In Collaboration with:

Walk the Talk

Effective Coaching requires the Coach to have experience in the area being developed. Academic qualifications and Coaching Methodologies can only take a team so far. Credibility and Trust come not only from Talking the Talk, but having Walked the Walk.

As a Coach, Stephen uses his experience and passion for Talent Development, to deliver Proven and Powerful Training Methodologies; to maximize the performance of Leaders, Individuals and Teams.

In the last 30 years, Stephen Hinds MBA BSc Cert Ed has been an Engineer, Athlete, Performance Coach, Team Leader, and Head of Human Resources Development.

He has gained many skills, qualifications and experiences. His engaging personality and superb Story-Telling ability inform his current role as an International Business Coach/Mentor.

Stephen has been a Team Member and Leader in: Europe, US, Canada, ME and Afghanistan. In these positions, he has experienced most, if not all, of the challenges faced by Team Managers and Business Leaders.

As a Servant Leader, Stephen understands that the ‘Team comes First’ philosophy. True, sustainable Morale and Motivation can only happen when each individual member ‘knows’ that every other member of the group ‘has their back’.

The 8-Step Process for Leading Change was cultivated from over four decades of Dr. Kotter’s observations of countless leaders and organizations as they were trying to transform or execute their strategies. He identified and extracted the success factors and combined them into a methodology, the award-winning 8-Step Process for Leading Change.

Kotter helps organizations mobilize their people to achieve unimaginable results at unprecedented speed. Our pragmatic approaches to accelerating your strategy yield quantitative and qualitative results quickly in areas ranging from cost efficiencies, innovation, growth, culture, to digital transformation – opportunities that inherently demand change, despite what can seem like impenetrable barriers.

(Link to original source) - www.kotterinc.com

All great and inspiring leaders and organizations think, act and communicate in the same way ...

...and it is the complete opposite from everyone else.

Every single organization on the planet, and even our own careers, function on three levels:

WHAT we do

HOW we do it

WHY we do it

The WHY is the purpose, cause, or belief that drives every organization and every person's individual career. Why does your company exist? Why did you get out of bed this morning? And why should anyone care?

Companies that inspire, companies that command trust and loyalty over the long term, are the ones that make us feel we're accomplishing something bigger than just 'making a buck.'

(Link to original source) - The Golden Circle

The Change Curve is a tool which can be used to identify  an employee's emotional state, with regard to change happening in their work environment. Leaders and Individuals can better understand where they are on their transitional journey.

Management can then respond to the situation, through effective communication and feedback methods; to support and guide their Personnel on the Change journey.

The Change Curve starts with shock and denial, then dips down through the anger stage and touches the lowest energy point when the curve reaches the stage of depression. As time passes, the curve begins to go upward and regains energy, until it reaches the highest point, which is acceptance.

This simple but important model helps management to understand the emotional reaction of their employees, while taking the journey towards change. It can also support preparation of strategies for how the organization can handle the Change process.

(Link to original source) - The Kübler Ross Curve