Coaching and mentoring together are conversation-based development processes. John helps coaches and executives with both. He also teaches coaching. Mentoring work tends to be more on the teaching, example-sharing, story-telling side than pure coaching, which is more evocative inquiry. The best coaching happens when the client’s elusive divine spark, hidden and obscured by busyness and limiting beliefs, gets re-ignited by the process. This place of highest potential, now available within the client, will make the difference in their life and work performance.
Coaching and mentoring are more about tapping imagination than dispensing good ideas; once that difference is learned, real progress can happen. Both mentoring and coaching methods must be tailored to the coach, the client, the situation. And the principles, while universal, need to be used with nuances to create the appropriate context for the work.
Types of clients and work
- A director of nursing at a large multi-sight hospital system seeking clarity within the complex matrix where the decisions, processes and staff development all happen
- New coaches or coaches-in-the-making wanting to improve their craft
- Business leaders at higher levels in their companies wanting to becoming better leaders and make informed career moves.
- Former medical director taking on new roles as a physician executive and coach
- A formerly incarcerated (20 years) executive director of a large non-profit facing multiple challenges in growth and policy advocacy while providing services for the incarcerated population in California
Ready to dive deeper?
- Explore the Books and blogs I have spent years documenting these insights on purpose, meaning and and the “inner game.” You can find my published works [Link to Books] to start your journey today.
- Coming Soon: Coaching Classes I will soon be offering a specialized coaching class for those who want to learn these methods in a more structured, collaborative environment.