Is coaching for you?

Do you...

• Find relationships at work with team members, clients, or suppliers, challenging and difficult to manage?
• Experience pressure and stress in your working life, which you find hard to manage?
• Lose sleep at night worrying about work, your own performance or the performance of your team?
• Feel blocked or stuck in your working life, lacking energy and motivation to make any changes?
• Do you want to explore ‘where next’ in your career or life?

Have you ever considered coaching but don’t know how it can help you?

Click here to take our Free Coaching Audit that gives you the opportunity to discuss:

• Your strengths and how you are using them
• Issues and areas of development that you might want to focus on
• What you might be looking for from coaching and how coaching can assist you in realising these goals

The Free Coaching Audit also provides an opportunity to find out how I work with clients, my style and approach.

How does the Coaching Audit work?

• You complete a questionnaire (click here) and return it to me so I can prepare for the free coaching audit call
• We have the 45 minute free coaching audit telephone call, which is an opportunity for you to discuss your coaching needs, what outcome you are seeking and whether coaching is for you. My aim is for you to gain something constructive and practical from the call
• I send you a proposal as to which coaching programme would be suitable or recommend some other appropriate activity such as training, counselling or reading a specific book. It is then up to you as to whether or how you want to proceed

To get started simply click here to download the questionnaire, complete it and return to start the process. If you require more information contact Melanie on 01865 377334 or email mg@inspiretransformation.co.uk.

Who benefits from coaching?

Since starting coaching in 1991 I have coached a wide variety of people, and have come to realise that the common factor in terms of whether people benefit from coaching is that they are ready and willing to take action and change. This might sound obvious, but occasionally clients have come my way who want things to be different, but are not willing to make the changes themselves.

The following are some examples of how clients have used coaching:

• A newly promoted manager was finding working with other long established managers challenging
• An owner manager wanted to develop his coaching skills so that he could delegate to his team, freeing himself up to focus on sales and marketing
• A CEO wanted on-going coaching support in their new role as they had little in-house support
• An owner manager had lost their energy and motivation after running their business for three years and was wondering if being self employed was for them
• A head of a public sector service was retiring early and wanted to explore ‘what next’ and how he could handle his last few months in post in a constructive way
• A marketing specialist, who was looking to return to work after a career break, wanted to explore new avenues
• A professional was hounded by their ‘inner critic’, causing added pressure to their already stressful working life

Where does the coaching take place?

Most of my coaching programmes take place face to face, at the following locations:

• Kidlington, Oxfordshire, 7 miles from centre of Oxford
• New Malden, Surrey (20 minutes by train from Waterloo)
• Client premises, in which case mileage and travel time is normally charged for

Next steps…

• Simply click here to download the free coaching audit questionnaire, complete it and return to start the process
• For more information about the free coaching audit telephone Melanie on 01865 377334 or email mg@inspiretransformation.co.uk

“I am a self-employed marketing consultant and initially approached Melanie for a free coaching audit as I was struggling with a particularly difficult client and thought that an independent external coach might help me manage the situation. It's difficult to articulate, but Melanie's approach, how she made me think about the issues - even over the free audit telephone call - was impressive and really helped change how I viewed and dealt with it.

Melanie's coaching has completely changed how I deal with challenging work and personal situations, and my business has definitely benefited as a result. Being self-employed I miss having colleagues to discuss scenarios, problems or even to celebrate successes, so monthly coaching with Melanie gives me this, but in a structured way so that I leave each session feeling that at least one issue has been taken care of or I have set myself a task to deal with before our next meeting.”

MD, Marketing Consultant, City of London