Individual Coaching

Many people believe that their work experience alone qualifies them to receive promotions and advancement. Others anticipate that a single management seminar or workshop will result in all the professional development they need. Still others hope their manager or supervisor can find the time to plan and shape their career.

What you find in the real world is that professional development is an ongoing and very individual process requiring long-term commitment and multiple development activities. One activity is a process called Individual Coaching and is a critical supplement to work experience, workshops, and mentors.

Individual Coaching is:

• an opportunity to take control over your development
• a way to focus attention on areas you can strengthen
• a way to use daily work challenges to enhance your skills

Typically coaching is a one-on-one session that lasts one to two hours and results in personalized action plans, commitments and follow-up. Some individuals utilize two or three sessions, others continue for longer periods. Individual Coaching my include telephone sessions along with in-person meetings.