Let’s face it: as a technical leader, you are an accomplished and high-potential employee. You were promoted to a leadership role, although you may not yet possess the tools and resources to succeed as a leader of people. Do you want to excel as a leader of people?
This program coaches technical people to become people-people. People are an organization’s most valuable assets. So it is important to treat them as you would the MVPs (Most Valuable Players) on your team. This program gives clear, practical, relevant information about relating with people to minimize conflict and misunderstanding, and maximize results through harnessing the strengths in people.
Outcomes you can expect from the “Technical People Becoming People-People” program include:
- Understanding of your dominant strengths, and how you affect others;
- 3 mechanisms to understand others, who are different or like you;
- 4 practical tools to inter-relate effectively and achieve goals with others;
- Pre- and post-assessments that measure your leadership effectiveness; and
- Measured progress during and after the program.
Participating in this program is foundational for your career as a leader. When you understand how to relate effectively with people, and put this knowledge to work, you are well on your way towards a successful career as a leader.
Benefits you can expect from the “Technical People Becoming People-People” program include:
- Improvement of interpersonal and team collaboration
- Correction of workplace conflicts and elimination of disrespectful actions
- Reduction in workplace stress and related illnesses
- Solutions for diversity challenges
- Solutions for communication challenges
- Solutions to address employee dissatisfaction
- Solutions to improve employee motivation, engagement and accountability
What kind of ROI (Return on Investment) can you expect to receive from this coaching program?
Your organization can expect a minimum 184% ROI1 from successfully implementing the solutions offered in this program. This immediate short-term benefit of the program is linked to personnel retention: by reducing the turnover risk for at least one of your staff, or staying with the company yourself!
(The figures used in calculating this percentage are conservative, and could extend as high as 885%. The average immediate return on investment will be about six times the cost of the program; the long-term return will be even higher.)
According to a study done by the Manchester Group, organizational benefits from coaching include:
- Improved Relationships (77%)
- Improved Teamwork (67%)
- Improved Job Satisfaction (61%)
- Improved Productivity (53%)
Research by the Chartered Management Institute and Campaign for Learning - "Coaching at Work" reports respondents feel that coaching achieves the following desired outcomes:
- A feeling amongst participants of ownership of the issues and the outcomes (85%)
- Evidence of learning being put into practice (71%)
- Readily quantifiable and positive results, often demonstrated on the company's "bottom-line" over the long term (62%)
Program Format and Structure
This coaching program is structured to be a combination of individual and group coaching, giving you an opportunity to learn and to collaborate with technical peers in other organizations.
The “Technical People Becoming People-People” coaching program is structured as follows:
- Training and coaching sessions over a 4-month period.
- A live full-day workshop in-person in Ottawa, Canada, facilitated by Sylvia Goodeve, with fellow technical people-people participants.
- Extensive one-on-one coaching with Sylvia Goodeve.
- Three group coaching sessions with all technical people-people participants.
- Robust measurement systems to keep you on track and seeing progress.
Interested in Applying?
Please follow this link and complete the application form.
You will be contacted for an individual consultation within 24-48 hours.
1Ask me (Sylvia@SylviaGoodeve.com) how I calculated this figure”