People usually get new jobs because they’ve been good at their old jobs but in many cases they aren’t given the kind of preparation that will allow them to slip comfortably into their new role. They end up learning on the fly and on-the-job in a costly game of “outrun the tsunami” catch-up that benefits neither the organization, nor the executive.
What’s more, you might wish you had better presentation or communication skills, or there may be other reasons you feel less confident than you’d like to be.
Your company might be experiencing the massive turmoil that comes with an acquisition, an industry downturn or a restructuring. Maybe organizational values need to be recalibrated, or open and frank communication has seriously slipped within your organization. This is scary stuff!
Perhaps a family or personal situation has been requiring a lot of your bandwidth, and the hours you’re at work aren’t always as focused as you wish they could be.
Under the leadership of head coach Colin Holbrow, The Holbrow Group has helped hundreds of executives and teams across Canada and around the world quickly master the skills they need to excel in their new positions.
“ My career was stuck and although my hard work and successes were recognized with pay increases and added responsibilities, I couldn’t get to that next level. In fact, feedback from my interviews was getting worse! I picked Colin as my coach because right from the beginning, he listened… With Colin’s coaching I was able to re-focus and prioritize. The promotion I had been looking for happened organically and over the past 4-5 years I have challenged myself to become a role model for employees who feel marginalized… ” …Continue Reading
Margo Waicheri
Vice President, Global Risk
Scotiabank
Your Guide to Corporate Success
An Executive coach from The Holbrow Group is an active and objective listening partner who will challenge, guide, facilitate and support you. Colin and his associates will encourage and motivate you to explore avenues for better performance, all in an atmosphere of trust and partnership.
What Results Can a Holbrow Group Executive Coach Help You Achieve?
Our coaches are trained to help you achieve your leadership goals and overcome your challenges, regardless of whether you are striving for immediate breakthrough results in your organization, or preparing yourself to advance toward a new career opportunity. We’ll customize an action plan to help you fully tap into your potential, intellectually, emotionally, and intuitively, assisting in such areas as:
• Workplace relationships
• Work performance
• Communication skills
• Time management skills
• Career and career transition opportunities
• Personal organization
• Work/life balance
• Self-esteem/self-confidence and
• Wellness
• Legacy
Our clients have typically reported that working with one of our coaches has helped them experience:
• Better performance agility and execution at work
• Clearer, focused, decision-making
• A stronger focus on specific goals and outcomes
• Positive adaptation and changes in behaviour and habits
If You Are the CEO…
If you’re like most chief executives, every day is full of challenges, and the fate of your company—not to mention your career and the well-being of your family—depend on how well you navigate the rough waters of corporate life. You need the right team of trusted advisors who can help you recognize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. You need advisors who can help you see through the distractions so you can focus on and solve the problems — advisors who will tell you the truth when others don’t dare. Essentially, you need a working partner to ensure you have a functioning rudder in place and a strong hand on the tiller.
The Holbrow Group has a substantial area of expertise in assisting company CEOs to thrive in what can feel like the shark tank of business life. We’re steady, seasoned, courageous and supportive. We’ll be on your side when it feels like no one else is. And we’ll be there to celebrate your successes as you become ever-more-accomplished as the CEO of your organization.
Emotional Intelligence Webinar
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is now recognized as the key competency that distinguishes a good leader from a great leader. In today’s business environments, where change and complexity are the norm, EI excellence is critical to creating environments where people can be their best, no matter what else is going on around them.
Our EI Webinar is highly customized to your unique situation and provides a private and confidential assessment of each team member’s EI profile, as well as three 1-hour team webinars, followed by a check-in call 30 days after the final webinar.
For detailed information please see – Bridging The Gap (PDF)
Coach-Like Leadership Webinar
Coach-like leaders develop others by actively listening and observing—and asking powerful questions—so people can discover and act upon the qualities that express their unique areas of brilliance…while neutralizing the habits and beliefs that get in their way. This series offers six 1-hour scheduled calls focused on the skills and behaviours vital to becoming a Coach-like leader.
For detailed information please see – Coach-Like Leadership (PDF)
Contact Us Today
Are we the right fit for helping you map out and maintain your path to a thriving career and rewarding personal life? Finding out is simple. Call The Holbrow Group at 905-301-2264 to schedule an exploratory phone conversation so you can determine if we’re aligned with your objectives.