What is development coaching?

We offer one-to-one developmental coaching to develop skills and encourage behavioural change. At the heart of our coaching is the recognition and maximisation of the skills that the individual has demonstrated. This can be particularly helpful where there is a new diagnosis and also to address any concerns with work. Coaching can help you:

• Take stock of the challenges you currently face.
• Work out exactly what you need to do to move forwards.
• Implement your action plan (with the support of your coach).
• Evaluate your progress and decide on next steps.

Coaching is not about telling you what to do, dwelling on the past or fixing poor performance. Instead, it aims to give you a clear focus on where you are now, where you want to be and how to get there. Everyone is different, so there’s no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Coaching uses your unique strengths, values, experience and lifestyle as a starting point. This allows you to set goals which are motivating for you and uncover new solutions that you are comfortable implementing.

The benefits of coaching

Coaching is a powerful tool that supports organisational performance by developing key individuals to get more from themselves and others. Coaching may be a good solution for your organisation if:

• You would benefit from having a confidential, impartial sounding board for your ideas and challenges.
• There is a need to develop leadership skills (or other high value skills) in high potential or newly promoted individuals.
• You would like to find a way of unlocking your own and others’ untapped potential.
• You need to find ways to resolve interpersonal conflict or other disruptive behaviour effectively.

Why choose The Kade Consultancy?

All of our coaches are qualified Occupational Psychologists with a wealth of experience across many different work sectors. They use evidence-based approaches and established tools to provide a professional service.

A recent testimonial

“I sourced professional coaching sessions at a time of great change within our organisation which meant I was facing increased leadership responsibility and changes to my professional role and circumstances. I have been having coaching sessions for 12 months now and can honestly say that they have changed and vastly improved my whole view of professional life and my role as the leader of the organisation.

“Simon has years of experience in working as an occupational psychologist. He knows the world of work and has great expertise in helping leaders develop. He provides clever analogies and very useful models and resources to support my thinking. I am guided by him to clarify and articulate my goals. We do not shy away from challenges in our sessions but discuss these which often helps me to understand things more clearly.  Simon gently challenges any negative thinking I may have and works with me to return to aspects within my control – my own values, thoughts and actions. He prepares session notes and additional resources and ideas following each session which enable me to continue working on the areas I have identified between sessions. His emails inbetween sessions help to keep me focused and on-track with the goals I have set myself.

“In this way, with Simon’s coaching, I have made great progress in a number of areas including: evaluating my own leadership style and values, enjoying a successful recruitment process which led to me securing the permanent role as headteacher, developing a healthy work-life balance, learning positive approaches to managing stress and clarifying my own vision for myself as a leader. This work helps me to communicate more clearly with others at work, be surer of the decisions I make, ensure I stay well and healthy and increase my emotional intelligence working with others.

“Being a leader of an organisation like ours is a great responsibility and a huge privilege. I do not take my responsibilities lightly and know the trust, faith and expectation that is placed in me. Coaching is key for me to be the best version of myself and, I believe, would be something that many more professionals would find useful to undertake. Each session leaves me energised, optimistic and with renewed belief in myself and positivity for the future. The focus of coaching is making the best use of our own potential and making the very best of the most important resource I have available – me!”

Jane Scardifield (Headteacher)