Customised leadership development
What is Coaching?
People committed to fulfilling their potential tap into the power of a coach. By drawing on leadership concepts and frameworks, best practice, and wisdom gained from many years of experience, a coach helps bring fresh thinking to the challenges you face.
A coach is committed to your success and supports and challenges you to lift your leadership performance. Catapult coaching generally involves 6 to 12 coaching sessions (typically each session is one to two hours). With your coach you set inspiring leadership goals and design a development programme to achieve them.
Coaching can be face-to-face, by phone, or by Zoom or Teams.
Every Catapult coaching assignment is different, but some typical scenarios of how leaders use coaching to support their leadership development are listed below.
“Highly skilled and a great help with a significant challenge. Professionally life-changing.”
Louise Judd
Coactive
“The financial value is massive. It enabled me to continue to lead and support a major government initiative.”
Senior Public Sector Leader
“Extremely effective. In a fast-moving environment it's kept me focused on what's important.”
Michelle Bleeker
Pegasus Health
“I can now have those difficult discussions and lead my team more effectively.”
Rebecca Hill
Creative HQ
“I've learned how to progress difficult relationships, how to give feedback and how to have genuine performance discussions.”
Madeleine Larracy
Ministry of Justice
“I understand what I can change and influence, and what to tackle and when. It's helped keep me organised and forward looking.”
Peter Fisk
ACC
Coaching for Leaders At All Levels
CEOs, Directors and Senior Leaders
In a role like this, you might be looking for an opportunity to “think out loud”. Catapult coaches provide an independent sounding board for navigating complex challenges.
Team Leaders
As a team leader, you are often under pressure – leading the delivery of business as usual, as well as implementing change. Coaching at this level includes helping define what’s important and where to focus your energy. Coaching can also focus on improving your influence, lifting your team’s performance, and leading change.
Team leaders will often use coaching to better understand and adapt their personal leadership style to get the best from others. Your coach can help set performance goals for you and the team, as well as coaching for dealing with difficult team members or situations.
Coaching for First Time Leaders
For new leaders, the learning curve can be steep. Set backs and disappointments can dent your enthusiasm and confidence. Coaching helps build resilience and leadership confidence. Your coach helps you self-reflect, identifying what is working well and areas for improvement. Your coach is also a safe place for you to reflect and “unload” in a way you may not feel able to do with your manager.
Catapult Coaching
Catapult will tailor a coaching solution that’s right for your level of leadership and for the outcomes you want.