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What Others Are Saying

It is my privilege to recommend Mr. Rob Benson and Mr. Earl LeBlanc as outstanding professional facilitators … I have personally and professionally participated in many such trainings over the past fifteen years, and these two men are by far some of the best trainers with whom I have worked.

Sharon Heinlen, Executive Director, AEE

One-on-One Coaching for Executives and Senior Managers

Invest in your clarity, mastery and results. 

Overview

A confidential, one-on-one relationship providing individualized guidance, challenge, support and skills training to key personnel. Participants clarify their vision, sharpen their focus on critical issues, set breakthrough goals, and acquire the skills and tools needed to produce excellent results and experience greater fulfillment in their work.

Benefits

Our coaching clients typically emerge from the coaching relationship with a clear sense of their path forward, newly-learned (or relearned) skills to manage their projects and relationships, and confidence in their own ability to reach their goals.

Components

• Exploratory meeting to ascertain the suitability of coach / client.
• Assessment utilizing questionnaire and personality profiles appropriate to your profession and/or job function.
• Intake meetings to establish the coaching focus and specific objectives. Depending upon your objectives, these meetings may include interviews with other staff.
• Shadow coaching at your workplace (or other place you do business) to observe actual personal and interpersonal dynamics.
• Scheduled weekly coaching calls to maintain focus, deal with issues and support progress.
• Skills training and job aids to enable successful performance.
• 24/7 access by phone and email for JIT assistance.
• Upon closure, a completed Executive Analysis, available online, or via email or fax.

(Each coaching relationship is unique; components are included as appropriate to ensure you meet your goals.)

Suitability, Commitment, Timeframe

Finding the right coach is a personal decision, and the coaching relationship must be a good “fit.” We will only work with a client if we can provide real value.

For the coaching relationship to be effective, commitment is required. Following the exploratory meeting, we require an initial commitment of three months; most coaching relationships last from six to twelve months.

Why First Steps

• Within a clear, focused agenda, we work from individual needs and styles.
• We understand how people learn and enjoy helping them to respond to challenge and pressure so that they adapt and grow.
• We aim always to achieve a productive blend of support, challenge and creativity with our clients.
• We understand Performance as a system. In addition to challenging/supporting the client, we identify the elements of the Performance System which must be modified for ultimate success.
• We are skilled in issue resolution. We incorporate Reality-Based Technologies training as needed so that you have the best tools with which to address your daily challenges.
• We are results focused, pragmatic and objective.