Top ten themes
OvationXL meticulously track which business performance themes come out on top from the eight to ten that are proposed by each of our 1-2-1 senior management coachees. The top ten changes quite radically year by year. This list is taken from a survey of our most recent 30 clients and covers the period May 2010 to April 2011.
1. Achieve more each day. Waste of time management
How we use our time is a critical skill if we are to consistently achieve the results we need in the workplace, or indeed, what we want to achieve in our lives. …read more about this topic
2. Self confidence, self worth, status and resilience
Raising self confidence and learning how to become less sensitive to criticism is one of the most common requests that we receive - from Managing Partners and CEOs downwards. …read more about this topic
3. Self awareness - understanding your impact on others
Senior management may be unused to receiving candid feedback on their style and mannerisms, though honest and constructive direct feedback can be life changing in a hugely positive sense. …read more about this topic
4. Advanced communication skills to get 'buy in' for your ideas
Versatile language patterns
Most business leaders find this topic enthralling. You learn about your own communication style and how it differs from others. Expect to receive direct feedback which may not be all good news. …read more about this topic
5. Winning new business
Developing additional business with existing clients
Do professionals sell? Whatever the answer it's almost certainly time to increase the quality and success rate of your new business activities - and suffer fewer lost opportunities. …read more about this topic
6. Thinking, behaving and directing strategically and commercially
Many entrepreneurs and business leaders are so preoccupied by working in their businesses that they forget to work on their businesses. Many people are drawn into detail and fire fighting at the expense of appreciating the bigger picture, which is often where really significant upswings in business can be uncovered. …read more about this topic
7. Adding value to help secure my future
As businesses constantly evolve, some people get left behind. Businesses constantly adapt to ever-changing markets, the threat of declining revenues, shorter product life cycles and the need for performance improvement efficiencies. …read more about this topic
8. Leadership. Develop senior team
Most successful managers are also successful leaders, motivating people towards achieving their organisation's strategic and commercial objectives. Many people are promoted purely because of their professional competence. Few receive any formal or even informal training in management. …read more about this topic
9. Back in control with more energy and less stress
Stress, pressure and bullying each block optimum performance at work in different ways. Stress and pressure are a part of everyday life and are not always a negative influence. Stress and pressure only becomes a drain on a person's physical or mental resources when they lose control of a situation. …read more about this topic
10. Bolder, more proactive and less defensive
Most leaders have considerable untapped potential that is ready to be unlocked. Many get through their working lives by side-stepping conflict. …read more about this topic
During the last ten years OvationXL have been to work on more than 300 themes and so far we have not met two clients having the same set of opportunities and challenges… though we remain hopeful.
