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Services

At Proform, our services are geared to the business of improving an organisation's performance through the improving of the individual performance of the people within that business. The key is coaching. It makes a difference.

• Coaching

  As organisations look for innovative ways to develop people and endeavour to accomplish a balance between growth and profit, they are investing in ways of nurturing talent, growing skills and fostering knowledge in their people.

  Coaching offers a way forward that satisfies the needs of both evolving and established organisations. A coach working in partnership with an organisation in a collaborative way will help to support and develop people at all levels within the organisational hierarchy.

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• What is Coaching?

  Probably Tim Gallwey best describes the essence of coaching. He sees it as "unlocking a person's potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." We would totally agree.

  It is the most powerful way of communicating that we know. It becomes the catalyst for positive change. Focus is on the now and, more so, on the future. It enables people to envision, it checks the reality of the situation, it enables realistic goal setting, it opens up options and it checks the will to win through.

  We always believe that the way to move anyone forward is to have them learn, or accomplish it for themselves. Coaching enables this to happen. It's the coachee that comes up with their own way forward; a way that is much more suitable and appropriate than being advised, cajoled or instructed. They own it and because they have "bought in" to it, they will deliver.

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• What are the benefits of coaching?

  The benefits and value that coaching can bring to the individual, the team, and the organisation as a whole, are many and varied. Anything that requires 'moving forward' is a candidate. We will bring an independent impartiality to looking at the challenges and situations faced by you or your business today. No hidden agendas, no political bias - just a passion to create successful, high-performing teams.

• Coaching can help

  Organisations that buy into the concept of coaching will look at the following checklist. By ticking the right boxes, they know coaching can help in the following ways:

  • To identify and enhance employee performance.
  • By motivating and inspiring individuals and teams.
  • Build win-win situations.
  • Develop leaders and managers on coaching their people.
  • Develop leaders and more effective leaders.
  • By 'backing-up' training, therefore ensuring that trainees master and implement training material.
  • Create a better work life balance, hence a happier, more content workforce.
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• How can coaching help?

  The right coaching will provide the right help – and will produce the right results by achieving the following:

  • It helps clarify people's values, vision, mission and direction.
  • Inspiring and motivating self and others.
  • By giving structure and accountability.
  • In overcoming interference to achieving better performance.
  • Maintains a clear, positive and visionary focus.
  • Having a trusted partner 100% committed to your success in total confidence.
  • Creating the best results.
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• Individual Coaching - Learning to Inspire

  The art of good coaching is the ability of the coach to engage with your people. It is particularly important on an individual basis.

  The coaching is carried out between 6 and 12 sessions at the client's place of work or an appropriate venue of the client’s choosing. Focusing on performance improvement in whatever area the client wishes to seek improvement.

  • Enables the client to identify things which will make the most difference.
  • Speeds the whole performance improvement process up.
  • SMART goal setting and acquisition.
  • Motivational.
  • Visionary.
  • Creates structure.
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• Team Coaching and Development – Learning to Involve

  For the team ethic to work, each member must feel involved. Teams develop at different rates and change can be ever apparent. We will create an individual awareness of how you impact upon fellow team members and how the team works.

  • What is and does success mean to the team.
  • The dynamics of Team Development.
  • Listening skills.
  • Greater harmony and more fun.
  • Create the foundation for future development and progression.
  • Goals and goal setting (The Wheel of Progress).
  • Everyone working towards the same goals.
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• Leadership Coaching - Learning to Evolve

  We passionately believe in the development of leadership at all levels in any business or organisation. Good leadership will result in a culture of continued development.

  We offer a sound approach to developing leaders at all levels and further development of established leaders.

  Based upon looking at 5 Performance Dimensions it will take you, your people and your business to the next level.

  Operational/Technical/Professional Results – focus on Functional / Professional / Business outputs

  Leadership Results – focus on aligning self/team to strategy & vision

  Management Results – focus on making best use of resources to meet objectives

  Relationship Results – focus on building effective internal & external networks & relationships to get things done

  Innovation Results – focus on continuous improvement, smarter working

  Through great questioning, observational techniques, assessment and listening we will:

  • Find and Develop your Leadership Brand.
  • Develop a structured plan based around your needs and the business’s needs.
  • Bring a pure clarity to your vision.
  • Enable you to cascade that vision in the most effective way to your people.
  • Create a Winning Culture.
  • Define the differences between Management and Leadership.

  We help to support and strengthen the vision you have and enable further and more rapid development.

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• Leadership Development – Making a big difference

  I believe the development of leadership at all levels is of great importance to any business or organisation. Business leaders know and have recognised, that organisation have promoted people at times for the wrong reasons.

  If we accept this, it stands to reason that we will have had some successes in changing a few but likewise others will have mentored and developed other subordinate managers in their own likeness. In this way a process of "self perpetuation" continues leading to inappropriate managers and leaders that appear to go through the motions and may not be focused to organisational values. Organisations arrange leadership and coaching courses but still it prevails in a way that it shouldn't.

  I make this statement not through anything other than we at Proform have a belief that as an organisation we understand and can help. To back the learning up should be where necessary one-to-one coaching on the job within the individual's environment and not in the class room should happen.

  My evidence is from personal experience and the experiences of colleagues spread throughout different organisation, companies and countries. My commitment is to make a change.

  My experiences and observations in no way mean that all the managers I have met are deficient in leadership and coaching. In fact, the best of them have unknowingly contributed to my thinking as they also have recognised this and are having such experiences.

  It is only by becoming aware of these facts that we can control our own progression and development, those who are not aware will not change.

  If you would like to find out more and discuss in total confidentiality how we may move forward in a collaborate way please contact us.

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What our clients say about us...

• David is a business coach - coaching me on a personal level to help me (1) develop myself and (2) deal with business issues. He does this through effective questioning and clear action planning and does so in a way which nets real tangible results. He allows me to focus on my thoughts and priorities in relation to my business.

• As a mentor having “been there and done that” he has the skills and knowledge in all areas and would normally be your superior in a work situation. He will deal in the now, and how the past has shaped you, what makes you "tick" and how a specific physical or mental condition can be addresses.

• He took time to understand my organisation, its people and the technical problems that were prevalent at the time. By working with individuals, both listening and coaching, he supported the development of strategies to drive improvement.

• Working with David was interesting and it was refreshing to work with someone who is passionate about what they do. He has a clear energy that focuses on understanding your business and its people.

• David uses a technique which enables me to think of the best solution by myself in a shorter time. He simply asks me what my goals and objectives are for the immediate future and longer term. When I have identified those he simply asks one or two questions and lets me decipher the best course of action to achieve those goals.