My True North Coaching

Our Coaching Philosophy
We regard Executive and Team Coaching as the science and art of ensuring a quantifiable return on your investment by facilitating and actualising the potential knowledge, skills and talents of an individual, business unit or organisation. The process of our philosophy embraces bottom line delivery via conversation, facilitation and exploration. Our approach allows us to customise cutting edge solutions to suit your unique requirement.

The Bottom Line
" ... the ability to attract and hold on to talented employees is the single most reliable predictor of overall excellence."
(FORTUNE, The World's Most Admired Companies)

Our Coaching Framework
The framework and structure of our coaching programs can be summarised as follows:

PERSONAL COACHING
Personal coaching focuses on the individuals' life/work balance; goals, purpose and meaning, relationships, career, health, wealth, lifestyle and values.

BUSINESS COACHING
Business coaching focuses on talents and skills development; inter- and intra personal skills development; time management; problem solving; creativity and productivity.

EXECUTIVE COACHING
Executive coaching focuses on leadership; vision and mission; management and succession planning.

GROUP/TEAM COACHING
Group/Team coaching focuses on group dynamics; organisational development; buy-in and contribution.

SELF COACHING
Self coaching refers to commitment to ongoing learning and development.

We furthermore distinguish between the levels of coaching:

> Performance (behavioural skills)
> Developmental (developing one's capabilities for new and higher skills) and
> Transformational (experiencing a paradigm shift at the personal level).

Our toolkit includes the following:

Draws from the Body of Knowledge of 'best coaching practices' and expertise to ensure accelerated and focused learning;
Key measures applied to coaching process to evaluate impact and consequently ROI;
Scientifically benchmarks progress in terms of level of ability and practical application;
Is grounded in an established cognitive-behavioural science which provides a systemic model integrating current technology for human performance and transfer-ability of knowledge into action;
Impacts positively on the beliefs and attitudes of the learners and geared towards changed behaviour.

"I recently scanned the Web for ‘incredible things to do before you die’(just for fun) and marveled at what ‘other’ people put on their 'to do' list. Skydiving featured prominently in most lists; taking a leap-of-faith out of the cargo hold on an airplane at an altitude of about 30,000 and free falling for two minutes sounds exhilirating, but not something I would aspire to. Another popular 'must do' is climbing the great pyramid of Egypt, which seemed to me a more realistic endeavour, chiefly because I'm keen on history and not because I have latent desires to be a mountaineer. Imagine following in the footsteps of King Khufu to marvel at the engineering masterpiece of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Other extreme things recommended to do in one's lifetime include flying in a hot air balloon, swimming with dolphins, exploring Antarctica, fishing for blue marlin, diving with sharks, traveling into space – all of which really sound fascinating. However, one critical 'thing to do before you die' that is not mentioned on any of the lists I read is to write and publish 'your life, your story'. What is more adventurous than expressing one's innermost thoughts to paper? Emotional writing done privately can be very therapeutic. Research has shown that writing deep thoughts and feelings about stressful events can help people relieve stress, have a more positive outlook on life and boost their immune system." (Theresa Lütge-Smith, 2009) If you have a story to tell and would like to self-publish your work, visit e-Cottage and SAWN.