‘We have learnt from our own experiences, the benefits that effective business coaching and mentoring can bring. Targeted business coaching and mentoring can help in implementing change, raising organisational effectiveness and improving the performance of the organisation as a whole.’
Benefits of Business Coaching and Mentoring
- Improved productivity
- Improved profitability
- Increased customer service
- Improved product consistency
- Provides a pool of skilled manpower
- Encourages ownership of a task / role
- Increases colleague motivation
In utilising EBS Business Coaching and Mentoring Services, EBS:
- Support the client in setting appropriate, measurable goals and assessing progress in respect of the agreed business coaching and mentoring objectives
- Observe, listen and understand the client’s requirements to ensure that appropriate business coaching and mentoring goals are set and delivered
- During the initial stages of business coaching and mentoring, select and apply the most appropriate technique to encourage development and sustainability of the agreed goals
- Evaluate the outcome of the business coaching and mentoring, using measures previously agreed with the client
- Remain wholly supportive and encouraging at all stages of the business coaching and mentoring process
- Encourage colleagues, undertaking business coaching and mentoring, to identify and apply their own solutions so as to encourage personnel development and avoid over dependence on the mentor
‘On the job business coaching and mentoring should ideally be done in conjunction with change management initiatives, profit improvement programmes or any other project currently being managed in an organisation. Business coaching and mentoring ensures that the reasons for the desired improvements are understood and that the solutions / projects implemented become sustainable by being integrated into the culture of the site’.