Business Coaching and Development Melbourne
Awareness Improvement provide Melbourne business coaching – we specialise in improving your business and organizational efficiency through mindfulness and enhanced self awareness.
Business coaching is similar to sports coaching. Top sports people use a coach to:
- Benefit from their expertise and wisdom
- Help them think through difficult challenges
- Act as a sounding board
- Provide new and unbiased perspectives
- Provide honest feedback
- Bring out their best
- and support them to a higher level of performance
If you are working hard and not getting the results you want we may be able to help. Business coaching helps our clients to increase profits in less time. Many of our clients doubled their turnover and reduced their direct and overhead costs..
A business coach provides a fluid combination of support and challenge to help the business owner and the top team to become more effective. Business owners have multiple demands on their time and can sometimes lose sight of some of the 'spinning plates'. To find out how we can help you call 0439 438 115 now.
In terms of business performance, we specialise in the utilization of Jungian Analytical Psychology and Ego Awareness, to eliminate following PROBLEMS:
- lack of cooperation
- disengagement
- ‘it was not invented here’
- lack of initiative
- resistance to change
- passive aggression
- lack of initiative and creativity
- victimisation
- empire building
- silo mentality
- protectionism
- isolationism
- politicking
- bullying
- lack of empathy
- ‘Too many chiefs, not enough Indians’
- protecting the status quo
- ‘this is not how we do things here’
- protection and advocacy of one’s own ideas
- poor decision making
- gossiping
The BENEFITS to your business are increased profits through:
- - Reduced absenteeism.
- - Reduced staff turnover.
- - Reduced work related stress and anxiety.
- - Improved cooperation.
- - Improved idea and information sharing.
- - Improved decision making.
- - Improved acceptance and support of changes.
- - Improved level of employee engagement.
These are measurable improvements, contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to profit margins,
Aren't the fees rather expensive?
Nobody really wants coaching - everybody wants results. Business coaching is worth considering when you are looking for significant changes in your work and personal life. The returns typically outweigh the investment by 10:1. This is an excellent rate of Return On Investment and a big improvement in your professional and personal life.
Once we feel there is a good match between our business coach and the client and if our solution is relevant to your need, we offer a range of options designed for different problems. Please call 0439 438 115 to book a half hour exploratory conversation.
Do our business coaching services work?
Here is what one client said:
"The coaching has helped me improve the effectiveness of my team: through better listening, planning and getting them to do more of the thinking. Projects are running better and taking less of my time. My teams are also developing their skills and confidence, allowing me to concentrate on other things".
Business coaching and mentoring services
Do you, or any of your senior team, face these challenges and PROBLEMS?
- The small or medium business has grown, but the management roles have not evolved.
- Employees bring you problems and are not proactive.
- Self belief and confidence is low.
- Too much fire-fighting and not enough planning.
- Lack of Work-Life-Balance.
- Emotional intelligence could be higher.
- Communication has some rough edges.
- Unaware of other's perception.
- Energy and resilience low.
- Plenty of energy, just not focused.
- Too much stress in the business.
- Risk of burnout.
- Not responding to new challenges fast enough.
- Working too hard for the results you are getting.
- Want more profits in less time.
- Want to move the business to the next level.
- Want to prepare an exit strategy.
- Silo mentality.
- Passive-Aggression.
- Visions and Goals are not known and accepted.
- Cultural inertia.
Many of our business and executive clients call us to discuss one or more of these challenges they or their senior people are facing. We may be able to help you too. To find out how we can help you call 0439 438 115 now.
How do our Business Coaching Services work?
We work in partnership with our clients to create programmes that deliver lasting change while retaining sufficient flexibility to respond to short term needs. The main steps are:
- We draw up a clear "contract" that spells out where we are heading;
- What changes do you want and why these now?
- How will we know when we have got there?
- Who else needs to be consulted?
- If appropriate we involve key stakeholders;
- What do colleagues or clients value in your current behaviour that should be preserved or even strengthened to become world class?
- How might you be reducing their productivity?
- Do some colleagues need help to be truthful, relevant and to articulate what they feel using language that is likely to be accepted and acted on?
- Do we need to refine the contract?
- We create a plan for development which may include;
- Assignments between sessions.
- Additional input from other specialists, reading etc.
- Maintaining a record of learning.
- Reviewing progress.
- Towards the end, we will review;
- We avemet the success criteria.
- Stakeholders agree.
- Next steps
Frequency and length of meetings is determined by diaries, deadlines and issues. onthly pattern with some front-loading to build momentum. To start your programme, call 0439 438 115 now.
Business Coaching in Melbourne
We are conveniently located near the CBD in Pascoe Vale South. Our clients are based primarily near the City, the Western or Northern suburbs.
We also deliver executive coaching by telephone to other parts of Australia and abroad. Perhaps surprisingly, coaching over the phone can be as effective as in face-to-face meetings. Call us now on 0439 438 115.