The CoachEd Journey Welcomes You

Providing the support you need to grow, lead and navigate your journey with greater ease and confidence

Why does working with a coach have such an impact on professional performance?

The earliest architecture of modern day professional coaching is found in the work of Timothy Gallwey who, in 1974, published work on The Inner Game of Tennis. Whilst focused on the sport of tennis it started to meaningfully unpack that elite performance needed the de-emphasising of the importance of skill instruction (it being assumed that this was already in place), in support of greater power and status being placed on the need to remove the internal barriers that might be interfering with performance.

The reality is that the greatest barrier to success sits within you and it is not the result of other forces. Where other fractious or impeading forces do exist, you are the one that needs to navigate around or through them. The key is to develop an awareness of yourself and what you, internally, are experiencing to help you over come barriers and challenges The CoachEd Journey purpose is the help you navigate this with greater ease and confidence. .

The CoachEd Journey

Are you ready for The CoachEd Journey? Coaching is a learning process, whether your professional background is in education or not. Quite different from mentoring, The CoachEd Journey can be utilised in a dynamic and responsive way no matter your experience or your current context. The support provided can help you to,

Move forward change at a pace that is manageable for you and your team

Develop greater levels of courage in making the difficult decisions that come with leading and managing others

Overcome professional or project stagnation

Deal with the thorny-ness of making decisons when faced with a dilemma

Develop a learning culture within your team

Decide how you define success

Understand who you are as a leader and manager; unpicking what steps you want or need to take to improve your performance

Develop your own professional road map in support of your own ambitions or those of your team or organisation

Recover from set backs

Develop greater capacity within your team or organisation

Get to the next level as a leader within your team or organisation

and more...

Good-fit consultation meeting (up to 30mins)

Coaching is not for everyone all the time. Working with a coach is also a very personal experience, so we both have to feel like we can work together to reach your goals. This starts with a free consultation (in person or virtual) where we explore what you are looking to achieve by working together.

Explore

Recommended Duration: 1 months - Contact time: Upto 5 hours

Service Type: One-2-One (virtual/in person)

Relevance: Aspiring and Middle Leaders

We start exploring the IRACE model of improvement and support a lot of time for reflection both in and out of the sessions; always making sure there are 'actionables' from every session to help build and sustain forward momentum. Advice to be considered can come in from time to time, but you have more of the answers than you know. One of the main aims of the Explore programme is to help you develop an awareness of yourself and that which is around you in the wake of what you are trying to achieve; understanding where you are, who you and and where you want to go. It is very likely that during our time together you will quickly start to move through improvement journey.

The Explore programme can we be a key asset to someone leading change or preparing to lead change for others; where criticality will be key in reducing the potential of a misstep that could significantly hinder the change and improvement management process.

From 345.00

Navigate

Recommended Duration: 2 Months - Contact time: Approx 6 hours

Service Type: One-2-One (virtual/in person)

Relevance: Aspiring and Middle Leaders

Following on from the Explore Programme, the conversation turns to acutely supporting the improvement journey itself. Having developed greater levels of awareness, it's time to understand how that which is around you impacts on your responses to it. In particular how you emotionally respond to different challenges and opportunities. In doing so, you are better able to plot a route through this landscape and become more aware of how to respond to an evolving set of stimuli in your professional world. Whether it's finding your way through leading a particular change in your team or organisation or taking action to move forward your own career, the Navigate Programme supports this. This includes the handrail of the IRACE improvement model; this simple scaffold enables you to remain focussed on what you have committed to achieving.

