problems / challenges from a positive relaxed prespective
  2. become grounded and focused on the moment
  3. develop alertness in your thinking skills
  4. learn new non-verbal communication skills
  5. have fun and a laugh
  6. get to know each other in a relaxed new interactive manner
  7. relax the body and calm the mind for renewed energy

This one day interactive experiential coaching program can be tailored to meet your needs, work with a New Zealand career coach, contact : soundmind@thecoachingcompany.co.nz  for fees and dates. Reference: soundMind


Dialogue - a specialty one day workshop for consultants, coaches, trainers and managers / leaders.

Creating dialogue with clients is more than a skill,  it is a real conversation and engagement to provide a common language that can open up new perspectives, new meanings, new exploration, new choices and new  behaviours.
 

In this workshop  you will discover:

  • How dialogue creates a trusting and safe relationship.
  • How to ask powerful questions that guide the client to reflect deeply or move forward with action.
  • Important skills, such as acknowledging, requesting, challenging and bottom-lining.
  • Barriers that prevent the client  from understanding.
  • How to use your curiousity and intuition in conversations to  provide immediate feedback to clients.
  • How metaphor is a tool for your client to gain deeper insight and understanding.
Benefits:
  1. Learn to create dialogue that facilitates adult to adult conversations and develops a competitive edge for the business
  2. Your work colleagues / clients will feel understood in a non-judgmental way and hence more likely to be genuinely disclosing and open
  3. Being curious allows individuals to state their thoughts and feelings more clearly. This can lead to increased insight, creative thinking and problem solving.

This one day workshop is available to small groups of professionals or as an in-house program. Work with a New Zealand career coach, Contact:   dialogue@thecoachingcompany.co.nz   for more details and costs. Reference: Dialogue

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