Human Investment, Financial Returns

There’s an old saying that, in any given organization, 20 percent of the people do 80 percent of the work. Oddly enough, there’s no old saying that explains why. Why do some people just show up for work and others love their jobs? More to the point, what motivates your employees to work hard, imagine new ways forward, and drive your company’s success? Is it the rich opportunities you give them to utilize their natural strengths? It should be. According to Gallup research, the single best indicator of a person’s professional success is how strongly he or she agrees with this statement: “At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day.” Seems obvious, doesn’t it? Workers succeed at what they do best. But far too many companies fail to ask the obvious follow-on question—do we actually understand what each of our people does best? Do our managers know how to identify, understand, and release the power of our employees’ natural potential? Organizations that identify their employees’ strengths and create regular opportunities to use them get more done. They even have more fun doing it. By contrast, consider that virtually all employees are motivated by recognition at work—but 65 percent of American employees reported receiving zero recognition at work in the last year (Gallup Management Journal, October 14, 2004). How can companies throw away such obvious opportunities to help their people be productive? You don’t have to. You can do it right. And I can help. By partnering with Furthered Intentions, you can create an organization with employees who build on their natural strengths, enjoy their work, connect to the purposes of the company and continually find new ways to boost the bottom line. Furthered Intentions can help you discover your employees’ natural strengths and talents and use them to build a better, more productive company.

Process

Furthered Intentions Group Coaching for Businesses

Turn your attention to what your employees do well and unleash their peak performance through strengths coaching. Jen Miller coaches teams of people within small to mid-sized companies who would like to deploy their strengths, maximize their effectiveness and boost team morale. Group Coaching for Businesses is especially beneficial for managers of groups and functional teams, for renewing team dynamics after a company re-organization, optimizing executive staff communication, on-boarding, and overall team training and development. “If we think of coaching as putting people in the right roles, setting clear expectations, and praising accomplishments, then the more coaching managers do, the better it is for their organizations.” (GMJ, 10/2004) As part of the coaching process, you and your team members take the Gallup Organization’s Clifton StrengthsFinder® online assessment. Next, Jen facilitates individual coaching sessions to help each team member recognize how their strengths are manifested in day-to-day life and especially how they can be leveraged more effectively on the job. Then, either through on-site group sessions or in group-wide conference calls Jen leads your team through engaging exercises which dynamically foster communication, understanding, and mutual appreciation. The coaching process is tailored to your company's goals and objectives, while providing the long term benefit of equipping the team leader to be a more effective and inspiring strengths-oriented leader.

Why Furthered Intentions

Combining coaching methodologies (see Return On Investment) with Gallup’s widely regarded assessment tool and Jen’s relational expertise, Group Coaching for Businesses provides the first step toward a strengths-based management approach in your organization, and is an effective way to boost your team’s communication, productivity, and enthusiasm.

Jen’s experience as a trainer in a leadership organization, her work with a variety of community leaders and her crisp yet engaging style enable her to bring fresh, contagious energy and a discerning perspective to your organization. Her candid communication and relational style make your coaching experience with Furthered Intentions both empowering and fun.

Benefits

Your team’s leader/manager will gain:

• A spreadsheet detailing the team’s combined strengths • Access to a unique Strengths website • Insight on how to make more appropriate delegations • A new “strengths-oriented” vocabulary • Tools to manage individual strengths

Your team members will gain:

• A spreadsheet detailing the team’s combined strengths • Access to a unique Strengths website • A new “strengths-oriented” vocabulary • Improved communication • A working knowledge of their individual and collective strengths • Better teamwork • Improved overall effectiveness

Click here to schedule a free, no obligation coaching call with Jen.

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