How We Coach
People ask us, “How do you work?”
We provide an objective sounding board to help leaders think things through. Many leaders say, “It’s lonely at the top.” We provide a safe place to say anything, explore new ideas, and make good decisions.
Before we see a client, or get on the phone with them, we pause to meditate and get centered. We offer this centered state, a relaxed atmosphere where clients can do their best thinking. We seek to be fully attentive and able to be in their shoes, to see things their way.
Our goal at Eagle Alliance is not to give a person a fish, but rather to teach him or her how to fish so that the benefit lasts beyond our working together. Many clients want the fish. They want to be told exactly what to do in a given situation. Sometimes we do tell them. We value our point of view and wisdom. But sometimes telling them will minimize their professional growth. So instead, we give them an opportunity to figure it out for themselves with our help. We strive to craft excellent questions that open clients up to new viewpoints and possibilities.
Eventually, our clients come to appreciate these questions because they see themselves growing professionally. They realize they are learning how to fish and will be more self-confident for a lifetime.
When clients tell us about their problems, we teach them how to fish by taking apart the problem story and seeing more clearly what their obstacles are. Then we brainstorm ways to minimize the problem story and create alternative new stories. The client picks an alternative new story and together we discover new possibilities for making the new success story grow in their life.
Clients tell us that our approach is energizing and motivating, as they discover new ways to break through old problems. They notice that their self-esteem and self confidence blossoms as they strengthen the new success stories for themselves.
This process is powerful but almost imperceptible at the time. You won’t see dazzling techniques, just good, solid results. So we urge you to give it time, at least 6 months, and then see how much better your results are.
Executives and managers usually buy into our coaching process quickly because they feel energized. They see their strengths in a new light that allows them to break out of unwanted behavior patterns that limit them. Their self-confidence, hope, and motivation rise so that they press on to add new, more successful behaviors to their repertoire.
For more on the results you might expect, see Results.
For more on how we coach, see Testimonials. In the client stories in Testimonials, you can taste the flavor of how we work. We stay solution-focused, emphasizing the positive, and build on success. We deconstruct problem-laden stories, and we construct new stories of competence, possibility, and hope. Clients live into these new stories, building a new self-identity.
