Executive PA (Personal Assistant) Performance Coaching

Executive PA Performance Coaching is a one-to-one professional business relationship which extends over a specified length of time; the agenda for the meetings are driven by you, the client, focussing on your individual business priorities. You and your coach will focus on the areas of your particular role in which you want to improve and expand. Therefore there are no predefined areas that should or should not be covered; the agenda really is driven by you. Your coach will get to know you, and how you work, over a period of time and be able to support you to develop yourself and how you operate within the culture of your organisation and the context of your own specific role.

Coaching affords you the space and freedom to spend time thinking creatively and plan how you can reach excellence personally, and within your organisation.

The results of Executive PA Performance Coaching are exciting and cathartic; bringing about positive, permanent improvement in effectiveness, influence and relationships.

Together with the support of your coach you will:

• Clarify your key relationships and the critical elements of your role within the organisation
• Define the specific details of each of these elements and how you influence outcomes
• Commit to implement identified steps and strategies required to achieve top performance
• Integrate tools, models and strategies to develop yourself and your role

The successful outcome of Executive PA Performance Coaching is dependent on two key factors:

The first is the commitment and resolve of you, the client, to initiate positive change into your working practices. Your coach will not do the work for you! They are there to enable you and stimulate new ways of thinking; nobody knows the complexities of your role as well as you and it is the decisions that you make that hold the power. Therefore it is your commitment to develop and progress that is pivotal to your success.

The second is the skill of the coach in enabling you to explore and examine your own strengths, blocks, expertise and ability. You did not get the job you have by luck – you are a professional, highly skilled PA. Your coach will provide you with the appropriate tools and models for you to apply to your own situation to move beyond being a great Executive PA to becoming an exceptional Executive PA.

Who can benefit from Executive PA Performance Coaching?

At CASTALIA we specialise in coaching the individuals who support business leaders who are in a position of responsibility and influence.

Executive PA Performance Coaching is a stimulating and motivating process which will help you to really focus on what is important to you and how you can achieve your ambitions. You will have a unique opportunity to be completely honest about your own drives and needs without fear of reprisal within the organisation - you can confidentially experiment with your own ideas and find successful ways in which to implement your new strategies. Executive PA Performance Coaching removes much of the interference that prevents peak performance by providing profound clarity around achieving your objectives.

The CASTALIA Executive PA Performance Coaching Programmes

The length of Executive PA Performance Coaching undertaken depends entirely on your own particular development and support needs. Outlined below are typical time scales that individuals commit to Executive PA Performance Coaching. However, bespoke programmes are also offered.

3 Months Executive PA Performance Coaching

Meeting face to face for a total of 5 coaching sessions. This is a good length of time to address many immediate and some longer-term objectives. In between the core coaching meetings you will have access to telephone and e-mail support.

6 Months Executive PA Performance Coaching

A total of 8 coaching sessions spread over a 6 month period; again telephone and e-mail support are offered. This length of time allows for truly profound change to take place. You and your coach will form a strong and honest relationship, focussing on your immediate and long-term objectives in great detail.