Coaching is an incredibly powerful way to help individuals find their uplevel. Most leadership development programs invariably include a component of coaching, given it is the best way to personalize the growth journey of a leader. In several cases, coaching is used as a standalone mechanism to grow leaders.
COACHING OFFERS
Sometimes, coaching and mentoring are confused. The distinction between the two is that a mentor is somebody who has “been there, done that” and can mentor people using their experience. Therefore, a mentor needs to be from the same industry and role. A coach, however, is an expert who opens the brain space for you to find your own solutions. They don’t have to have the experience of your industry or role. A coach helps you “think it through” using their expertise in making you explore the problem from multiple perspectives to find a reframe.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Typically, a coaching engagement can be a chemistry conversation – three conversations – mid-point check in – three conversations – final check in. However, number of the sessions are dependent on the kind of need, the readiness of the individual, and immediacy and complexity of the engagement. Based on these considerations, the number of coaching conversations can be eight or more.
COACHING CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS NEEDS:
Key types of coaching are these:
- Leadership coaching
- Career Coaching
- Life Coaching
Some of the needs are clients generally come to us for are the following:
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Finetuning people management skills
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Addressing biases
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Working on specific leadership skills such as visioning or strategy
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Driving culture change
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Deepening self-awareness
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Getting ready for a new transition: role, country/culture, life
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Dealing with specific issues like difficult stakeholders
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Thinking through a particular challenge like a business idea
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Brainayan coaches have supported several clients find insights about themselves, take risks, build skills and create impact for themselves and their organizations.
BRAINAYAN'S APPROACH
- To invest in a leader who is on a growth trajectory.
- To help an individual struggling with a particular challenge to support their growth journey.
- To learn from a missed opportunity and be ready for the next.
- As part of a leadership development program or an intervention to build a leadership pipeline whatever the need, here’s how we approach it.
WHY CHOOSE BRAINAYAN?
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We have a flexible way of operating. We do not impose a methodology, tool or technique on our clients.
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Our coaches take a highly ethical approach and advise clients on usefulness of a coaching engagement, even if it may mean loss of revenue for us.
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We use a research-based approach, bringing new insights in leadership development to the table to support coaches effectively.
TYPICAL FORMATS
One to One Coaching: This is the most popular format with our clients. We frequently coach leaders across organizations in a 1:1 setting.
Group Coaching: We offer coaching for groups where individuals have similar needs and will also benefit from and are open to peer coaching.
Who is it for?
Coaching is primarily meant for individuals an organization wants to invest in either given their current or future mandate. Individuals can be both people leaders or business leaders.