"Coaching" means a one-to-one relationship that gives you regular, confidential access to:

• a sounding board with wide experience, knowledge and an outside perspective
• specific expertise
• a focus on overall direction, above the daily hurly-burly
• encouragement that keeps you on track
• process and perspective to give you full confidence in implementing your decisions, even when they are a tough call.
• emergency assistance

The best thing about coaching, once you have a sound relationship established, is the knowledge that at least this one person is totally on your side and that you can discuss anything with them, in confidence.

The worst thing about coaching is the name that somehow implies you need help or the coach is better than you, whereas really it's just a tool you can use to increase your personal success.

Michael Woodhouse and Gail White at Glide Strategic have the experience (and the qualifications) to deliver what you want out of a coaching role.