Sample Projects

Executive Coaching

Client: Health Care Organization

Challenge: Coach senior manager to manage up more effectively.

Solution: Held semi-monthly meetings over a 5-month period that included data gathering from the client's manager, peers, and direct reports; feedback; and ongoing coaching. Developed a concrete set of actions to change both behaviors and perceptions of behaviors to open up career possibilities.

Executive Coaching with 360-Degree Feedback

Client: Financial Services Organization

Challenge: Provide coaching to a group of senior executives based on a 360-degree feedback process, helping them identify their strengths and weaknesses, prioritize actions, and communicate their plans to their managers.

Solution: Provided support to client while creating the 360 feedback assessment. Created a customized Planning Guide to maximize analysis and use of the assessment. Met with each person being coached for three sessions. Ensured that managers understood their data, identified patterns, determined action plans, and communicated their action steps with their managers.

On-the-Job Training

Client: Life Sciences Company

Challenge: Provide coaching to trainers responsible for on-the-job training for technical personnel. Technical personnel were nodding their heads and signing forms, implying that they understood the material, but their on-the-job performance indicated that they were not absorbing the information.

Solution: Reviewed existing SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and associated training materials. Recommended standard format for materials, including additional visual/graphic materials, measurable objectives, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), standardized footers, quizzes, and more. Provided guidance on developing and delivering on-the-job training.