COACH-MENTOR
Navigating Life’s Challenges with Clarity and Purpose.
“To provide a unique blend of coaching and therapeutic services that propel individuals and organizations forward, fostering holistic growth and maximizing potential through personalized, adaptive support.”
ABOUT ME
I have a unique combination of skills and qualifications in change, projects and performance which are useful as a coach, mentor or facilitator helping people, teams and organisations with change. I am also a PRINCE2 Project Manager and APMG Change Practitioner, and Management Consultant (MBA) used to delivering complex people, process and technology change. I am an ICF trained coach, a BeTheBusiness Mentor and Mediation Practitioner. These stills are useful for facilitation, consultation and creating collaborative working environments.I am also a former athlete and sports coach having competed in the Commonwealth Games and British Coastal Rowing Championships. I have has 2 gold medals as a rower, and 2 as a cox / coach helping other crews achieve their goals. I have First Aid for Mental Health Supervising – FAA Level 3 and is also Level 3 Certificate in Applied Therapeutic Skills
Management Consultant MBA
APMG Change Practitioner
Experienced Team and Change Facilitator
International Coaching Federation ICF Trained Coach
Volunteer IoD Mentor
Chartered Management Institute Tutor for Level 3, 5 & 7
Sports Coach – Rowing and Triathlon
Athletes Representative Commonwealth Games 2014
Qualified Personal Trainer
HOW I CAN HELP
Coaching
Coaching is a process that aims to improve performance and focuses on the here and now rather than on the distant past or future. The focus is on the individual and their ideas and opportunities, to define their goals, set their path, and achieve their success. Coaching is about listening, reflecting, asking questions and unlocking YOUR potential.
Mentoring
Mentoring is to support andencourage people to manage theirown learning in order that they maymaximise their potential, developtheir skills, improve theirperformance and become theperson they want to be.’ Mentoringis development driven, looking notjust at the professional’s currentjob function but beyond, taking amore holistic approach to careerdevelopment. Mentoring is non-evaluative, while coaching is basedon measuring performance change.Due to the personal nature ofmentoring, a mentor will moreoften than not draw on theirpersonal experiences and expertiseto help their mentee. This could bein the form of sharing a story thattaught them a valuable lesson, or achallenge they overcame in theircareer.
There are particular words andphrases in this quote that draw our attention: ‘Supporting’ and’encouraging’ suggest it is non-directive. ‘Manage their own learning’suggests that the responsibility forthis lies with the mentee.’Maximise potential, developtheir skills, improve theirperformance’ identifies the spirit ofgrowth and development.’The person they want to be’clarifies that this is about anindividual establishing their owngoals with help.
Therapeutic Coaching
Coaching is about propelling you forward – focusing on performance, goals, and maximizing potential. Its about the here and now, charting a course for future achievements. Therapy, on the other hand, delves deeper. Its an exploration of feelings, beliefs, and behaviours. Its a space for reflection, understanding, and sometimes, healing. At Lifeline Therapeutic Coaching, we believe you shouldnt have to choose between the two. We offer what we call “Therapeutic Coaching”, a seamless integration of coaching and therapy, tailored to the individual needs of each client.
MENTORING
As a mentor for BeTheBusiness Programme I can offer many great resources to help businesses, managers and leaders.
I have more than 30 years experience delivering projects, programme and change and have gathered many tools, templates and tips for every type and scale of project. I love drinking coffee and exchanging ideas, so if you need anything please feel free to message me.
Choose the right programme for you
12-month
Focus on the long-term growth and development
Aim to meet every 4-6 weeks
Develop your aims, goals, purpose or strategy and build your skills working with an experienced mentor over an extended period
Work together to adopt your plans and meet new challenges across 12 months
12-week
Focus on shorter-term goals and challenges
Aim to meet once a week
Use your mentor as a sounding board for key decisions and immediate priorities
Make the most of a rapid intervention to help you quickly benefit from advice and an external perspective
EXECUTIVE AND TEAM COACHING AND FACILITATION
Coaching & Mentoring can contribute at all levels of your organisation.
Establish and act toward achieving goals Coaching can help people, teams and organisations define, agree and deliver upon their goals. These may be skill sets, competencies and professional behaviours, or projects, department or organisational outcomes. The individual or team is given checkpoints to manage and measure their goal achievement and that progress is reported directly to their coach, manager or leader. Coaching can the provide the necessary support, or Mentoring the necessary guidance to keep individuals on-track and performing.
Increased level of engagement Coaching engages participants with its unique one-on-one feedback and lots of encouragement. When an individual becomes engaged with their workplace, they can contribute more effectively to the team and the organization. This engagement also helps to increase retention rates and productivity, benefiting their careers as well as their overall organization.
Safe Place to Gain Perspective Having a coach gives the individual a safe space to go and talk through sensitive issues. The coach is a third-party participant, and their ability to remain uninvolved but give guidance allows the coachee to gain perspective without feeling intimidated by someone within their own organization.
Helping staff adapt to changes Managing change, whether driven by technological developments, evolving consumer patterns of behaviour, or organisational re-shaping, is one of the greatest learning and development challenges in any workplace. Changing job roles and responsibilities can be a huge challenge for individuals to get to grips with. Coaching can help staff to understand that change can be good, helping to shift their mindset from a negative to a positive one, and removing the fear factor from something that is a fact of modern working life.
Build Personal Awareness A coach can give their coachee ideas for ways to improve themselves, but more importantly they can help them become aware of their blind spots. These blind sports are areas of the individual’s work or personality that they may not see, but that need improvement. Once the individual is aware of these areas, they can work with the coach to begin improving them.
