Management Resources Guide

MANAGEMENT RESOURCES GUIDE
The Objective
The initial phase is to clarify and establish the objectives, outcomes and results the member
desires and to develop a coaching & mentoring relationship. This is akin to a discovery process
in specifically determining the needs and expectations along with the coaching framework that
will be used. These objectives may alter as the member develops increasing awareness of their
capabilities, challenges and new opportunities, over time. This also provides for increased
growth and development as it caters for the fact that each person’s learning outcomes and
intentions are not static. Overall, the initial phase sets the foundation for the coaching &
mentoring relationship. It establishes rapport, determines the context and lays out the best way
to work together and support the learning.
Your History
There is a significant challenge where there is no shared history between the member and me.
To obtain a baseline picture and to increase the member’s self-awareness for articulating the
personal intentions and development, an assessment may be needed. Not all assessments will be
undertaken at the outset of the executive coaching & mentoring program. What data is sourced,
whom the member would like to involve, how we source data and eventually use it will all be
dependent on the key learnings and insights that emerge from the Program.
The assessment may take on various forms:
A structured psychological evaluation incorporating measures of preference, life and
career anchors, leadership archetypes and style, leadership competencies, mental
functioning, and other characteristics.
Powerful questions to serve as reflection frameworks for the member to gather their own
insights and data about things that matter to them.
360-Degree feedback data – both structured and self-directed to obtain more insight
from key people in the member’s life and work.
If applicable, the superior’s view on the member’s progress can also be solicited as
important assessment data at key points.
The Program
The executive coaching & mentoring will vary in intensity and content depending on the
objectives and needs of the member. The effectiveness of the Program will be subject to ongoing
review. We monitor the member’s progress against the agreed development plan and the key
intentions they set for themselves which we will formulate, review and update throughout the
executive coaching & mentoring program. The member may be required to augment the
coaching & mentoring by undertaking:
Action learning assignments
Challenges as set down by me
Role plays, readings, journaling
Shadowing
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