Those of you who received my invitation to participate in the latest Vital Smarts Webcast on 6th November, will have an inkling of the marriage between Coaching Plus and Top Execution to produce powerful integral solutions to attract, develop and retain Peak-Performing talent and harness their energy, creativity and passion to produce Stellar Business Results.
(Those who didn't, drop me a mail to receive your invitation! - philiprayr@gmail.com)
Coaching Plus was the result of a dream I incubated over many years to combine my experience as a pioneer in Chile in the consulting approach to corporate language training with my subsequent entrepreneurial adventures representing 3 leading global providers of Leadership Training, Organizational Development and Consultancy and Collegial Coaching: Franklin Covey, Vital Smarts and Crane Consulting. Why not offer executive coaching in English (or Spanish to Expats) so that they get the double benefit of developing competence and confidence in the foreign language whilst discussing their business and leadership challenges, rehearsing potential solutions and defining and executing the best strategy?
The handful of clients who participated in the early trials were ecstatic, not just with the learning experience but with their results. They particularly appreciated the opportunity to revise/edit their crucial reports, e-mails and presentations in English (or Spanish in the case of the expats), polishing thwir writing and presenting skills in the process.
A chance re-encounter with an ex-client, however, nearly derailed the project! Patricio Salinas, after 20 years as a senior manager in almost all the operational areas of the BCI, had been invited to set up the Organizational Development area of the bank implement a Leadership Academy and in particular improve the execution of the bank's strategic initiatives. The results were nothing short of spectacular and as my client partner at Franklin Covey it was one of the proudest moments of our professional lives to see the bank's award-winning case being presented at FC's International Symposium 2002 in Utah alongside Stephen Covey, Tom Peters, Ram Charan, Jim Collins and many CEO's from the Fortune 500 companies from around the globe.
10 years later in 2012, on leaving the bank, Patricio invited me to join his dream of sharing his experience in implementing world-class solutions in the "Real World" spearheaded by a product he had developed - "the Discipline of Execution". Within two months, the opportunity of working with two mutinational clients, leaders in thier respective industries literally fell into our laps..... (to be continued)
A chance re-encounter with an ex-client, however, nearly derailed the project! Patricio Salinas, after 20 years as a senior manager in almost all the operational areas of the BCI, had been invited to set up the Organizational Development area of the bank implement a Leadership Academy and in particular improve the execution of the bank's strategic initiatives. The results were nothing short of spectacular and as my client partner at Franklin Covey it was one of the proudest moments of our professional lives to see the bank's award-winning case being presented at FC's International Symposium 2002 in Utah alongside Stephen Covey, Tom Peters, Ram Charan, Jim Collins and many CEO's from the Fortune 500 companies from around the globe.
10 years later in 2012, on leaving the bank, Patricio invited me to join his dream of sharing his experience in implementing world-class solutions in the "Real World" spearheaded by a product he had developed - "the Discipline of Execution". Within two months, the opportunity of working with two mutinational clients, leaders in thier respective industries literally fell into our laps..... (to be continued)
