What we do.
We have a track record of helping individuals and their organisations achieve, often in challenging and complex environments.
We like to get to know an organisation and individual(s) to create bespoke development interventions with a clear focus, a good cultural fit, and outcomes that improve performance, engagement and results.
So whether your focus lies with Executive Coaching, Leadership and Team Development, Internal Coaching or some other challenge you'd value our involvement with, give us a call. I'm sure we can help.
At Shift, we specialise in a number of different coaching assignments. Whether you have an individual who could benefit from some one-to-one coaching; or a whole team who need support, we can work with you. Here are some of the different types of coaching we offer :
Executive Coaching
Working with a new Exec member during their first 100 days, or offering support during times of change, Executive Coaching can be an invaluable resource.
Coaching is a powerful and effective development tool for leaders and managers. Coaching sessions are skilled and focused conversations that enable people to unlock their potential to benefit themselves, their team and the organisation.
We work with leaders and managers at all levels in organisations to:-
· Support transition into new roles
· Develop high potential individuals to prepare them for future roles
· Support leaders experiencing significant challenges
· Develop leadership capabilities and improve performance
· Focus on their future career aspirations
"James has been my coach for the past 12 months and has had a huge positive impact on my personal and professional life. He is extremely knowledgeable and has a unique technique of structuring the coaching sessions so that I can discover and implement the key learnings in the easiest way possible.
"It’s incredible how much I got to know myself through the coaching sessions. James has helped me identify what drives me and improve skills such as leadership, management and communication. I come out of our sessions feeling energised and positive." - Co-Founder & CEO
Leadership Development
We have extensive experience in designing and delivering Leadership Development programmes. We work with clients to create individually tailored programmes that deliver on whatever objectives you need.
In a supportive but challenging environment we’ll provide leaders with the skills and understanding to deliver change in their organisation. We don't believe in too much “chalk and talk” – we prefer a more interactive, experiential approach. The vast majority of our Leadership Development programmes involve participants delivering on a business challenge or opportunity, ensuring return on investment.
"I have seen James take a group of emerging leaders and turn them into business leaders confident and capable enough to drive their teams and the business forward. He works with Chief Executives and board members through to junior managers, and his style is always the same: listen, understand, coach, challenge and support. It works." - HR Consultant
Team Coaching
Individual coaching can be a powerful way to help someone improve their performance and self-awareness. Sometimes, however, it can be useful to coach an entire team.
Team coaching is used most effectively to build deeper levels of trust, collaboration, and understanding. Teams who have been through coaching together have a clear, shared purpose and often a greater resilience when faced with change or crisis, delivering improved performance and results.
Internal Coaching
Internal Coaching schemes have been recognised by many businesses as a key aspect of talent and organisational development strategies. Creating an internal coaching pool adds real value – not just through the coaching itself but by encouraging coaching conversations across an organisation, empowering employees and promoting creativity and accountability. We can help you introduce and develop internal coaching that fits into your strategy and requirements, and create a coaching culture that will enhance and grow your business.
Our internal coaching schemes have received widespread acclaim and led to speaking engagements at national conferences and articles in industry magazines.
Spot Coaching
Spot Coaching sessions are a way to offer access to high quality coaching to a wider audience. Usually 45 minutes long, throughout a day or number of days, offered to employees within an organisation or business area. It’s high impact and a great way to re-energise, as well as identify new ideas and actions.
"The feedback on the speed coaching sessions has been fantastic, without exception. All who had a speed coaching session came away with new goals and insights. We will definitely be running the sessions again." - Media Organisation
Facilitation
Too often meetings and team events fail to achieve what they set out to. External facilitation of a meeting, team event or off-site can be the key to getting real results. We promise to get the most out of the time you have, helping you tap into your collective creativity and problem-solving skills. You may have a situation where you need to participate fully in the experience yourself, rather than be preoccupied with people and process. We can help manage competing agendas and provide a neutral voice to enable a resolution. Or we can simply help design and run an event that is important to your business.
"James facilitated a product innovation day for our digital team. He listened to our requirements and designed a structure that worked perfectly for what we had to deliver.
On the day, James gave the team the space to explore ideas without allowing us to lose focus or become too granular, guiding us at appropriate times. He adapted the structure and dynamics of the day as it progressed to ensure we achieved what we wanted. His insight and understanding was hugely beneficial.
The three revenue generating ideas we identified and scoped during the day received executive sign off and have now been developed and launched to the market." - Commercial Director – Digital, News UK