Coaching
Coaching is a powerful component of the Soundboard process. This confidential one-on-one forum allows leaders to speak freely and set goals or address issues that normally would be difficult to approach during the noise of the average day. Our clients can also engage Soundboard to provide support for themselves, team, or high potential through a customized coaching plan.
We believe that being more coach-like can improve every interaction. Coaching challenges an individual to think about existing situations in new ways, to make small shifts in behavior, and create more effective relationships. Through coaching, we help our clients move from a reactive mindset to a more goal-oriented and collaborative way of thinking. Whether we are supporting an executive or business owner in their ability to make better decisions, elevating the skills of managers or fostering an individual shift from tactical to strategic, all of our coaching is customized to achieve the objectives of the individual and the situation being supported.
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As a successful executive you must make critical decisions, engage in difficult conversations, embrace new opportunities and delegate responsibilities. Having a trusted Soundboard coach advising you can help you gain clarity of direction and ultimately make better decisions.
Our coaches assist executives in:
Defining criteria for success
Clarifying Vision for the organization/business
Aligning practices and decisions with core values
Fostering self-awareness
Building trust with managers and employees
Managing triggers that sidetrack conversations
Transitioning through difficult circumstances
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Leadership is in large part about eliciting commitment and coordinating actions. Superior leaders understand that it is their responsibility to create a healthy environment for their employees to succeed. We work with managers and executives to acquire clarity and confidence, build trust, and become stronger leaders.
Core competencies that we help our clients develop, include:
Communication & active listening
Delegation & feedback
Team development
Holding others accountable
Having the difficult conversations
The use of multiple leadership styles
Developing other leaders & succession planning
Fostering a learning environment
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Look at your business from 30,000 feet — what is your vision for your business in the future? How will you get there? Many clients come to Soundboard because they:
Feel frustrated around the growth of the business
Feel out of control because their business is growing fast
Do not have a current plan to operate against
Have trouble allocating resources
Struggle to define key performance indicators