High-Performance Coaching
Available in Keynote Presentations, Half-Day Seminars, and Full-Day Programs

“Thanks for the fine job you did as keynote speaker for our Symposium. Your message was right on target and entertaining. We have received many favorable comments…I would like to continue to work with you to ensure that we follow up with a systematic program…Thanks again for helping us make this the most successful Symposium ever.”
— William Slavin, Vice President, IBM Global Services

High Performance Coaching teaches supervisors, managers, and executives how to incorporate coaching skills into their management style so they can explode into a new level of performance.

Coaching is the art and science of managing and developing people. Impressive new research studies have demonstrated that a manager’s ability to coach his or her people has a profound effect on critical business measures such as customer service, employee retention, productivity, and profitability. Unfortunately, many managers are not especially adept at coaching, managing, and developing people.

High Performance Coaching takes extensive research on people management and condenses it into succinct ideas and an easy-to-implement system. The seven best practices articulate clear, practical coaching strategies that enable you to ignite individual productivity and team success.

In addition to teaching new knowledge and skills to your audience, the High Performance Coaching program is refreshingly motivating and fun. Managers walk away with a reinspired commitment to lead people and create phenomenal results.

Program Outline

What is Coaching?
A definition and explanation of coaching.

Why Coaching?
How coaching skills pay off in greater productivity, profitability, and results.

The Seven Best Practices for Great Coaching
Best Practice #1 Coach for a HighPerformance Attitude
Best Practice #2 Coach Each Person as a Unique Individual
Best Practice #3 Coach to Clarify Goals and Align Efforts
Best Practice #4 Coach People in Two Main Topic Areas
Best Practice #5 Coach Formally and Informally
Best Practice #6 Coach to Confront Poor Performance
Best Practice #7 Coach to Recognize and Reinforce

Practical Coaching Tactics
Simple strategies for successful coaching.

The Coaching Commitment
Re-dedicating yourself to become a great leader.