When a company wins, the business community credits the CEO.
When a company fails, they blame the CEO. Everything
filters down from the top.
Since: leadership, passion, culture, work ethic, integrity,
morale etc. is established and reinforced by the leader,
I focus our coaching work at the place where the greatest
leverage can be exerted . . . this is with the CEO.
This is why 80% of our coaching work is with the CEO.
If you try to leverage change at any level lower, it just
doesn’t take hold unless the leader is leading the charge
for change.
Every client relationship begins with what is called
a; “Test Drive”. This Test Drive is a real coaching
session with the CEO in his or her office. This session
is two hours in length, is completely confidential, and
is offered to you at no-charge, and without obligation.
During this first session I will show you what I
have found to be the fundamental foundation to all successful
companies. This “foundation” doesn’t assure success,
but it has to be present in order to set up the possibility
of winning. I have performed these Test Drives
over 400 times with different CEOs during the last eight
years. In addition to this training introduction,
I ask a series of probing questions to illuminate opportunities
for leadership growth in the CEO. I then engage in
a real dynamic interaction which addresses the issues, opportunities
and obstacles facing the CEO and his or her unique situation
at that time. At the end of this meeting, you experience
the authentic value of this proprietary work first hand.
At that moment, you can decide to continue, or not.
Either decision is fine, because remember, this Test Drive
is offered without obligation.
Over the last twenty years I have created 50 modules
of training/coaching that engender great leadership.
This work is proprietary, so you won’t have seen this work
anywhere before. Unlike a “training program” where
we start at one place and then proceed through the material,
instead, I address where you are today in your leadership,
and where the company is with its execution traction, then
I introduce specific modules that will empower you where
you are today.
A common statement made by our new CEO clients is that
they find it difficult to find three hours in their day to
commit to this work. But after the first meeting, they
see that nothing more important than the work of leveraging
the power of their leadership to “manage the board” and lead
their team to execution traction. If predictable execution
to stretch milestones automatically creates maximized shareholder
value over time, and if I can help you uncover and ignite
your leadership potential to this goal, then you are applying
your time and money as a fulcrum to fulfill your responsibility.
We facilitate executive team off-sites,
but we do it differently than you have experienced before.
First we meet with the CEO and do an analysis of; the state
of the company, the nature and personalities of the individual
attendees, and finally the unique goal of your off-site.
Armed with this information we create a customized off-site
program for your team.
While we often hear that our off-sites
are incredibly motivational, this is not the goal. While
motivation feels good, and leverages positive change for a
short period of time, motivation just doesn’t last.
CatalystCoach instead, helps attendees how to leverage their
passion, commitment, skills and potential for themselves,
on their own. This creates lasting change for the better.
At the end of every off-site you
have a team that has broken though their unique conflicts,
found a single direction they can find alignment with, and
had their passion well up to the point where everyone in the
room makes an individual commitment to their common objective.
One of the first benefits of having an outside firm
facilitate your next executive team offsite is that the team
knows they “come to the off-site without an agenda.
The facilitator is not looked at as someone who is posturing
for a promotion. The second benefit is that an outside
facilitator has done this work for hundreds of companies,
so they know how to bring out what needs to be addressed and
is expert at leveraging agreement. The third benefit
is that the outside facilitator, because of their objectivity
is not “in the weeds” of tactical execution, thus they stay
strategic, which is what an off-site should be all about.
Getting Started
I believe it's impossible for you to know if a coach is right
for you unless you experience their coaching. This is why
we offer a two-hour, no charge "Test Drive" coaching
session in your office. At this time we not only meet and
get to know each other, but we also do a coaching session
so you can experience the value. There is no commitment on
your part. To schedule your "Test Drive", Gina Marie
in my office can schedule it for you. Just call; 925.743.4160.
Or email her at
ginamarie@catalystcoach.com
CatalystCoach - 2393 Saddleback Drive,
Danville, CA 94506
Ph: 925.743.4160 Fax: 925.743.4168
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