What changed, in their words.
Every quote below is from someone who finished the work and agreed to be named. Where a client asked to stay anonymous, I have left them out rather than inventing initials.
People coached since 2016
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Come back for a second block
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I came in wanting to sound more confident. I left with a way of thinking that survived a restructure.
The feedback was uncomfortable and completely correct. I have never had a coach get to the real problem that fast.
I stopped rehearsing and started deciding what the room needed. Two promotions later, that is still the skill I use most.
A longer one, because the detail matters
I had to tell a board that a programme I had championed for two years was failing. We spent three sessions on the first ninety seconds of that meeting. It went badly — and then it went well, because I had already decided what I would do when it went badly.
Elena Varga
Programme director
Your turn.
Bring the situation you are actually worried about. That is the one worth the hour.