Written by: Jugdeep kaur a/p Lachman Singh 3 November 2019 BACKGROUND At the beginning of 2019, I was assigned to a different department within our organization, a department which...
Written by Rajita Suntharalingam BACKGROUND Mia, a recruiter and mother to two children, had many things going for her. Life was good until the pandemic struck. She was struggling with the recruitment business as most companies were either retrenching or had imposed a hiring freeze. This directly impacted her business. Mia approached me to assist her with :- Atransition to include coaching into her recruitment business given that she embarked upon coaching during RMCO; and A planto facilitate this TRIAL At the Trial session with Mia, I listened deeply. Mia spent time relaying her need for a coach, her expectations, the scope of work and most importantly, her commitment to this journey. Her sharing of the situation she was in and the goal that she wanted to achieve gave me an indication of the frame she was in. I took the opportunity to explain, amongst others, the ICF core competencies, assured her of my commitment to keep all sessions confidential, the need for honesty and the terms of engagement. Mia was also briefed on the 7 coaching protocols and tools that will be adopted which will serve as a framework during this coaching journey. We then formalised the Coaching Agreement. I gave her the Client’s Coaching Goals and Direction to fill up and submit prior to our next session so that I would have a better understanding of her, her attributes and learning style. Learnings:-...
Written by R. Giri Venkatesh Mark is a successful executive, honing his professional sales and marketing management skills over the years across the Asia region. He has been a one company man, moving across functions and countries as he rose through the ranks. He worked hard for more than 20 years to reach the current stage in his career and felt it was the right time to make the next move if the opportunity arose. This opportunity came in the form of a role as Vice President for Sales in a multinational company. The challenge for Mark is that he is moving not only into a better role but also a new industry. He is a focused person and always relishes a challenge. However, getting into a different industry presented a new challenge for Mark which caused some nervousness. Since this would be Mark’s first move to another company and industry, he wanted to make sure he was well prepared. In the past, he gained good experience in functional roles in Country A and additionally had P&L responsibility in Country B. Mark really enjoyed and thrived in the P&L role. Now, the role of Vice President of Sales for the region covers both areas and was what Mark was working towards. He wanted to make it a success and leave his mark as leader who made positive changes for the good of the company and himself. Mark decided to engage me as his coach to help him through this move. Having received coach training himself, Mark is very familiar and knows the coaching protocol. As such, he was comfortable to use it to guide us throughout the coaching engagement. Since both of us knew each other well during our coach training, we decided it was not necessary to spend time on the Trial stage....
Executive Coaching – A Behavioural Transformation BACKGROUND My background is as an HR leader with strong internal coaching experience within blue-chip MNCs. I qualified on the Certified...
Written by Chuah Beng Swee, 2020 BACKGROUND Kelly has been a very experienced and successful recruitment specialist. She has run her own head-hunting company for more than 20 years...
Written by Daniel CS “Our lives are finite, but life is infinite. We are the finite players of the infinite game of life. We arrive, we leave, we are...