“….many companies….offer coaching as a prerequisite to proven managers, in the understanding that everyone can benefit from a detached observer.” ― Harvard Business Review
Coaching with Robert Brain provides a confidential space to think aloud with a skilled coach. He will work with you to assess your situation, explore options, develop initiatives and monitor action and progress. He brings an outside ear to help you develop and independent, honest perspective to your situation.
His approach is that you are the expert in your life, career and behaviour. As a coach he creates a space to reflect on areas of your life and work and to set conscious goals with the support of a skilled active listening partner.
He offers a free, no-obligation, coaching session to new clients.
The coaching process helps you to:
1. Assess where you are in your work, career and personal life, and to set conscious direction and goals.
2. Uncover hidden challenges that may be sabotaging your success.
3. Feel renewed, re-energised and inspired to gets things done while balancing professional and personal life
4. Develop your awareness, promote your strengths and understand your weaknesses
“If you want to build your business and at the same time have a rewarding personal life, you call a coach.” – Denver Post
One of the tools Robert uses is the SDI (Strength Deployment Inventory) to provide a practical understanding and approach to leadership and team dynamics. The SDI approach works because it:
• Is a memorable, highly visual and easy-to-understand tool
• Illuminates the reasons for our actions
• Depersonalizes conflict
• Honours our differences
• Promotes interpersonal insights that are crucial to improving any situation where people interact
• Seamlessly integrates relationship and conflict management skills
Importantly the SDI provides a common language through which team members can understand interpersonal dynamics and personal motivation
What makes Robert Brain stand out as a business coach?
• Outstanding track record as a coach
• Experienced in business and industry (qualified in Electrical Engineering (HND Elec Eng))
• 21 years experience in the IT industry
• 5 years in executive management at Vodacom
• Qualified in psychology (UCT) and as a coach (The Coaching Centre in Bergvliet, Cape Town)
• Accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and bound by their code of ethics
• A coach with outstanding experience who helps clients focus on the positive and on developing strengths
• He is an SDI Accredited Facilitator and Participlan Facilitator for group/team facilitation
Some of the companies he has worked with include Old Mutual, Metropolitan Health, Vodacom, The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, Foschini, Momentum, Risk Flow, Potion Design, Thymic Connections, Datacash (Part of the Mastercard group of companies), The Clothing Bank and a variety of NGOs.
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