As the pace of global markets accelerates, the ability of people and organizations to cope with continuous change becomes critical to success. The importance of relationships escalates. With your team, your customers, suppliers, but most importantly, with yourself. Success now calls for skills that may not have been so critical in the past.
People can and do change. Some even thrive on it. Our job is to make that process work for you. We help you understand your teams's ability to cope with and capitalize on changing market conditions, and what it will take to improve performance. Whether you’re talking about the development of key contributors, turnaround of potential derailers, careerpath development, or overall teambuilding, we are committed to putting the latest personal development technology to work for you from the Boardroom to the "shop" floor.
Our behavior specialists are uniquely qualified to work side by side with the business world's most talented contributors, coaching them to greater levels of performance and personal satisfaction. Why?
Because at its very essence, leadership development and coaching involve working with individuals to assist them in shaping and changing key behavioral routines in a self-selected direction, targeted at personal objectives that are meaningful to the candidate and important, even critical, to the future success of their careers and their lives overall. Such development work, therefore, demands that individuals be highly trained in helping human beings modify their perceptions, attitudes, and behavior. Only clinically trained consultants have the full complement of competencies necessary to participate in this most demanding work.
What are the core competencies necessary to work effectively in developing tomorrow's business leaders?
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Advanced rapport-building skills and techniques that can quickly establish trust and confidence in the coach
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A keen eye for non-rational behavior and the intervention methodologies required to neutralize it
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The ability to neutralize, harness, and channel the coaching candidate's resistance to the personal change process
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Systems thinking and causal analysis
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Personal psychological maturity and a humanistic orientation
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The ability to harness conflicts for constructive, even creative ends
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High-impact accelerated behavior-change methodologies
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A deep understanding of motivational dynamics
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Patience and the genuine desire to help others achieve their best
Each of our consultants holds an advanced degree from a graduate program that develops precisely this set of competencies, not to mention having completed extensive supervised internships and other advanced training.
Coffin, De Lao & Associates was founded by its President, Raymond J. Coffin, Psy.D., a management and business psychologist with over 20 years experience consulting to business, non-profit, and government organizations, including start-ups and professional corporations in the highly competitive Southern California market. Dr. Coffin has worked extensively with founders and entrepreneurs on developing the personal skills necessary to ensure the continued growth of their emerging companies, as well as on succession planning and derailment projects which present significant risks to the organization's morale and financial well-being. He holds a Master's Degree in Social and Organizational Psychology from the Claremont Graduate University, a doctorate in clinical psychology from Newport University, and is certified as a licensed psychologist by the State of California. Dr. Coffin is frequent lecturer to business and management groups on issues of personal and organizational development. He can be reached directly at rjcoffin@coffindelao.com .
Coffin, De Lao & Associates
2810 East Del Mar, Suite 12
Pasadena, CA 91107
voice: 626.440.9983
fax: 909.627.2795