Business Consulting
Identifying key elements to build the skills that lead to success. Establishing a business consulting relationship is one of the best investments that you can make in your business. Each consulting relationship is customized to your particular needs. The initial session will help to determine the areas of growth that will be our targets. Below is a list of common consulting areas.
Business Consulting can consist of several areas, including:
Motivational | Executive Mentoring | Communications | Conflict
Resolution | Team Synergy | Family Business
Motivational
Feel like you could make more of an impact on
your employees? Do you have trouble “getting through” to members of
your team? Great first impressions, communication skills and
influential leadership techniques will be perfected. Everything from
speeches and presentations to staff and board meetings to one-on-one
mentoring will be covered and examined and exercised.
To
motivate your team, you may ask the following:
- Are you, or your employees “stuck in a rut”?
- Are you, and your employees satisfied with the work you do?
- How can you help your team “own” their work?
- How can we build a stronger team?
- Is my own work quality and professional?
Executive
Mentoring
Do you feel like you could use a mentor? When a manager or executive needs someone experienced, unbiased and confidential with whom to process decisions, we can offer a professional and thoughtful discourse, leading to your ability to make better decisions, find balance, and create process more efficiently.
10
Reasons to have an Executive Coach:
1)
Executives often cannot discuss personal
issues openly with co-workers or supervisors.
2)
Everyone has room to improve
3)
Even the most successful golfers have
coaches
4)
Learn to motivate your team to success
5)
Learn to better manage your time
6)
Learn strategies to balance life and work
priorities
7)
Spouses, friends, peers will never give you
the true, honest feedback you need and deserve.
8)
You are not supposed to be an expert in
everything; You can’t be.
9)
The day you stop learning you begin a
down-hill career path
10)
Success is different for each person – You
need to discover what success looks like
Communication – Lateral and Vertical
Clear, respectful, and effective communication is the life blood of a successful organization. Learn to recognize other’s communication styles and perfect your own to create a more cohesive message, and a more effective work environment.
Good Communication:
Is clear
Is honest
Is delivered with controlled appropriate emotion
Is described with respectful language
Is accompanied by appropriate body language , especially facial
expression
Is appropriate in volume and tone of voice
Is non-accusatory
Is open and inviting response from the other party
Is based on the following model:
1)
Observation of fact
2)
Statement of my interpretation
3)
Expression of my feeling
4)
Request of clarification response
Conflict
Resolution
Are inner-office “politics” and bickering causing discord in your team? Are you suffering from personality clashes? Conflict is natural in human interaction and conflict is actually good and necessary when resolved as a win-win. What matters is our attitude towards conflict, and especially how we respond to it.
Learn techniques to capitalize on those workplace conflicts, using the opportunity to resolve underlying issues, spark creative ideas and create a more unified and open team environment.
Team
Synergy
Ever been told you need to be a “team player”? Or do you have a group of individuals in your workplace that need to unite to become a team? A team player is sensitive to the needs, feelings and motivations of his or her colleagues. Learn how to cultivate the “team player” in yourself and foster the team mentality in your employees.
Family
Business
Is your mom your boss? Does your brother handle the family business finances? Your family business can be successful because of the “family,” or it can fail for the same reason. If you are in a business environment where the relationships are defined both as a family tree, and a business hierarchy, than you understand that the lines of authority can blur and the edict of responsibility can cause conflict. Family businesses have a set of specific characteristics that require a unique skill set in the consultant. Learn how to balance the unique relationships, personalities, and conflicts when family is involved in your business.