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Imke Wood

Training Retreat-Centre Therapy Spa

Coaching and Mentoring

Coaching and Mentoring for
Professionals and Businesses

If stress, demands, responsibilities and high efficiency drive you in your day to day life then you are likely to feel exhausted, undervalued, overwhelmed and demotivated from time to time, or sometimes increasingly often.

BURN OUT is not an illness, but a forceful and healthy reminder to STOP, gain some SPACE and allow yourself to TAKE STOCK of what is the best way to live and work and to juggle all your responsibilities.

Feeling stuck, demotivated, unhappy, flat, uninterested or sluggish are common symptoms of burn out. These are often paired with restlessness and sleeplessness, impatience, lost sex drive, low appetite or waves of cravings, head and back aches and a general loss of vision and day to day enjoyment of your life.

Stress and anxiety relating to BURN OUT are fast becoming one of the most destructive forces for professionals and businesses with its effects being responsible for over 60% of absenteeism and loss of productivity. This has been confirmed by a number of reports and research studies.

The coaching program for professional development is tailored around professional needs. My therapeutic and creative management expertise enables you to find new ways of behaviour, motivation, focus and job satisfaction.

Program Outcomes

• Communication/people skills.
• Mental structures/positive thinking.
• Self assessment and esteem/motivation, focus and vision projection.
• Empowerment, including assertiveness, flexibility, negotiation and individual goal setting.

The program is based on a variety of methods including Management and Leadership training programs, Emotional Intelligence, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Cognitive Behaviour Awareness, Gestalt Therapy and the Alexander Technique elements.

Context

The 1 ½ hour sessions comprise personal coaching, practical activities, theoretical information and self directed development activities.

Prior to the first meeting a self assessment/managers assessment questionnaire is completed. It includes data about personality aspects, job requirements, and a development needs proposal.

• 1^st Session: Feedback on questionnaires and assessments, formal Training Needs analysis, coaching (confidential). Outcomes are presented to the management together with an appropriate session proposal.
• 2^nd Session: Agreement on Training Needs and Action Plan for Continuous Professional Development (CPD), implementation of tailored activities on key areas of the development plan. Coaching (confidential).
• Follow on sessions: Mentoring of implementation of the CPD and focusing on particular issues within the work place, mentoring and coaching session (confidential).

Follow up

Depending on the coachee's needs and development the programme is designed to implement the agreed learning outcomes within 3 sessions. Additional services and sessions are arranged in agreement between the funding organisation and the coachee.

An agreed evaluation and program report will be issued at the end of the sessions. Responsibility to discuss remaining issues and further CPD lies with the funding organisation / in-house supervisor and the coachee(s).

Organisational Requirements

The professional coaching sessions identify the roots of unwanted symptoms and behaviourism which can restrict team members in developing their full potential in the work place and in their private lives. It takes personal conflicts to a deeper level and deals with them consciously in order to achieve a more balanced and confident personality.

The programme allows the client to gain a realistic sense of acceptance and control over their emotions and behaviour and to adopt enjoyable and effective ways in which to communicate and achieve his or her full potential.

To assess your business health measures, and the costs incurred by health issues in your workforce, visit Working for Health, a Government-led initiative to protect and improve the health and well-being of working age people. In particular, try out their Business HealthCheck tool for evaluating the costs of ill-health and the benefits of wellness programs.

Businesses can support their workforce by implementing professional coaching sessions and personal therapy access for their employees.

PRICE LIST

Team members/general staff:
one coachee for a block of 3 sessions		£360.00
block of 6 sessions		£620.00
Medium and senior management:
one coachee block of 3 sessions		£450.00
block of 6 sessions		£750.00
private coaching sessions		20% reduction
private for low income earner		35% reduction
Group sessions/ team development and longer-term engagements can be negotiated separately. Prices are exclusive of expenses, we are VAT exempt
self study literature is not included		£30.00

If you would like to discuss this paper or other projects in more detail with us please contact me for a free assessment.