WHY
Why it is key to work with decision makers so they become the best versions of themselves in these times of uncertainty and rapid change.
Our social, economic, technological, and cultural frameworks are shifting rapidly and being redefined. Our world continues to become more asymmetric. Our clients’ expectations and behaviors are more unpredictable. Our people and teams are emotionally weary and more worried about the future. Our business ecosystems are tensioned. We are rethinking our business architecture, models, and strategies.
A set of unique factors and events are generating high levels of uncertainty and introducing new variables and complexities into individual and team leadership, management and decision-making processes.
CEOs and Senior Leaders are embracing levels of uncertainty, complexity, exponential change, immediacy and diversity that most were unprepared to deal.
I work with CEOs and Senior Leaders so you produce results, maximise your personal and professional potential, and become the best versions of yourselves as individuals, and professionals in an environment of great uncertainty and rapid change.
I work with clients both in the short, medium, and long term. I work with the individual, the relationship, the team, the organization, the ecosystem, and the market. I focus on producing results through the resolution of complex issues and opportunities. I am a tailor, and my interventions are always customized to best fit the characteristics of the client and his/her personal and corporate culture. I am multicultural and multinational, and my four decades of global experience bring a kaleidoscope of perspectives to the search for the best answers in a world of uncertainty and rapid change.
I have developed an approach that integrates several disciplines in a seamless process that naturally evolves as we progress from issue identification to objective setting, to exploration, to resolution, growth and beyond.
Six Disciplines to support CEOs and Senior Leaders
COACHING – where we focus on improving and transforming performance, as well as becoming our best selves as people, professionals, and teams
MENTORING – where we focus on navigating complexity and seeking simplicity and direction, clarifying purpose and making better decisions, becoming more resilient people, professionals, and teams
FACILITATION – where I co-create and co-design strategic retreats and experiences that bring CEOs, Senior Leaders and their Executive Committees together to transform strategic goals and objectives into practical, useful and valuable execution
STRATEGIC ADVISOR – where I work with CEOs, Senior Leaders and Executive Committees to help them create, align, and deploy strategy by ensuring that their people understand, own, activate and execute it
CORPORATE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT – where I work with CEOs, Senior Leaders and Executive Committees to help them develop the skills, knowledge, behaviours, and purpose “to be” and “to do” with the level of excellence and consistency needed in today’s world of uncertainty and rapid change
NETWORKING – where I work with CEOs, Senior Leaders and Executive Committees to help them create and develop their best and most effective networks
Characteristics I value as a coach and mentor
THE COACH AND MENTOR AS MAP MAKER.
As a coach and mentor, I help people get from point A to point B. It sounds simple enough, but the exact terrain between the two points is often obscure and complex to get to.
THE COACH AND MENTOR AS LAMPLIGHTER.
A coach and mentor is often the only person in an executive’s life who will hold the lamp high enough for the client to see beyond immediate commitments and goals. Executives tend to be very short tem focused. As a coach and mentor I push out the time and priority boundaries and ensure we work with the end in mind.
THE COACH AND MENTOR AS GAP FILLER.
I help identify and close skill, behavior, knowledge and networking gaps. Most people have a sense for where they lack skills, behaviors or knowledge, but as a coach and mentor I will quickly get to the pain point.
THE COACH AND MENTOR AS CONTEXT BUILDER.
Every environment has qualities that may not be immediately apparent to the client. As a coach and mentor, I have experience from many different environments, business ecosystems, cultures, and the benefit of an outsider’s perspective. I also help to connect the dots beyond the obvious, since the real meaning and value are often found in the not so obvious.
THE COACH AND MENTOR AS MIRROR.
I will usually be the only one to reflect brutal and honest reality and remind the client who they are and what is most important to them.
THE COACH AND MENTOR AS CHAMPION FOR ONE’S BEST SELF.
I am trained to focus attention on what is working and on the client’s strengths. I will always challenge you to go beyond what you think is possible. A coach and mentor masters the art of timely support and challenge as a means to move the client beyond his perceived limits.
