Coaching and Counseling Support (on-line support now available!)
Great Visions Consulting serves only two primary industries: construction (in all its professional and field components) and trade associations. When you retain us to provide coaching and counseling services either for yourself as an individual, or for your company's managers and employees, you are getting a resource with almost 30 years' experience. We know the subtleties of our unique business climate and culture. You know you will not be getting general or vague advice which doesn't relate to the real world you or your employees must live and work in.
Coaching and Counseling support is available in-person, via telephone, and now on-line.
Examples of coaching service issues for individuals and corporate-sponsored managers and employees:
- General Business Problems and Issues:
- Strategies for better people management
- Coping with a difficult co-worker or boss
- Getting co-workers or subordinates motivated
- Dealing with an immediate crisis or problem
- How to implement a difficult decision
- How to implement a responsibility in the company strategic plan
- Staying ahead of unintended consequences
- Determining what to pay an employee
- Dealing with corporate politics and game playing
- Strategies for managing difficult clients
- Personal Needs and Issues:
- Developing a career plan
- Fitting into a new organizational culture
- Getting motivated
- Knowing when it's time to move on
- Knowing when you should hang in there a while longer
- Negotiating performance review and salary treatment
- Personal problem solving
- Creating a more positive and focused life
- Eliminating self-destructive and limiting beliefs
- Establishing your life vision and purpose
- Other needs (If you have a need not listed here, ask. If we can help you we will, or if we can't we will help you find a resource who can.)
Who can and should use this service?
Bosses and Senior Managers: most senior-level people can benefit from having a third-party confidential "sounding board" with whom to test ideas and strategies. Often they are faced with difficult personnel decisions, or even just knowing what to pay for a job. For the owner of a small business, a third-party outsider, knowledgeable in general business, can be the confidential resource and team member s/he can never have inside the company.
Bosses and Senior Managers who recognize the value of personal business coaching, may choose to give "x-number" coaching hours per year to key employees in recognition for a job well-done, as part of employee development requirements, as a tool for on-going on-the-job problem solving, or just as a perk of the job.
Middle and Younger Managers: many middle managers and all younger managers usually obtained their positions due to technical skills, not management ones. Now they are thrown into an environment where the need for their technical skills is more limited, and the need for management skills is at a premium. Their management experience may be limited or non-existent. Maybe they only have college classes to fall back upon. But, they have been given a trust; they don't want to fail. At the same time, they don't want to ask questions of their immediate supervisor or the owner which might be perceived as not-well-thought-out or even dumb. The confidential third-party outsider can be a perfect coach for middle managers and first-line supervisors. They get advice, they get a business "expert" with whom to test ideas, and they get a person who can listen to and empathize with their problems.
Managers at all levels with career questions: With the exception of the owner, all managers worry about managing their career decisions. How long should I stay in a job? If I decide to leave, how do I do this without burning bridges? What are the ethics involved in changing jobs? What, if anything, do I owe my current employer? What employer promises are credible and which are not? What do I need to do to develop "for the next level"? Because so many managers have these questions, and because they rightly recognize their employer should not pay for personal career advice, Great Visions Consulting's Coaching Service can be individually contracted, and paid for with a personal credit card.
Confidentiality
All client interactions are confidential and treated as doctor-patient relationships. Corporations requesting coaching and counseling support services for their managers or employees must acknowledge the confidential nature of the relationship and agree that they will be informed only of the name of the employee and the time used.
How to request support
For Individuals: E-mail us at gary@greatvisions.com or phone us at 715-524-2247 with your requests. In the subject line, please type: Request for Individual Coaching Services. Please provide relevant background information and detail. If we need more information from you, we will ask. Otherwise, we will quickly develop a response by return e-mail. Most requests can be turned around in 24 hours or less. If your company has given you a certificate authorizing you to use pre-paid coaching services, be sure to include the "authorization code" from the certificate in your e-mail. Otherwise, how we should invoice you.
For Corporations: E-mail us at gary@greatvisions.com or phone us at 715-524-2247 to discuss your needs. Note below that special package pricing discounts are available. In the subject line, please type: Request for Corporate Coaching Services.
For Corporate Reward and Recognition Programs: Many clients have found that "Coaching and Counseling Hours" make terrific gift certificates to reward or recognize employees for good performance or just to increase general motivation.
Fees, Invoicing and Payment Options
Individual and Corporate Rate Plans:
Base rate: $75/half hour
3-hour Package: $389 (less than $65/half hour)
10-hour Package: $1199 (less than $60/half hour)
50-hour Package: $5495 (less than $55/half hour)
100-hour Package: $9995 (less than $50/half hour)
Packages may be used at your discretion, anytime during the next calendar year. Most requests can be handled within a half hour. If your request is more complex (example: you are debating whether or not to move to a new job and need several interactions with us via e-mail or phone), or requires research (example: you need salary information for a particular type of job in your city) , we will advise you in advance of the probable time required and the cost, and will get your approval before proceeding.
Invoicing (Payment by personal or corporate check): We will e-mail an invoice to you for the appropriate fee. Invoices are due upon receipt. Payment by personal or company check is acceptable.