Organization & team development/consultation

 When  you are trying to determine the Next Step  in your Coaching, Career  Transition(s), Leadership/Organizational Development, or Healthy  Lifestyle Change, it is important to look down the road . . . but keep  the VALUE of the experiences you have had in the past in your Rear View  Mirror!  Specific Coaching Strategies for Stepping Stones Coaching & Consulting:  

1. How does coaching assist individuals with Leadership,  Advancing Coaching Expertise, For Organizational and/or Coaching  Executives/Managers to Improve Customer and Team Relationships in order  to reach higher targets and Quotas?  
Coaching  creates an environment where there is freedom from judgment and  expectations that executive behave according to typical administrative  or corporate mandates. In the coaching relationship it is safe to  question, to appear vulnerable, to observe, to explore, experiment, to  learn and change. Frequently, understanding one’s Emotional Intelligence  knowledge and skills can be improved to allow the executive to use the  coach:  

• For maintaining and/or attaining your next coaching credential!  
• For business planning, budgeting and goal-setting.  
• To integrate business and personal life for balance. 
• To prioritize actions and projects. 
• For training, developing and managing staff. 
• To turn around a difficult situation. 
• To handle business or personal problems 

(This  may require coaching the administrative or management team to assist  them to grow, work together, and stay out of each other’s way to reach  extraordinary goals). 

2. How do I use the opportunities for Group Coaching? Periodically  Stepping Stones Coaching offers opportunities for former clients and  new clients to participate in groups to achieve common goals or pursue  similar ‘preferred tomorrows”.  One major common goal is the need for mentoring coaches at all levels: ACC, PCC, and MCC!  Generally, group coaching sessions serve a  important purpose for differing client's needs Occasionally  the sessions may be linked to content with a short time focused on  content, then each individual will identify ways to apply or integrate  the mutually agreed upon content and action steps into the goal or  purpose of the group coaching experience. Groups generally range from 3 or 4 people with no more than 8 persons. One  of the benefits of group coaching is that the individual benefits from  the wisdom and experience of all group members, yet is still responsible  for their own personal or professional growth. Examples of group coaching topics include: 

• Mentoring (group and individual) for maintaining or  advancing ICF and ICHWC Credential at ACC, PCC and/or MCC levels of  achievement! 
• Emotional Intelligence EQ Coaching for Success for managers and administrators Preparation for Academic Promotion and/or Tenure Click Here for More Information on EQ 
• Growing in the coaching experience for novice coaches 
• Inegration of Informatics and Technology into Health Care Practice         Other topics that can be determined by an organization to facilitate culture change with new organizational directions 
• Thinking of becoming an entrepreneur or starting a small business?  Knowledge of your MBTI will help you in your decision making!  Click Here for More Information on MBTI 

3. How does Group and Individual Mentoring of Coaching assist with renewal or advancement of ICF Credentialing?  Mentor  coaching is offered to individuals and groups in flexible, but required  ways to achieve their ICF or ICHWC Coaching Goals!  Get a group of your  coaching colleagues together or come and join a group already in place  to achieve up-to-sever of the 10 hours required.  We will work with you  to assist you, meet your needs and assist you in achieving your coaching  goals!   

4. How does coaching assist individuals, groups and organizations with Healthy Lifestyle Change? Coaching is ideally  suited to assist individuals, groups and organizations who are  interested in organizational development, leadership development and/or  health-related lifestyle change.  With greater knowledge about the  science of behavior change, coaches are the emerging solution for every  aspect of change!  Whether the 'client agenda' is stress management,  healthy weight targets, smoking cessation, or improving activity and  movement for health, health and wellness coaching is the 'new answer'!    For individuals and organizations, healthy behaviors enhance  satisfaction with life, productivity, and celebrating a fulfilling  life.  Also, with emerging technologies and the ability to obtain  'just-in-time evidence' of health behavior change (individually and  organizationally) through the use of all types of wearable technologies  (such as wrist watches and other self-monitoring mHealth devices,  individuals and their coaches can track progress!    Generally  individuals know their own risks because the family history is still one  of the best predictors.  Sometimes clients seek assistance in managing  known health risks; sometimes clients have evidence of risks that have  been identified through health markers (test results); and sometimes the  client is managing a chronic condition in the midst of daily  living/responsibilities.  For all these purposes, health and wellness  coaching is the answer!  The key is to identify the next steps,  the actions to be taken, and to move forward with the support of the  health and wellness experienced coach.  This is particularly true today  with the emerging knowledge about genomics and specifically 'Precision  Health' which informs both the client and the coach about what we know  about 'neutrigenomics' - meaning how the client's genetics inform  metabolism of substances such as: caffeine, sugar, salt, etc., and how  fast the individual's body 'uptakes' the nutritional substance!   Also,  which type of 'activity or exercise' might be preferable for better  results!  This discussion of health and wellness coaching cannot be  concluded without mentioning that critical importance of SLEEP and  REST!  

5. How does coaching Assist Individuals needing career/life transitions? Coaching  is ideally suited to assist individuals with life and career  transitions . . . those that are planned and those that just "happen".   Sometimes the unplanned career changes provide the most unique  opportunity for pursuing a client's real passion or calling.  For career  transitions, clarifying the qualities or aspects of future employment  in the context of one' s passion/calling (rather than focusing on the  job)opens new doors and opportunities.   The  first step is seeking clarity and awareness of the desires of the heart  and how differing opportunities are matched with signature strengths,  preferences and values.  Then brainstorming for likely and even unlikely  possibilities for expressing one’s passion/calling in new and  meaningful ways.  The key is to identify the next steps, the actions to  be taken, and to move forward with the support of the coach.  The role  of the coach is to ask the powerful questions, help the client move  their agenda forward towards the new directions.  New awareness  and sometimes taking short-term opportunities in context of longer-term  passion/calling is the answer.   

6. How do Entrepreneurs or Small Business Owners Use a Coach? The  coach creates a safe environment allowing the client to explore,  brainstorm, and experiment with new ideas/strategies needed for new  directions.  Yet, there is sufficient structure and powerful questions  related to the development of the important aspects of setting up a  business to assist the client in being realistic amidst their  vision.  This allows the executive to use the coach to:    

• Develop a clear vision and strategies to develop/implement business or project;  
• Engage in business planning, budgeting, forecasting and realistic goal-setting;  
• Prioritize actions and projects;  
• Integrate business and personal life for balance;  
• Handle address transitions in life and goals consistent with entrepreneurs. 

7. How does the academic or business professional seeking a promotion (and/or tenure) use coaching? Coaching  is perfect for those interested in advancing careers and achieving the  next step on the ladder.  Determining how this goal fits into the larger  picture of one's life and dreams is the first step. Then, designing the  plan according to the corporation and/or academic institution's  requirements is next.  Sometimes, the most significant challenge to the  individual is that they may be their own worst enemy or have not  calculated the cost of time and energy required.  Coaching assists the  client in becoming aware of their own blocks or barriers inside, and  overcoming these to accomplish preferred new role and goal.  The coach  provides support and assists the client in developing strategies to  address procrastination, lack of focus and possible problems with  believe in self.  The client's preferred tomorrow - regardless of the career transition . . . begins with taking the next step!