Why Coaching?

Individuals, teams and organizations strive to be their best. The inherent human desire to be exceptional and congruent with our purpose is prevalent in all of us. Coaching brings out our best as we constantly refine who we are, why we exist and what we are here to do. The ancient Alchemists used fire to refine and purify metals. Our certified coaches use tools and techniques instead, and there is always transformation involved!

All of our coaching can be performed individually, as a team or in broader contexts in larger systems.

Our certified coaches use an array of assessment tools including The Leadership Circle 360 and culture surveys, StrengthsFinder, MBTI (Myers-Briggs), Birkman, and many others.

What are the benefits of coaching?

• Ideas are translated in to action
• Business challenges can be focused on and solved without distraction
• Results are realized faster and with solid measures
• Breakdowns become breakthroughs – failure is a chance for learning

 

Types of Coaching:

• Executive
• Leadership
• Developmental
• Sounding Board
• SME (Subject Matter Experts)
• Assimilation

 

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Executive Coaching

Development is a key ingredient to a leaders’ ability to perform brilliantly in an executive role. We focus on building management, delegation, systems thinking and self-awareness skills while supporting the executive’s “readiness” for the next position.

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Leadership Coaching

Knowing the difference between leading and managing will catapult a true leader to greatness. Our attention is directed toward the type of leader the person wants to be and frankly needs to be to run their organization effectively for the long-term. This coaching is typically done at the C-level and includes 360 assessments and conversations surrounding leadership potential and attributes like integrity, vision, passion, judgment and emotional intelligence.

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Developmental Coaching

Middle managers generally ache for a chance to receive coaching to accelerate their development and move up the proverbial “ladder”. The focus here is on closing the gap for a leader once they have identified where the next step on the ladder is for them. 

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Sounding Board

You may have heard the phrase “it’s lonely at the top”. We have found that to be true in our 15 years of coaching at the top levels in organizations. Hectic schedules and travel can pull a leader away from their top game and being at their best. With time to reflect on what matters most, they re-gain perspective and stay the course by having a professional coach to utilize as a sounding board. This type of coaching is highly interactive and often the coach and client meet weekly and often over the phone as top leaders tend to travel quite a bit.

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SME (Subject Matter Experts)

Often leaders are asked to ramp up very quickly amidst environmental conditions and pressures that produce a need to get a product or service quickly to market. Alchemy’s subject matter expertise runs deep – our expertise includes government, education, sales, service, hospitality, health care nurses, broadcasting, finance, technology, non-profit, board of directors and psychology. All of our coaches have global expertise in these arenas.

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Assimilation

If a director or manager has the opportunity to “jump start” in their role, they are more likely to stay engaged and engage their direct reports. Productivity and efficiency are supported as is the ability to get work done quickly through people. We provide an assimilation “tool kit” to new directors and managers and coach with them intensively for 3 months to get their vision, strategy and team aligned for greatness.