• Executive and Leadership Coaching
• Strategic Planning
• Facilitation
• DISC Assessment™
• Relationship Management Coaching
• Training Teleforums
• Training/Workshops Onsite
• Complimentary Consultation
• Leader Circles
• Team Coaching

Executive and Leadership Coaching

For Non-profit and Business Leaders

Ward Leadership created a very fertile environment to go offline and, in a targeted and focused way, come to agreement about a core strategic direction.  Sally's experience and interpersonal style were immensely helpful to me and to our staff in architecting the best way to use the time of a group of very intense and busy people.  Our board retreat went extremely well and was highly productive, in no small part due to all of Sally's advance work, intelligence, and expertise.   

Heidi N. Zimmer-Meyer
President, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation

 
Individual executive and leadership coaching offers a powerful relationship and highly effective vehicle to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be, relative to personal and organizational performance and quality of life.

Leading is not only about getting results; it’s also about fostering excellence by nurturing and growing people.
Ward Leadership coaching offers executives and leaders the tools to develop a compelling shared vision for the future, create clarity and alignment on guiding principles and values, increase capacity for innovation and change, build an atmosphere of trust and cooperation, and foster an environment where people feel appreciated.

What do you need to increase your impact, effectiveness and fulfillment as a leader? Ward Leadership works with highly motivated individuals to:

• Invent the future
• Challenge assumptions
• Generate fresh perspectives
• Identify and remove unseen barriers to personal and organizational performance
• Rise above the chaos of day-to-day demands
• Realize greater productivity and time management
• Build capacity to develop and motivate others
• Improve workforce satisfaction and esprit de corps
• Foster better communication
• Integrate a coaching management style into everyday leadership
• Address specific performance issues identified in evaluations and feedback instruments
• Improve trust and respect
• Reduce stress

1-to-1 coaching sessions take place by phone for convenience and privacy. (Local clients may elect to schedule some sessions onsite.)

Coaching begins with assessment of the clients' strengths and challenges. Ongoing sessions are generally scheduled 2-3 times / month for 40-60 minutes. Coaching occurs over a period of time that varies according to individual needs and goals.

Sally Ward’s commitment to each client is an alliance based on trust, confidentiality and deep dialogue that provides support, challenge and straight feedback. Sally offers a complimentary coaching consultation to help individuals find out if coaching is right for them.

Complimentary Consultation

Would you like to find out if coaching is right for you?

I invite you to contact me today to schedule a complimentary 30-minute coaching consultation to discuss your current situation, what you want for the future, and the challenges you are facing.

The purpose for our conversation will be to show how the coaching process can help, give you a “test drive” to experience the power of the work we can do together, and decide if my coaching is the right fit and investment for you. You are under no obligation following our consultation to contract with me, and I will be upfront if I feel you are not coachable or would be better served by someone else.

I know that a productive coaching relationship requires a good match between coach and client. I want a great coaching relationship with every client, so that match is just as important to me as it is to you!

Let’s arrange a time to talk.

Leader Circles

Leader Circles provide a safe, supportive, convenient forum to address challenges and concerns. Participants share best practices and resources, generate ideas, brainstorm solutions, get real-time coaching from Sally Ward, and acquire coaching tools that inform leadership expertise.

Circles are composed of CEOs or senior leadership of non-competing organizations or leaders of an organization who are geographically dispersed. They generally meet via phone conference over a pre-arranged period of time. Each Circle is limited in size.

Here’s what leaders are saying about Leader Circles with Sally Ward:

“The CEO job can be isolating. Having a safe place to share and get feedback is incredibly valuable.”

 

“ It provides me with connection and a comfortable, open forum for the things that really matter.”

 

“ I value the opportunity to discuss things in smaller group. Instead of just bitching, we come up with something constructive.”

Would you like to learn more about arranging or participating in a Leader Circle?

Team Coaching

One of the greatest opportunities for any organization is communicating to each member of a team the importance of their role and its impact on results.

Team coaching is a cost-effective way to help managers tie vision and mission to goals and motivate their teams to contribute more fully. Coaching enables managers to spend less time in crisis mode and more time thinking and acting strategically. Coaching may be offered for a senior leadership team or for groups of mid-level managers.

We begin with a behavioral assessment for each member of the team to improve communications and identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Team coaching is available by phone. Learn more about team coaching now.

DISC™ Assessment

The DISC™ behavioral assessment offers an immediate spot-on snapshot to help individuals and teams identify and build on their strengths, uncover blind spots, communicate better, and create action plans to maximize their effectiveness within the organization.

The DISC™ assessment is administered online in conjunction with individual follow up coaching by telephone.

