Thank you for being in a position that leverages lives.
Consultants play a pivotal role in the success of companies far and wide. As a consultant, you often get a front-row and back-row seat to company issues. What happens when your advice is challenged or falls flat due to a negative culture or a stubborn leader? It can feel purely frustrating and disheartening.
Also, if you have ever experienced a leader personally confiding in you behind closed doors about their frustrations and how their role is taking a toll on them, it can be normal to feel more like you are being asked to be a therapist.
We can imagine how much worth you find in the work you do and the role you play. Yet, if you are exploring the coaching side of supporting a company or leader, then it could be an indication that you are ready to take on more significant projects or play a more meaningful role in the lives of the leaders or teams of the companies you consult for.
Below, we've outlined some new options for you to consider as a consultant. Please reach out with any questions.
Also, if you have ever experienced a leader personally confiding in you behind closed doors about their frustrations and how their role is taking a toll on them, it can be normal to feel more like you are being asked to be a therapist.
We can imagine how much worth you find in the work you do and the role you play. Yet, if you are exploring the coaching side of supporting a company or leader, then it could be an indication that you are ready to take on more significant projects or play a more meaningful role in the lives of the leaders or teams of the companies you consult for.
Below, we've outlined some new options for you to consider as a consultant. Please reach out with any questions.
Let's talk about enhancing your solutions.
Below are three things you may want to consider about the powerful integration of coaching and consulting work:
1. Addressing the "Fell Flat" Initiatives
There are a few reasons why consulting efforts may fall flat. There may be a toxic employee undermining projects. There may be little buy-in due to a lack of positive culture. Or, sometimes, the leader gets in the way. These moments can be so painful and disheartening. Especially so when you can see the solution is right there if only.... the boss would stop shutting progress down... if only the employees would stop being so negative towards new initiatives.. if only.. you name it!
Regardless, getting to the root cause is where the transformation has to occur to address or avoid these moments where initiates hit walls. Only shifting something at the roots impacts the fruits.
You can tell someone a clear solution until you are blue in the face, but the wall remains a wall until there is an internal shift. Coaching skills help take consulting services to the next level by turning walls into doorways of new opportunities.
2. Personalizing Your Process
We have good news, good-good news, and some bad news to share with you about the personalization of the processes you teach. The good news is that every human being, company, and team has its unique success formula. Yay! It can be fun to help people locate this within themselves or within a group.
The bad news? Every human being, company, and team has its unique success formula. This means that even the best formula may not "plug and play" optimally the first time around. As a consultant, the odds you've already bumped into this are very likely and common.
The good-good news? The good-good news is that the good news helps address the bad news. The fact that consultants can add coaching skills into any implementation process allows them to personalize their processes further and help the company, leader, or team locate their unique success formula ten times quicker!
Considering number three below could also be fun because, as a consultant, you can build a bigger bridge for your clients when you add coaching into the mix.
3. Expanding Your Professional Agility and Services
Did you know that:
"Thirty-one managers underwent a conventional managerial training program. "Training” which included goal setting, collaborative problem solving, practice, feedback, supervisory involvement, evaluation of end-results, and a public presentation” increased productivity by 22.4%. Training and coaching increased productivity by 88%, a significantly greater gain compared to training alone. (Public Personnel Management; Washington; Gerald Olivero; K Denise Bane; Richard E Kopelman)
Adding coaching services to your current processes can greatly enhance your service offers and increase your positive impact by a large margin.
1. Addressing the "Fell Flat" Initiatives
There are a few reasons why consulting efforts may fall flat. There may be a toxic employee undermining projects. There may be little buy-in due to a lack of positive culture. Or, sometimes, the leader gets in the way. These moments can be so painful and disheartening. Especially so when you can see the solution is right there if only.... the boss would stop shutting progress down... if only the employees would stop being so negative towards new initiatives.. if only.. you name it!
Regardless, getting to the root cause is where the transformation has to occur to address or avoid these moments where initiates hit walls. Only shifting something at the roots impacts the fruits.
You can tell someone a clear solution until you are blue in the face, but the wall remains a wall until there is an internal shift. Coaching skills help take consulting services to the next level by turning walls into doorways of new opportunities.
2. Personalizing Your Process
We have good news, good-good news, and some bad news to share with you about the personalization of the processes you teach. The good news is that every human being, company, and team has its unique success formula. Yay! It can be fun to help people locate this within themselves or within a group.
The bad news? Every human being, company, and team has its unique success formula. This means that even the best formula may not "plug and play" optimally the first time around. As a consultant, the odds you've already bumped into this are very likely and common.
The good-good news? The good-good news is that the good news helps address the bad news. The fact that consultants can add coaching skills into any implementation process allows them to personalize their processes further and help the company, leader, or team locate their unique success formula ten times quicker!
Considering number three below could also be fun because, as a consultant, you can build a bigger bridge for your clients when you add coaching into the mix.
3. Expanding Your Professional Agility and Services
Did you know that:
"Thirty-one managers underwent a conventional managerial training program. "Training” which included goal setting, collaborative problem solving, practice, feedback, supervisory involvement, evaluation of end-results, and a public presentation” increased productivity by 22.4%. Training and coaching increased productivity by 88%, a significantly greater gain compared to training alone. (Public Personnel Management; Washington; Gerald Olivero; K Denise Bane; Richard E Kopelman)
Adding coaching services to your current processes can greatly enhance your service offers and increase your positive impact by a large margin.
We love helping you expand your efficacy and positive impact!
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