Corporations industry-wide have introduced coaching as a means of proactively addressing succession and retention issues, competitive marketplace conditions, and investment in their valued employees.

Professionally trained and experienced in the political dynamics of corporations and cultural climates, we collaborate with business leaders and management professionals interested in up leveling their performance and learning to lead with emotional maturity, within the demands of transition and continually changing conditions.

High performing middle management professionals and project managers targeted for senior and high-impact projects, respectively, are frequently the best candidates for the RFS brand of leadership development coaching.

Manchester Inc., a career management and management consulting firm, surveyed more than 300 US companies and discovered that 59% of organizations currently offer coaching or other developmental counseling for their management staffs and executives. Additionally, a separate segment (20%) of organizations indicated that they plan to offer similar coaching within the next year.

Positive results and trends indicate that coaching has reached the mainstream corporate environment from boardroom to conference room. Corporate entrepreneurship coaching is about preparing a workforce to become responsible business owners within the company, reinforcing the skills map required in today’s global workplace.

The coaching relationship is built upon trust and credibility, both mutually rewarding and productive. The coaching sessions typically occur by telephone and last 50 minutes to an hour. We establish the schedule together with our clients during the first session. A coaching agreement is provided to the client.

*Your confidentiality is 100% respected during the coaching sessions. If hired by the corporation, we establish clearly defined boundaries in writing between your manager, yourself, and the coach.

We model the guiding principles of Corporate Coach U and, although interpreted somewhat differently in the personal versus professional or corporate setting, the guiding principles are the same. These include:

1. People have something in common.

2. People are inquisitive.

3. People contribute.

4. People grow from connection.

5. People seek value.

6. People act in their own interest.

7. People live from their own perception.

8. People have a choice.

9. People define their own integrity.

*Disclaimer: Breach of local, state or country laws excepted.

» Communication

Every action we take is a form of communication whether verbal, non-verbal, i.e., body language, or via written word. We choose how we want others to remember us as a communicator. We identify your communication strengths and gaps, focusing on developing and implementing a plan for bridging the gaps. You walk away with powerful influence and persuasion skills.

» Negotiations

A competitive organization requires a workforce that can effectively negotiate, and which is not limited to sales professionals and supply-chain managers. Influential and persuasive negotiators can sell ideas across an organization, remove roadblocks and barriers to a team’s success, and establish opportunities for collaborative business dealings.

» Finance

Corporate entrepreneurs know the importance of understanding and applying sound fiscal responsibility to everyday business dealings. Business ownership comes with an understanding of finance models and operations. Practical finance doesn’t require someone to be a CFO or finance analyst, but it does require that h/she understand the workings of business. Leveraging this knowledge along with effective communication and negotiating skills provides a powerful business and professional mix.

» Leadership

Global business at blistering speed requires leaders who can successfully lead innovative initiatives. Doing so requires leaders who not only possess sound business skills, but also those who demonstrate the emotional maturity needed for leading others within complex work environments. Return on innovative investments (ROII) doesn't occur without the ability to assume responsibility for the risks taken in business.

Leadership is the ability to step out into unknown and untested situations, as well as to step up and assume ownership for business direction and the development of human potential.

» Relationships

Relationships in today’s global workplace are culturally complex in ways few people could have envisioned even a decade ago. Distributed teams and outsourced suppliers managed from across a city or across an ocean contribute to the intensity of doing business in a 24/7 world. Business professionals, managers, and leaders deal with challenges that demand fast, sound decision-making.

Success in the new creative workplace where emotions can translate to passionate pursuit of goals or to business setbacks, professionals must learn how to effectively manage relationships across a global organization.