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?

Managing our Crossroads of life sounds complicated already, doesn’t it. At times like this, it is good to sit back and listen to how we feel. Our emotions, after all, reveal a lot about our deep seated values. —Ray Newkirk