How Companies are using CoachingOurselves

Organizations such as ING, Cathay Pacific, Fujitsu, Nissan, Canon, Griffin Hospital and many others use CoachingOurselves to:

• Bond managers within their teams and across the corporate culture
• Build leadership capacity without breaking the bank
• Carry new learning into daily practice
• Bust up the Silos and Slabs
• Change perspective on a difficult company problem
• Rebuild the company as a community
• Fire up middle managers to lead change
• Open up discussion on a key issue during a company retreat or other management program
• Accelerate the development of high potential talent
• Provide a form of in-house management "MBA" with the best thinkers in management

How does it work?

Participants learn through reflection and discussion on recent managerial experiences during purposeful learning meetings, usually every second week for about 90 minutes, with colleagues, peers, or direct reports.

Each meeting focuses on a specific managerial topic, such as High Performing Teams and Strategic Thinking As Seeing, prepared for CoachingOurselves by a world-renowned management authority such as David Ulrich, Philip Kotler, John Seely Brown, Marshall Goldsmith, and Henry Mintzberg. Topics provide conceptual content, and the agenda to drive discussions around managerial experiences and develop actions for change.

Over fifty topics are grouped around a variety of themes such as Basic Management, Engaging People, Establishing Strategy, and Venturing & Innovating. Groups can pick one at a time or follow a theme relevant to their organization's specific needs.

In CoachingOurselves there is no pre-work or homework: it all happens during the sessions. The only requirement is a print out of the topic and a pen -- no laptops. The group of managers works through each topic without the help of external facilitators or trainers. A sense of community develops in these teams, which can become major catalysts for change in their organization.

“Thoughtful reflection on natural experience, in the light of conceptual ideas is the most powerful tool we have for management learning.” Managers not MBAs by Henry Mintzberg, co-founder of CoachingOurselves.

We can provide consulting and support to assist HR teams with CoachingOurselves or design and deliver a complete solution. New groups of participants begin after an introductory workshop delivered by the HR team or one of our partners. Our global network of partners can offer as much or as little help as needed to get CoachingOurselves started and bring everything together.

CoachingOurselves is presently available in seven languages in nine countries. If you have questions or would like more information contact us at 1-866-669-0838 or through our online form.

Senior managers and leaders use CoachingOurselves to strengthen and bond their teams or simply change perspective on a current business issue. Just one 90 minute meeting guided by a topic such as Silos and Slabs in Organizations will stimulate discussions that lead to valuable new insights and perspectives.

To get started contact us online or give us a call at 1-866-669-0838 to purchase one or more CoachingOurselves topics.