Individual Coaching

One to one coaching works because it is personalised, confidential, flexibly scheduled and time efficient – more so than just about any other form of professional learning. It is a safe space to think and reach greater clarity around your next steps. Follow-up sessions enable supportive accountability to follow through on these actions.

Coaching for Individuals provides live online 1-1 coaching with a GCI Accredited Coach in flexible blocks of coaching hours.

An initial block of 2 hours, as two 1-hour or three 40-minute coaching sessions, can provide short-term focused support to move forward on a strategic priority, specific topic or challenge. With longer blocks of up to 6 hours, you can benefit from the deeper transformative change that a full coaching cycle enables.

How Can I Use Coaching?

Depending on the number of coaching sessions and the length of the engagement, there are many ways that working with a coach can help. Here are just a handful of possibilities…

Coaching for Critical Moments

Sometimes all you need is to work with a coach for two or three focused sessions on a specific decision, event or moment.

For example:

• a strategic decision or change to be communicated
• a difficult meeting coming up
• an important performance conversation with a key team member
• preparation for a key interview or assessment
• completion of a key project

Coaching for Transitions

Three or four coaching sessions could help you through an important transition.

For example:

• moving into a new role or organisation
• a shift in priorities or ways of working
• gaining clarity on your career stage
• building a plan for moving into a role that allows you to thrive in both a personal and professional sense

Coaching for Leadership Development

A longer block of four or more sessions could help you identify and target areas for development in your leadership such as your approach to working with others.

This could incorporate the use of a psychometric/feedback tool (LSI, DiSC, Genos, VIA character strengths or AITSL 360) leading to deeper analysis of your leadership growth.

Balcony Conversations for Leaders

Four or more coaching sessions spread over the school year (e.g. one per term) could provide a space for facilitated reflection, support and challenge.

The coach provides a critical lens through questioning and enables you to take a ‘balcony view’ as a leader. This extended relationship can help you to identify and prioritise areas of focus, need and growth.

Getting on Top of Things

Sometimes even the most well organised people need a concentrated burst to get back on top of things. Others will benefit from focusing on getting a personal organisational system in place that will enable them to achieve less stressfully.

A few coaching sessions can help to get you on top of things by:

• Exploring your current approach to getting things done
• Developing a workable system for improving and sustaining greater personal productivity
• Reflecting on the barriers to sustaining effectiveness in this area by implementing actions to address these issues