Improving productivity and performance Coaching can play a key role in helping individuals feel more confident and achieve real gains in their performance levels. Where the staff members being coached are managing or leading teams, this can in turn lead to improved productivity by the team as a whole.
Making staff feel valued Coaching, by its very nature, helps individuals feel more valued. Introducing coaching within a workplace sends a powerful message to employees that they are valued, that their views matter, and that they are worthy of investment. This promotes a more inclusive culture within the organisation and helps individuals feel more motivated and engaged with their work.
Dealing with challenges more confidently Research has found that, amongst those who have received coaching, improved confidence, performance and productivity are cited as three of the most positive changes witnessed for themselves, others and their wider team or organisation. 84% said that coaching would have helped them in periods when they struggled to manage an individual.
CORPORATE COACHING
Typically the discussion may be about [1] personal management or leadership skills [2] goals, objectives and performance [3] personal or team development or processes.
We can offer coaching to individuals (eg Sponsor, Project Manager, Project Participants) or teams (eg Delivery Team or User Team). This can be part of their Training and Development and linked to Personal Development and Performance Review and Appraisal. Or this could be linked to Project Delivery and Performance.
For example 1-hour coaching sessions. These may be scheduled at key milestones for example
Project Set-Up & Team Building
Key Delivery Phases or Milestones
Project Hand-Over/Go-Live
Project Close/Review
PERSONAL COACHING
Coaching & Mentoring could be standalone and separate from the project, department or organisational goals, and simply as a benefit to staff, making staff feel valued. We can agree coaching aims and objective at each session, or as a theme across a number of sessions
For example 4 x 1-hour coaching sessions. These can be scheduled at times to suit your staff and delivered on-line via Teams or Zoom. Any additional sessions beyond the 4 sponsored by the organisation would be optional and arranged and paid for directly with the staff member.
TEAM OR GROUP FACILITATION
We help organizations get more work done, faster, by facilitating meetings where people accomplish amazing results within a surprisingly short time, from wherever they work. Insightful conversations that consistently deliver great outcomes don’t happen by chance. That’s why it’s so important to design a meeting that answers questions like:
What’s the best way to involve which participants, and when?
How can we blend asynchronous and real-time interaction to harness the best thinking?
In what ways can we create a level playing field among participants both near and far?
What cultural differences and political factors are important?
What facilitation techniques are likely to work best here?
Perhaps one of the most powerful learnings we’ve acquired over the years is that many issues don’t need to be “resolved” – they just need to be taken apart; examined as bite-sized chunks; considered from a problem solving / solution design perspective, and then put back together again in a better and more workable format.
The result of a thoughtfully-planned meeting design combined with skillful facilitation: Meetings that leave participants with a sense they really accomplished something important, and a feeling that every minute was well-spent. And that’s one of the things we do best.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Tim encouraged my to think in ways I wouldn’t have done myself, this provided clarity and paved the way for new opportunities becoming available to me – Ronan, Jersey Recovery College
I was introduced to Tim by another client, and I was a bit sceptical. I didn’t really know how the process worked. But after a brief introduction from Tim I was put at ease. It’s a strange process, Tim doesn’t give you any of the answers what he does is draw them from what you already know. Tim helped me to organise my thoughts. He provided a bit of clarity in terms of priorities and what needed to be done. And at some interesting facts about different types of communication and different ways that people learn. My first session flew by and I can’t wait for my second.
“I have really enjoyed working with Tim for a few sessions. After the chaotic 2020 we have all experienced, the thoughts in my head felt like the insides of a tumble dryer. I knew I had the solutions for some of the challenges I was experiencing, I just couldn’t tease them out. Speaking with Tim helped me to unravel some of the strands of my thinking and follow them through to identify several potential options as well as talk through the role I play in each scenario. Having someone listen without judgement and ask inciteful questions was invaluable at the time that I needed it the most. I have recommended him to others.” [Anon. Manager, Education and Learning]
I found Tim’s approach to coaching extremely helpful in exporting ideas and thinking of solutions. Tim really helped me to identify the cause of a particular stumbling block I had, thus enabling me to address it and move forward. [Anon. Manager, Jersey Charity]
Tim’s approach will always help you explore and reveal more options and solutions. Tim knows how to motivate and guide you to find and achieve your goals. His ideas and way of thinking are built to help you eliminate any challenges you might face. Happy to have worked with him and would warmly recommend to anyone. [Cosmin Saltan cosmin@seeforward.co.uk]
It’s great working with Tim, it took me a few sessions to understand that there was almost nothing he couldn’t help on. He’s encyclopaedic on concepts that aid all areas of working life. His ability to be a head of the conversation creates a clear and effective pathway for any idea or challenge that is presented to him. He helped me with understanding the potential of myself, improved how i communicate and manage information, whilst maintaining a deep integrity for detail and complexity. Like with all excellent educational experiences my first thought is, how I wish more people can access it. He’s helped specifically in two areas, to present a systems approach methodology to a governmental group, and to rationalise my ideas for a small food business that I am a director of. [IH 2020]
Tim’s style, manner and pragmatic approach has been very valuable. His contribution will have a positive and lasting effect on the way we work as a team. [AH 2020]
Tim Rogers independent and external view provided an excellent sounding-board and some practical challenges to the delivery of the IT Strategy and the development of the Service Delivery Plan and related Key Performance Indicators. What was particularly helpful was the use of a coaching and collaborative style that kept us in the driving seat, but allowed us to call on Tim’s experience at strategic intervals. We believe this allowed is to achieve on 6 weeks what might otherwise have taken 6 months. [MO 2020]