EXECUTIVE COACHING
Understanding the psychology of high performance is at the heart of our approach. Drawing on our experience of elite sport and winning successes we look to offer a bespoke service that enables us to work with you to achieve your goals as a trusted partner.
We help both individuals and organisations to create a space for personal growth and performance where goal accomplishment is inevitable.
Combining high performance sport with business, we look to apply the strategies of sporting successes within a practical business setting. The hesitations and hurdles suffered by athlete are identical to those suffered by any high performing person, and so the same strategies can be applied to enhance success.
We look to combine direction, inquiry, mentoring, and sometimes even counselling, to critically establishing an atmosphere of trust and respect, that forms the relationship to enable you to achieve your goals.
A Holistic Approach
The former Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, has recently been teaching his leadership philosophy at the Harvard Business School. Ferguson emphasises the need to develop and engage the whole person if they are to contribute fully to a highly functioning team and begin to recognise their own worth and ability.
Similarly, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team’s mantra is ‘Better people make better All Blacks’. The All Blacks, who are back-to-back rugby World Champions, primarily recruit players based on personal character (given a baseline of skill), and then develop and promote self-awareness and emotional intelligence within those players as key drivers of success.
We look to bring this holistic approach, combining the commitment to the personal development and wellbeing of you, with an unflinching dedication to your success.
Progressive Coaching
We look to follow a model of progressive coaching emphasising; challenge, innovation, observation and empathy. We look to incorporate constant inquiry and rigorous debate.
We look to posses the humility in that there is always learning, and this learning comes mostly from the experience of rigorous inquiry. We look to hold ourselves and you as accountable to the work we do in search of an ‘edge’. This edge is found in constant learning, high-quality practices and an acute understanding of the learning and relational processes.
Graham Henry, a former head teacher and the national coach of the exceptional 2011 All Blacks World Cup winning rugby team said:
‘I’m from an educational background so I’m very keen on it being a learning environment. The result of this is that people get better, they’re always improving… how can we make this better, how can we improve this?’.
Henry brought in wrestling coaches to help with scrummaging, psychiatrists to work with stress management and even Maori cultural experts to help reconnect the team with their identity. He recognised his strengths but look to source what was needed to generate consistent high performance.
Our Executive Coaching Is:
Experiential: Developing high performance patterns is not purely an intellectual activity, it’s a fully embodied experience.
Psychologically Reinforced: The techniques we use are supported by research and evidence.
Discussion Based: The ideas and expertise you bring into the room are just as valuable as the knowledge and experience of your coach. Robust discussion is integral to training.
Practice & Feedback Orientated: Similar to that of a an elite sport setting, practice enables success and growth. You will have opportunities to test and play with the tools and techniques introduced within a low stakes environement.
If you are interested in Executive Coaching with Oliver please reach out to book a call to see how we can partner.
