Corporate Coaching

Having an outside party is often a critical ingredient to growth. The objectivity, neutrality and confidentiality that an experienced outsider can bring builds the trust in the relationship that allows faster results.

Lassiter Consulting offers corporate sponsored coaching to individuals within two categories:

Developmental
For valued employees you want to retain, who want to continue developing their skills when the slot above them is not open, who are new to a position and need to perform quickly, or who want to enhance their skills and/or are getting restless, developmental coaching is a solution. Some companies offer coaching as a "perk."

Examples when developmental coaching would be appropriate:

• An executive is plateaued-out. He/she may have gone as far as is possible in the obvious career path. They need to develop additional growth opportunities or they will be susceptible to recruiters' calls. Lassiter Consulting's partnership with Mastery Works brings multiple resources and tools to bear that help employees see how they can grow within their current position.
  
  
• A new executive in a job needs to perform quickly and effectively to develop the confidence of those on his/her team. Lassiter Consulting can provide 360° feedback, videotaping, team training, and access to colleagues doing the same type of job in other organizations for best practices and benchmarking.

Remedial
"It's cheaper to salvage than sever." This somewhat blunt line surfaces the value a long standing employee has for an organization versus the costs of recruiting in a competitive market. If an employee has served an organization well and could continue to contribute if only some skills were enhanced or some approaches were changed, coaching makes sense.

Employees, even at the highest levels, are typically hired for their functional skills and terminated for their softer skills. Coaching can often improve the latter.

Examples when remedial coaching would be appropriate:

• A manager with high seniority has poor communication skills that are starting to affect departmental productivity.
  Lassiter Consulting can help the manager to recognize the problem through objective assesment, 360° feedback, or subjective counseling measures; then help to identify solutions. Finite time frames and specific outcomes encourage results.
  
  
• Pre-Decision Counseling. An employee has been with the company for a long time, and his/her skills no longer fit the direction of the company.
  Instead of terminating the employee quickly and risking poor morale throughout the department, coaching the employee through his/her future alternatives and starting them on a path would improve outcomes at multiple levels. Lassiter Consulting's use of LifeScapes™ tools help appropriate options emerge so a smooth transition can be made.
  
  

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