• What is business coaching?

The first goal of business coaching is to enable you to analyse your present situation and unlock future possibilities. It is an effective process that enhances your entrepreneurial, managerial and business skills, develops your business performance and brings about exceptional success results.

Marlet focuses in her coaching practice on small and medium businesses. You don’t surrender your responsibility and role in your business to the coach, but are guided through a proven process to determine what steps and actions are indispensable to take your business to the next level.

• The business coaching process

The first contact with the client entails a two hour assessment interview during which the coach looks at key performance indicators and establishes the particular needs of the business or organisation. This is followed by interviews with superiors, colleagues and subordinates. The coach and client then meet for a feedback and planning session to ascertain the critical components that will be addressed during coaching.

After these initial meetings the coaching process typically takes place over 6 – 8 weekly sessions of 90 minutes each, followed by 3 – 5 sessions every two weeks of 60 minutes each. The duration and frequency of sessions may vary according to the progress that is being made.

• Expected outcomes

Coaching is all about results. At the end of the process you can expect to be able to set and achieve realistic yet inspiring goals, have improved motivation levels, manage time effectively, reduce stress, be more focused and self-sufficient, have new leadership skills, practise high performance behaviour, build an efficient and motivated team, increase productivity, manage change, prepare for advancement and achieve a good work-life balance.

Since Marlet’s coaching is always very practical, the client will at the end of the coaching have a written business strategy that he/she can refer to as often as necessary, thus maintaining the positive results of the coaching process.

Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions – Oliver Wendell Holmes