We are at the Crossroads of life more often than we think. Often, something unexpected comes along and radically changes our thinking. This gain in insight and shift in reasoning often ignite a range of decisions that lay out a new path of understanding about our lives. —Ray Newkirk
The SMI Crossroads Program
Designed to Navigate the Pitfalls & Tarpits of a Coaching Career
Crossroads Program Objectives
First Objective: Build your effectiveness as a professional contributor to the success of your organization.
Second Objective: Safely acquire potent softskills to improve organization & team performance.
Third Objective: Grow from an ad hoc or de facto coach & consultant into a well informed and experienced professional coaching & consulting specialist.
Seminar One: Mastering the Coaching and Consulting Environment
Putting Your Stake in the Ground
Building Your Framework for Success
Critical Success Factor Models for Effective Coaching
Fundamentals of High-Impact Coaching
Seminar Two: Mastering Hidden Skills of C & C Success
Understanding Your Client
Clarifying Client Expectations
Moving From Beliefs and Values to Character
Beyond the Basics
Seminar Three: Developing Successful C&C Skills
Building Authentic Cooperation
Returning to the Basics
Going to the Core
Mastering the Core Competencies of Teams
Seminar Four: The Coaching Side of Mentoring Success
Coaching to Make Powerful Decisions
Mastering Coaching to Help People Change
Attaining Coaching and Mentoring Success
Mastering the Coaching and Mentoring Environment
Using Coaching to Enhance Your Mentoring Program
Seminar Five: Coaching in Turbulent Environments
Defusing the Confusing
Coaching Difficult Clients
Using Coaching to Overcome Turbulence in Organizations and Teams
Seminar Six: Leading Better through UlThule™ Coaching
Great Performance is Counter-Intuitive
Attaining UlThule™ Performance
Seminar Seven: Refining Communication Skills for Coaching Success
Coaching is Communicating
Seminar Eight: The Role of Intelligences and Emotions in Coaching Success
Doing the Hard Work
Minding the Spirit
Coaching Others with Influence to Change Minds
Understanding Emotions to Help People Change
Self-Awareness through Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence Requires Emotional Understanding
Seminar Nine: Coaching for Career Self-Renewal
Where Do You Go From Here?