Metagen Coaching
“A coach is a thinking partner”
The Metagen Coaching Approach
The basis of coaching is to create awareness with the individual of his/her own potential and challenges.
This is done through one of various programmes:
Programme 1
A 360 degree evaluation process is facilitated with the respective team or department to derive at the “coaching agenda” for the individuals of that particular team or department.
PROGRAMME 2
PROGRAMME 3
The Metagen Coaching Approach
The coaching process
The coaching process requires the individual to accept responsibility for his/her own outcomes. The coaching process will facilitate the implementation of SMART goals to move from the “now state” to the “desired state”.
In a business context this approach takes full cognisance of the company objectives (360 degree evaluation process) and is action and outcomes based, which incorporates feedback to management during the coaching process.
This approach results in sustainable change in behaviours.
One on one coaching facilitates people to discover solutions for themselves within a safe and confidential environment. Periodic re-enforcement of new behaviours and actions facilitates implementation.
Coaching sessions
During coaching sessions, the individual will discover things about himself or his performance that he is presently unaware of or chooses to ignore referred to as blind spots. Coaching aims to bring these issues clearly into his view and having done so gets him to work with these issues to produce extraordinary results.
Why is coaching so successful
Change and Transformation
Coaching is successful because coaching works with the inner resources and potential of an individual (all internal factors), transformation and changes within an individual have immediate results in terms of external factors. Coaching unpacks the highest intentions of an individual and this brings about transformation and change in:
- Purpose of individual translated into business efforts.
- Motivation.
- Improved behaviour.
- Better decision making abilities.
- Improved focus on daily activities.
- Self awareness.
Customisation
The coaching programme is customized for each individual/ company depending on their objectives. This, inter alia, include:
- Better business results.
- Getting people to think and work together company/ group wide and how to manage it.
- Instilling more confidence, motivation, and professionalism in employees and ultimately the company.
- Getting employees to take ownership of their jobs and their lives.
- The development of action plans for further self-development.
When to introduce Coaching
When do companies typically introduce coaching programmes?
A number of organisations, small to large in size, have begun to see the benefits and advantages of coaching programmes for their employees.
Situations where coaching can add tremendous benefit include:
- To assist executives in company strategy and vision.
- Broadening the group of top performers in the company.
- Getting key people who have been appointed in new roles up to speed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
- Assisting employees within companies to cope with any changes that take place within the company i.e. restructuring, retrenchments etc.
- Addressing low performance issues in business.
- Improved implementation of new skills learnt.
Individual Coaching
What types of individual coaching programmes are offered?
Executive coaching
Executive coaching addresses issues at strategic levels such as mission, vision, leadership, management, responsibilities, challenges, and potential.
Business coaching
Business coaching addresses issues within the workplace such as talent and skills development, inter-personal skills, time management, stress management, creativity, productivity, dealing with difficult people etc.
Personal coaching
Personal coaching addresses various aspects of an individual’s personal life i.e. life and work balance, goals, career, purpose, relationships etc.
Team Coaching
What is a team
“A team is a work group that rely on collaboration if each member is to experience the optimum success and achievement”
– Dyer, W. , 2001
“A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they are mutually accountable.
– Katzenbach, J.R. & Smith, D. K, 1993
What is a team coaching
Team Coaching is:
- the art of facilitating and challenging a real team to maximize its performance and effectiveness in service of meaningful organizational goals
- a strategy targeted toward increasing the effectiveness and cohesiveness of workforce teams
- delivered to a group of professionals working together on projects
delivered to management teams working together for the benefit of the company - most effective when the team members are part of both team and individual coaching sessions
Benefits of Team Coaching
Unifying departments
Company culture & Values
Learn about other team members
Create an action plan
Resolve conflicts effectively
Team coaching effectively boosts the stability, morale, and productivity of groups to the organization’s greater good.
This process assists the team to think effectively as a team about solutions for challenges experienced by any of the individual team members OR challenges faced by the team as a unit. It further increases collaboration; cohesiveness; commitment and communication between the individual team members resulting in a united team and united goals
What are some of the steps to start with team coaching?
- Pre-team coaching survey
- Desire for Executives to align the team with organizational objectives
- Individual team member feedback prior to the team coaching sessions
- Personality profiling and behavior reports
- Start of team coaching sessions
- Simultaneous start of individual coaching sessions
- Constant feedback and monitoring of activities and team change
- Post coaching findings and feedback