What is coaching?

Coaching seeks to provide you with a regular opportunity to explore the issues of importance to you and your school or company. It aims to challenge, guide and encourage you in a supportive, safe and confidential environment.

We all know leading is not a small task.

In recent years, the conditions in the profession have increased the demands on you and your school colleagues. Key policy changes, new accountability measures in our schools and an ever-increasing workload means that schools must operate under a unique set of emotional and psychological challenges and pressures.

In light of these new pressures and changes, it is more important than ever that our school leaders receive appropriate emotional, operational and strategic support in their roles.

Leadership coaching is a powerful way to do this as it helps you to:

 

  • Maintain a high level of personal performance.

  • Stay motivated and connected with your passion and values.

  • Deliver the best possible outcomes for your pupils.

The benefits of coaching

  • Supports the Well-Being of School Leaders.

    Coaching support the psychological well-being and confidence of School leaders. Leadership can be professionally isolating and so school leaders need opportunities where they can explore the challenges of the role, be listened to and identify solutions that can best support them in their role. Above all, a happy and healthy school leader leads to a happy and healthy school.

  • Enhances Leadership Skills.

    Coaching deepens leadership knowledge and skills. It improves problem solving and creativity. As a result, time is used more productively for overcoming complex challenges and school improvement initiatives are able to make greater impact.

  • Increased Emotional Resilience.

    Coaching helps to build the emotional resilience of School Leaders by helping leaders to look back and overcome challenges they are facing. Coaching supports leaders to identify new tools, ideas and ways better equip them for facing and dealing with crises and struggles as and when they arise.

  • Develops Self-Awareness and Self-Management.

    Coaching promotes Leaders’ reflection and thinking skills and enables them to improve their self-management with confidence. This way leaders learn how to leverage their strengths and how to tackle development areas themselves. Leaders can then transfer what they have learnt to deal better with others.

  • Improves Communication and Relationships.

    Coaching has proven to help leaders improve their communication and relationship management skills. After coaching, leaders will are able to have difficult conversations, help to reduce conflicts and promote more harmony in all their relationships.

“Subreena has a wonderful open approach to sessions. She is fun, compassionate, and really knowledgeable. Thank you for helping me grow as a leader, I now feel more empowered to take my business to the next level.”

— S, Shah, Director of Innovation, Birmingham