Are you ready to accelerate learning and performance for yourself or a team in your organization?

Contact Sally Ward at Ward Leadership to learn more and schedule the DISC™ assessment.

Relationship Management Coaching

Relationship management coaching provides the opportunity for two or more individuals to come together with the coach with the intent of improving their working relationship. Offered as needed, by phone or in person (if local).

Training Teleforums

Organizations across the U.S. and Canada can take advantage of Ward Leadership’s customized training programs offered via teleforum. Training by phone is a flexible, cost-effective, convenient vehicle for specific leadership skills development. Participants dial a conference line at a pre-arranged time. Follow up coaching support is highly recommended to lock in the learning.

Teleforums are 60-90 minutes, and are led by Sally Ward, certified executive coach. Topics include:

• Setting and Achieving Effective Goals
• Building Shared Vision, Mission and Values
• Leading Positive Change
• Principles of Constructive Conflict
• Rise Above the Chaos: Practices for Personal Sustainability
• Effective Delegation
• Work Smarter: Strategies for Prioritizing and Managing Time
• Your Unique Service Proposition
• Setting Boundaries to Improve Productivity, Create Respectful Relationships
• Coaching Techniques 101 for Management

What are your organization’s needs?
Contact Ward Leadership to get the ball rolling.

Facilitation

Is it time to raise some hard questions?
The quality and progress of an organization is dependent on the quality of the questions it asks.

To foster a climate that promotes inquiry and a safe environment to address challenges, contact Sally Ward at Ward Leadership about customized facilitation services for Boards, teams, and other working groups.

Ward Leadership created a very fertile environment to go offline and, in a targeted and focused way, come to agreement about a core strategic direction.  Sally's experience and interpersonal style were immensely helpful to me and to our staff in architecting the best way to use the time of a group of very intense and busy people.  Our board retreat went extremely well and was highly productive, in no small part due to all of Sally's advance work, intelligence, and expertise.

Heidi N. Zimmer-Meyer
President, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation

Training/Workshops Onsite

• Best Year Ever
  Learn how to set powerful, motivating goals; develop a personalized Success Strategy; launch into action and create huge momentum; convert challenges to opportunities.
• Values for Leadership and Life
  Discover the unique personal values that inform your leadership and lead to powerful impact and far greater fulfillment.
• Resolving Conflict and Creating Positive Outcomes
  Conflict may be inevitable, but it need not be dreaded. Identify the root causes of conflict and how to make it productive rather than destructive. Gain tools to handle conflict calmly and use disagreement as a gateway to improved cooperation. Learn how to see other perspectives and move past assumptions, distortions and emotion during a conflict in order to get to the core of the problem and solve it more rapidly and professionally.
• How to Set Boundaries To Improve Productivity and Foster Healthier Business and Personal Relationships
  Free up time and energy in your business and personal life. The more competent and successful you are, the more others will expect of you and the more you will need boundaries to get to and stay at the top of your game. Explore what gets in the way of setting boundaries, the 5 steps to effective boundary setting, how to overcome hesitations and hang-ups, and the language to use for the best results. Participants will also learn what contributes to boundary violations, and how to prevent recurrences and command greater respect from others.
• How to Communicate More Effectively
  Excellent interpersonal communications skills are the "make it or break it" factor in successful businesses, organizations, and relationships. Companies that communicate effectively with their employees and customers financially outperform those that don't. Learn powerful techniques that will immediately enhance the ability to positively connect with others in business and personal settings. Gain awareness of the impact of verbal and nonverbal communications; hone active listening skills; discover how to ask questions that elicit more trust and understanding. Strengthen relationships and avoid costly misunderstandings by communicating in a way that fosters clarity and trust.
• Strategies for Stress Management
  Conduct a stress self-assessment; acquire 10 or more simple, effective stress reduction techniques; gain tools for more effective thinking; facilitate key mental shifts to control negativity, frustration, anger and worry. Learn to renew mental energy, focus, and well-being whenever needed.
• 3 Keys to Taking Greater Control of Your Time and Your Life
  Change the way you approach your work; ask for what you need and put yourself first; find a minimum of 2 extra hours per week.

                                                                                                    
Want a dynamic presentation for your organization that gives participants specific techniques that they can immediately put to use?  Contact Sally Ward

Strategic Planning

Leaders and managers are often so engulfed with day-to-day and tactical issues that they fail to focus enough attention on ultimate objectives.

A strategic planning process brings the entire organization together to solidify its vision of success: where it's going and how it will get there in the context of mission and core values.

Your strategic plan is your roadmap to the future.

Need to initiate, refine or update a planning process that gets results??

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