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what is performance coaching?

Performance coaching is a goal and action-oriented process that supports people in their business lives and helps them fulfill their potential. Coaching activates all available resources in people and opens the door for personal solutions and effective change.


In this world of rapid change, coaching is the concept, which not only provides you with a clearly measurable step-change in performance, but also gives you new tools to help you achieve a life of continuous learning and personal flexibility - two essentials that help you stay competitive in today's work environment.

 
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what are the benefits of coaching?

 Effective coaching leads to:  

  • Smarter decisions and informed choices, based on increased amount of knowledge, ideas and options.

  • Clarity on which goals and roles are most relevant.

  • Successful application of achieved goals and the long-term ability to sustain continued improvement. This is especially effective when in conjunction with a training course.

  • Maximum support for the individual.

  • Powerful motivation and more enjoyment in continuous improvement and learning.

  • Increased self-awareness and much enhanced confidence.

  • Effective communication & better relationships.

  • Development of life and professional skills.

  • A substantial increase in performance levels.

 
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what is the difference between training and coaching?

Training is a process in which trainees acquire knowledge and new skills through being 'taught' or 'trained' by an expert in their field. A trainer does not always consider the uniqueness of peoples' existing skills, nor their motivation or commitment. Training does not usually result in radical shifts in people's thinking and actions. In contrast to this coaching is a non-directive method which enables people to maximise their performance. This is achieved by helping a coachee explore or brainstorm situations, identify options, set goals and agree on action plans. The coachee alone has full responsibility for the changes he or she is making.   

                                                 
 
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when and why do you use coaching to support learning?

Coaching, paired with training has dramatic results: according to research carried out by the International Personnel Management Association, when training was combined with coaching, individual productivity increased by an astounding 88%, compared to training alone, which increased productivity only by 22%! 

Many very advanced non-native speakers of English who appear ‘fluent’ in English, many have reached their individual 'linguistic glass ceiling' and may find that this impacts their performance levels. Whilst a specialised language or communication/cultural skills course alone can often not break through this 'glass ceiling', an integrated coaching element or a sometimes completely independent coaching module will!

Coaching provides the ideal vehicle for learning and improving your communication or behaviour in a different business culture - it takes over where traditional training courses leave off. Coaching reinforces learning goals and enables individuals to make the leap from learning to action and, as a result, adds real value to the training investment! 

"Coaching is the only cost-effective way to reinforce new behaviours and skills until a learner is through the dangerous results dip. Once through the dip, when the new skills bring results they will become self-reinforcing." Training and Development Journal

                                         

 
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who can benefit from a 'skills transfer coaching' programme?

Coaching is especially beneficial for someone who:

  • wants to improve or reinforce communication, interpersonal and cultural skills

  • wants to start something new or take a new approach to learning and improving in a particular area

  • has attended a training course and is dedicated to putting learning goals into action

  • wants to accomplish a specific goal and increase performance

  • is dedicated to personal and professional growth and looks for some outside support to grow even faster


 
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do you offer any other coaching services?

uwk also offers 'personal and professional excellence coaching' through uwk coaching.

You do not need to be a non-native English speaker to benefit from our coaching services. We work with all professionals who want to make positive changes in their lives. In particular they may want to...

  • manage stress better and improve their work-life balance

  • build their career in the direction they want to go

  • respond to changes in the workplace

  • want to strengthen their personal or professional relationships
                                                       

 
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how will it work for me?

Coaching is the best ‘success tool’ there is! It works because two heads are better than one, but more importantly, it works because you have someone to consistently challenge you on all levels.  

Following a needs analysis, we use a variety of assessments and tools that include life-balance and values profiles; work performance profiles; personality, learning and interpersonal competencies profiles; self-assessment and self-observation as well as 360 degree feedback. Are programmes are always tailored and due to their effectiveness, often surprisingly short.

Sportsmen have coaches, actors have coaches. Why shouldn’t you benefit from working and learning and achieving peak performance? You too can benefit from our one-to-one, and mostly face-to-face learning programmes! We will raise your awareness and help you become more effective in every area of your life.

For further information on coaching please visit uwkcoaching, to find out more about language training and coaching, plus book your free consultation, please email us at uwk

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