Who’s in charge?

You find yourself:

• Feeling that there’s more to life and want to get the most out of it
• Wanting to be an authentic leader that inspire trust and respect
• At a stage of your career where who you are and how you make decisions have a big impact on others
• Feeling responsible for the people who reports to you
• Anxious when you are in the presence of upper management
• Being told that ‘you need to do more strategic thinking!’
• Having the biggest critic and worst enemy: yourself
• Having a restless and frenetic mind: ‘what happens if…’
• Analysis paralysis: ‘I have thought about every possible scenario, but too overwhelmed to move an inch!’
• Feeling stagnant in your career/life: can’t remember the last time you did something different/new
• Not knowing what to do when your own or others’ emotions run high
• Indulging in the things you know you shouldn’t: be it control (yes, control), what others think (yes, this too), anger outburst, blaming, stonewalling, Netflix binging, gaming or whatever your ‘poison’ is

You want to:

• Develop a more effective leadership style or manner, be the best version of yourself
• Make a difference in others’ lives and see them succeed in the endeavor they take
• Develop ‘superstar’ team members
• Improve interpersonal or communication skills
• Make quality and timely decisions
• Enhance presentation and networking skills
• Deal with conflicts and learn conflict management skills
• Learn to manage upwards
• Manage difficult personalities
• Not do the things you don’t want to (having free won’t)

What I will NOT do for you:

• Technical guidance: although I might have knowledge in the specific field
• Career counselling: although I have knowledge in what might be a right fit for your talent and strengths
• Mentoring: I am most likely not an expert or having years of experience in your chosen field
• Consulting: I am not there to provide you with a problem-solving plan
• Training: I do that separately in workshops. However, I do introduce frameworks and models as a springboard for our conversation

What you can expect from me, is to be your ‘confidential thinking partner’, to:

• Trust and believe that you have the best solutions in you
• Ask questions to assist you in finding that best solution
• Initiate and manage conversations that are useful and necessary but might be ‘off-limit’ or ‘too sensitive’ for you to have within your company
• Help you build a learning culture with the people you lead
• Walk the talk: demonstrating a coaching mindset
• Urge introspection and reflection from you
• Mirror your talent and strengths back to you (trust me, you won’t always know what they are, even if you do, it’s good to be affirmed)
• Point out the areas that you are not seeing, or most of the time, avoiding

Let YOU be the one in charge, not your emotions, or your elusive mind, and certainly not your limiting belief.

Ready to reflect, ideate, choose and be accountable? When shall we begin?