Coaching

About Coaching

Coaching is based on a relationship between the professional coach and the client, that focuses on the client taking responsibility and action in order to achieve specific goals. 

Coaching assists the client in increasing one's level of self-awareness and responsibility and provides the client with structure, support and feedback. It is really about helping the client achieve his or her potential through the coaching relationship and process.

 
"The College of Executive Coaching's 2005 State of the Coaching Industry Survey shows that 95% of the organizations that use coaching have increased its use in the past five years and zero percent have decreased its use. Coaching is growing because it works. In recent surveys, 55%-85% of organizations report using formal coaching as an employee development method."
(College of Executive Coaching Newsletter, October 18, 2006)

 

Wendy is a member of:

International Coach Federation

A professional coach who has been credentialed by the International Coach Federation has met ICF's stringent requirements of coaching. An ICF Credentialed coach has received very specific coach training and has achieved a designated number of experience hours.  (www.internationalcoachfederation.org 2011)

Wendy is  a member and Board Member of the Prairie Professional Coaches Association. http://www.icf-sask.org/

 

 

Leadership/Executive Coaching

“Companies that use or have used professional coaching for business reasons have seen a median return on investment of seven times their initial investment.” (2009 ICF Global Coaching Client Study)

Coaching assists the client in increasing one's level of self-awareness and responsibility and provides the client with structure, support and feedback. It really is about helping the client achieve his or her potential by being a thought partner.  Leadership coaching is for those who want to increase performance and  want a confidential partner to discuss key business challenges. Coaching helps the leader achieve a higher level of self-awareness so that positive growth can occur.

Coaching can help create more successful organizations by assisting the leader or executive in:

·         the development of  leadership skills,

·         the development of the organizations’ leaders,

·         the management of employees,

·       communication skills,

·         managing relational conflict effectively,

·         decreasing personal or professional stress and

·         building on emotional intelligence competencies.

 

 

Health/Well-Being Coaching

Focus: Brain Health Coaching Executive coaching conversations usually focus on career and organizational performance, however, personal challenges that affect one's work performance can be addressed in coaching. Without addressing these issues, employees are often not able to move forward. Stress is a significant issue facing employees and is commonly addressed and worked on in coaching.

Well-being leads to high performance. How can an employee achieve peak performance, productivity, high engagement, and exceptional leadership skills, if he or she is not managing their health and well-being?

With extensive knowledge, experience and education in psychology, leadership, adult education and nutrition and brain health, Wendy is well-equipped to offer extensive health and well-being coaching to her clients. This may be the focus of coaching or can be integrated with leadership/executive coaching.

Recent survey results indicated that workplace engagement, conflict management skills, emotional self-management, and motivation increased on average by 36% - 38% following stress-management coaching with Wendy.

Health Statistics in Canada:

In Canada, over 70% of worker’s disability is related to psychological health. (Sroujian, 2003; Watson WYAM, 2005)

Costs related to mental health at work represent 17 % of the salary mass in Canada.                  (Watson WYAM, 2002 - 2003)

Long term losses in productivity associated with mental health issues of Canadians are estimated to be over 9 billion dollars.          (Lim, Jacobs, Ohinmaa, Schopflocher, & Dewas, 2008)