Inspiring Action offers one to one performance coaching for managers and senior staff, particularly in the health, social care and not for profit sectors. We agree with the staff member and their line-manager what the individual's development needs are and the outcomes desired. While the coaching relationship itself remains confidential, the manager will be kept in touch with the staff member's progress.

Coaching is a facilitative, one to one relationship focusing on dramatically improving confidence and strengthening abilities. As a result, people realise their full potential and become more energetic, productive and effective, achieving their desired outcomes and goals.

Coaching is an excellent means of supporting formal training to enable staff to fine-tune and embed new skills and put them to full use in their work environment. In particular coaching enables people to lead and implement organisational development and change successfully.

Coaching can be carried out face to face or on the phone. Sessions usually last for one or two hours. The frequency and duration will be agreed at the outset.

'Coaching' and 'mentoring' are terms often used interchangeably and there is a lot of overlap. Strictly speaking, coaching does not require that the coach has any experience of their client's occupation. Hence we are able to coach people from any background. Mentoring however can include passing on knowledge and experience in a particular field. Our expertise in non-profit organisations enables us to mentor people working in that sector.

We also offer Life Coaching to support people wishing to identify and achieve personal goals.