If there has been a significant move in professional development methods then "coaching" has certainly taken its place among the most requested approaches.

Pinnacle Development Group is more than prepared to provide professional coaching for your executives, senior leaders, mid-level leaders, and even front line supervisors. Whether coaching a Project Manager in a General Construction company or a Corporate "Junior Executive" preparing to ascend to running a division or company, PDG can provide you with the personal and confidential coach that can bring the very best out of the individual.

One of the key coaching tools used by PDG is Brad Humphrey's Professional Image: The Making of a Leader. Other resources are used to better address specific needs of your leader. In addition, a regular "Coaching Update" is provided to the coached individual's senior leader to keep them posted on progress made and practical suggestions that the senior leader can assist their staff person's continued growth. The Coaching Update is, in short, a progress report while respecting and honoring confidentiality between the PDG Coach and the professional being coached.

If scheduling a coaching session is difficult due to location and time, PDG is seeing an increase in web-based coaching via the Skype medium. This easy to implement forum provides a great option for companies looking to coach some rather hard to pin down leaders, not to mention to keep travel costs minimized.

The Professional Coaching effort executed by PDG is again tailored around the needs of the individual in question and what their senior leader sees as improvement targets. Before any actual coaching begins, there is normally a series of "pre-coaching" assessments that can include conducting:

  • Self-Assessment Inventory (PDG Document)
  • Feedback from Senior Leaders, Peers, Sub-Ordinates (PDG Document)
  • Communication Profile Assessment (Several Profiles Available)
  • Discussion of Past Employee Performance Reviews (Your Company Based Document)

While any of the items listed above can be made part of tailoring a coaching strategy, they are not required, although they are encouraged. PDG respects the confidentiality of the individual and the processes of the company.

The Professional Coaching provided by PDG is for building individuals into better leaders, performers, and examples of excellence. PDG has had tremendous success at working workers in many categories of development, from those who needed a complete "make-over" to those who were just in need of some "fine-tuning."

The Professional Coaching experience with most individuals ranges from about six to twelve sessions. Each session should be 2-4 hours in length and be about 30-60 days apart. The sessions are filled with good and applicable discussions, role-plays, and personal responsibility assessment. Leaving each coaching session, the individual is given "homework" that will require their continued focus, challenges to implement their new learned techniques, and maintaining a "log" to review with their coach at their next session.

Do you have one or more individuals who can use some extra attention, putting them "over the hump" in terms of making better decisions, developing better relationships, or projecting a more professional presence? Then consider hiring a PDG Professional Coach to help you get your future leaders to the next level!

For more information about Professional Coaching or to hire your next Professional Coach, call us at 682.500.2669 or e-mail brad@pinnacledg.com.