What makes Bob unique as a coach is his ability to support clients in exploring opportunities and possibilities that resonate with their passions, skills, and personality. He has built his Executive Transition Coaching and traditional Executive Coaching practices since 1995. He is certified in several coaching disciplines, has an extensive background in psychology, and has significant business experience across sales, people management, entrepreneurship, technology, and financial services.
Bob was struck when he heard acclaimed author Jeffrey Archer, paraphrase Proust: “Most of us end up doing what we are second best at.” He couldn't help but ask if it was true for himself, and quickly discovered many others shared his experience.
For example, if your current work is not primarily what you are best at in the world, then can you change your environment, restructure your relationships, and/or find honest ways within yourself to engage in your work sustainably.
When clients are exploring next steps, Bob often starts with three key questions borrowed from Jim Collins’ “The Hedgehog Concept:"
• What are you best at in the world?
• What does the world most want from you? (The world being composed of people who know something about you, and can expand)
• What are you most interested in and passionate about?
Working with Bob you then begin to build a story about your professional life from your gestalt of the “Hedgehog Concept.” Together we dive deeper, as you prepare to connect with people in your orbit, e.g., recruiters, colleagues, leaders, clients, relatives, schoolmates, and others from your history. Simultaneously Bob will support you to create new connections from social and business encounters, while you continually improve your networking, interviewing, branding, and contact-management skills.
As you explore opportunities, the process might seem complex, daunting, and opaque. Together you and Bob will ascertain the true nature of the role(s) you are considering and not only what success in the role looks like, but also what it takes to succeed–something often not apparent from a job description. For each prospective role, you might consider the impact on your family, prospective managers and leaders, teammates, cultures and figure out how to best manage any recruiters.
It is all about finding the “right fit” and giving yourself the best opportunity to succeed. Finding and landing a right fit position is like a detective solving a mystery. Bob will support you at every step in solving it.
