WORKPLACE AND EXECUTIVE COACHING

Daniel Owen partners with his clients through the coaching process to inspire them to maximise their professional and personal potential. He works to build capable and high-performing individuals, teams and organisations.

Coaching can be described as one-on-one leadership development.  Daniel facilitates client-focused sessions.  He listens, questions, encourages, supports and challenges his clients.  He provides a structure where goals are set and actions are developed for maximum benefit.

Coaching works because clients are supported to set realistic workplace goals and to develop achievable strategies and actions to reach those goals.  

Leadership and management development - Working with leaders and managers to enhance their performance.  Coaching can develop the interpersonal and leadership skills aimed at producing results aligned with organisational vision and goals.  This can include dealing effectively with sustained organisational change, situational leadership, building highly performing teams, managing upwards, relationship and stakeholder management strategies, delegating effectively, dealing with under-performing staff, managing stress and work life balance.

Coaching for high performance – Working with individuals to enhance their work performance.  These individuals may be new to an executive position and need coaching to maximise their potential. Even when individuals are already performing well, coaching can strengthen their effectiveness and productivity at work. 

Issue specific coaching – Working with individuals who may have a specific area which needs focus and development.  This can often arise from performance feedback.  Coaching is a useful mechanism in supporting under performers to achieve performance improvement goals.  Coaching can include improving communication and interpersonal skills, working in a team environment, effective delegation and time management.

Career development and transition coaching – Working with individuals to establish their career goals and develop practical strategies to reach those goals.  Transitional coaching explores tools and support strategies targeting staff in transition, new to role, new to posting, recently promoted or returning to work from maternity leave for example. Coaching can also include effective positioning and networking strategies, application writing and resume development, interview skills development and interview practice and preparation.

Combined or team coaching – Working with an existing team or a group of managers to focus on specific areas for development.  Areas include: strategic and business planning program and project management, enhancing team performance, developing plans and strategies for a new program or policy, establishing a cohesive high performing new management team, enhancing customer service, establishing strategies to better engage stakeholders.

What you can expect from Daniel:

• A client-centred approach to coaching.
• Active listening, targeted questioning with the aim of raising client self awareness.
• A confidential and supportive environment.
• A focus on building strengths and developing areas of weakness.
• The use of a variety of strategies to identify achievable client goals.
• A focus on encouraging client generated solutions and strategies.
• One to one interactive conversations focused on performance.
• An understanding of the client’s organisational context.
• Outcomes that produce positive changes in performance, behaviour or attitude of the client.

FACILITATION

Daniel has built a strong reputation in the design and delivery of strategic and business planning, think tanks, team-building days and workshops.  He has the skills and experience to undertake this work and to effectively engage with participants to deliver clear outcomes from the workshops.  

As a facilitator Daniel brings a strong focus on the individual and creates an extremely inclusive and supportive environment for participants, whilst ensuring organisational objectives are met. He will work to ensure that participants feel engaged and contribute fully to the outcomes of each session. 

He will ensure that the workshop maintains a dynamic pace throughout, especially at times when energy levels are typically lower. He will look to include activities to lift the energy and engagement of participants as well as promote participant interaction. 

Daniel keeps up to date with the issues that impact on the Public Sector and is aware of organisational and portfolio issues affecting the departments he is working with.  He is experienced with facilitation methodologies, such as visual facilitation and graphic recording.