From 460.00

Accelerate

Recommended Duration 4 months - Contact Time; up to 10 hours

Service type: One-2-One (virtual or in person, plus weekly email contact if required)

Relevance: Established middle leaders and aspiring/newly appointed senior leaders

Whilst it is very possible to see change and improvement quickly, when it comes to leading and managing others, setting the direction for a team or your organisation, this more often than not takes time. Part of the momentum we build in changing ourself or improving the performance of our teams comes from the cadence and wisdom that comes from our decision making and behaviours This can be accelerated by building your own confidence and capacity and that of others. You are supported in this through the Accelerate Programme by us having a more dynamic coaching relationship that can respond more regularly to your needs. This is offered in repose to the critical incidents (new or unusual events that you want to navigate successfully) as well as

From 655.00

Payment Conditions All payment by Paypal or bank transfer Payment for Isolsate sessions: 25.00 non refundable deposit is paid before all Isolate sessions with the remaining balance paid within 7 working days of the session. Payment for full programmes can be agreed based on what is affordable, with a minium of 1/3 of total cost payment between the Good-Fit meeting and session one.

Isolate

Getting to know you means I can provide the best possible service to you. The programmes above support this. In some cases a single 1:1 session can add significant value on your journey. In the absence of these programmes, you can opt to choose single sessions booked as and when it is most useful for you.

From 75.00

Colab-labs
Working together to build knowledge of self

Bespoke programmes aimed at providing groups of current or aspiring leaders is also available through Colab-Labs. This would normally be offered to groups of no more than 10 for single or multi day/twightlight programmes. Specific focus of these programmes includes

Building, embedding and sustaining a professional learning culture
Developing a coaching culture
Understanding of principles that help to define and develop our leadership
Building decision making models
Leading through change

Unlike most other workshop experiences, a coaching approach is taken throughout the session(s), with a high level of interaction between attendees as well as time for refection. The blend of knowledge sharing, literature exploration, scenario busting and self defining activities creates a meaningful and impactful experience for all.

From £75pp

Contact nickmburge@gmail.com to explore options for you and your team

About Me

Nick Burge

Committing to supporting others is the golden thread that weaves through the last 19 years of my professional career. Having had the privilege of leading three schools as Headteacher in Scottish Education, in both mainstream secondary and special education, I have seen first hand what can be achieved by others when supported with high quality coaching; I owe important steps forward in my own journey to great coaching from others.

Over the last 15 years I feel fortunate to have been immersed in a range of different professional and performance environments; from ski instructing in the Scottish Highlands and being the manger of the Scotland women's rugby team, to collaborating with other adult and youth coaches in India. I have also enjoyed supporting aspiring Headteachers on the Masters in Education Leadership course at The University of Edinburgh. More recently I have completed 2 post graduate certificates, from the University of Edinburgh.

Through all of this I found one of many things to be true; we have a lot more answers than we think if we position ourselves correctly. It takes commitment from us to explore our awareness and find those answers. The support of a highly effective coach can be the key to unlocking and accelerating the process.

Why choose The CoachEd Journey

Whether you are leading a team of 1 or 100 there can be very similar challenges and opportunities that leaders and managers experience. As time passes and experience is gained it is also accurate to acknowledge that the complexity of these challenges and opportunities evolve. It has been incredibly fulfilling coaching unprompted colleagues, middle and senior leaders over the past six years.

Bespoke experience

Whilst there is no shortage of generic tools, models and handrails all available to you, the very nature of getting it right for you means the service needs to be bespoke. Everything from when sessions take place, how long they last and what they focus on is very much based on your needs and what you want from the process..

Confidential service

Whether defining the road map to your own professional progression or facing difficult decision in the leadership and management of others, the opportunity to talk openly and frankly is key in finding the correct solutions;. The CoachEd Journey provides this for you.

Accessible

Days are busy and sometimes money to invest in yourself can be limited without forward planning. This is why You can fit The CoachEd Journey into evenings and weekends and can spread out the payment for the service.. Pricing has been created significnalty below executive level to try and make it accessible for leaders or aspiring leaders at all levels within a team or organisation

Time to take the next step

For some, the decision to engage with the coaching process happens quickly; you know the benefits and the decision is now focussed on who to work with. For others, taking your first step into a coached relationship can bring some apprehension or nerves and even scepticism, so takes longer to decide. Both approaches are understandable. .

Let's start the conversation and the rest is up to you.

Nick Burge BEd (Hons) PGCert LL

Nickmburge@gmail.com

0777 2825178

@NmburgeEdu on Twitter