THE CHALLENGE

Our ‘coachee’ featured in this story joined her company when she nineteen years old as a wire winder.

In her early twenties she suffered a major loss when her father died, which on top of ongoing work challenges left her feeling unconfident.

Life continued like this until 2018 when her line manager needed to take an extended leave of absence and she was asked to step up and cover for him.

SOLUTION

To support the transition redKite was asked to provide a programme of one-to-one coaching which our ‘coachee’ was a bit hesitant to accept as she says, “I didn’t think a coach could teach me anything about myself that I didn’t already know”.

ACTIONS

However, by her third session she was thrilled with the results as she could already see the positive changes it was bringing to her life.

One of her biggest frustrations at work, she says, was not being included in things. Examining this closer with her coach, she began to see that the real cause was down to herself.

“Jayne taught me that if I changed my own behaviour it would change other people’s behaviour towards me”, she says.

BENEFITS

Being in the safe and confidential environment of a coaching session our ‘coachee’ was able to examine herself and by doing so, learned how to become more emotionally strong and resilient.

This has helped her tremendously with relationships at work and home, because she is now able to spot her triggers and stay in control.

OUTCOME AND RESULTS

The result is that our ‘coachee’ is more confident in her abilities and more in control of her life.

She has learned to let go and trust people more, and attributes coaching to turning a strained relationship with one of her team into a productive and positive one by understanding and playing to the other person’s strengths.

“Coaching has completely changed my life”, she says.

“I hardly recognise myself and I’m so proud about what I’ve achieved - I’m happier, calmer and my relationships with others have really improved. I can’t express how grateful I am to Jayne”.