Thinking Clearly, Creatively and Collaboratively
The 'Think! Coaching' framework is designed to support imaginative leadership at all levels throughout an organization. Think! Coaches work to get to a higher level of engagement from their clients and we always work with both the individual and their network. Liberating thinking in individuals, teams and whole organizations is our aim.
Think! Coaching Framework
T. Thinking Space: creating a space to think changes everything!
H. Hope: without hope there is no leverage for change
I. Imagination: underpins creativity, new ideas and new futures
N. Networks: leadership is relational, about people, about networks of activity
K. Knowledge Exchange: sharing knowledge is the power-house of change
Think! Coaching works on two key principles:
A thinking space is paradoxical; it is not about thinking deeply, but comes from allowing thoughts to wash around, to free associate with others, to permit ourselves to literally play with ideas. It is the ability to create a space that allows thoughts to emerge when in a crisis; it is about one person taking leadership and supporting others to collectively harvest their experience, expertise and knowledge, to come up with the right way forward, rather than the reactive way forward. A thinking space is also the space where creativity is noursished; it takes practice and a structure to help this happen. ‘Think! Coaching’ is designed to help individuals learn this process and then to work in a systemic way and increase their ability to think collaboratively across networks. This has the impact of knowledge begetting more knoweldge, of increasing transparency and engagement, and of being surprised by outstanding results arising from this process.
'Think! Coaching' tailored to your needs:
Thinking Partners
One to one coaching for senior leaders. Strategic visioning, personal creativity and impact.
Thinking Teams
Coaching for senior teams: facilitating high-team performance, working through challenges, designing organisational architectures to deliver strategic goals, imagination sessions.
Thinking Organisations
We use the Think! framework to design with you whole-systems change to your organisation. Interventions to deliver cultural change, or cultural alignment (e.g following a merger), to deliver major change programmes. We work with our partners Luxson to deliver IT integrated solutions.
Coaching Skills Training for Leaders
A coaching skillls programme for leaders. This is an in-house programme tailored for your needs, and can be accredited by Lancaster University: see ‘Think! Coaching’ pdf.
The aims are to train leaders in the Think! Framework to develop their leadership and coaching capability, making their one to one and team contribution much more effective.
Coaching Consultation
Contact us to discuss any of your coaching needs, to design in-house coach training, to offer supervision, to evaluate and assess your current coaching provision.
Think! Training for Coaches
Contact us if you would like to become a Think! Coach.
Coaching Resources
This site has many coaching resources: www.luxson-clients.co.uk/changeconversations
Associates
All of our associates are carefully selected, experienced and have undergone the ‘Think! Coach’ training programme. All of our coaching work is supervised.
Coaching Testimonies
"The course has tested my brain in all manner of ways. The opportunities to use the course at work are boundless".
Frank McAleer, BAE Systems
"Simon's coaching style is both supportive and challenging. He has an impressive knowledge and experience of coaching, leadership and the world of organizations combined with psychotherapeutic sensitivity and skills".
"This broad capacity has enabled me to connect my personal, leadership and organizational issues in a profound way and to make major leaps of understanding, creativity and improvement across a wide range of issues, concerns and strategic thinking".
Lynne Sedgmore, Chief Executive, Centre for Excellence of Leadership. UKs National Learning and Skills Sector Leadership Centre. 2006
