why a coach
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“Coaching turns everyday life into an opportunity for people to become the best of themselves, at work and in their personal lives.”
How Coaching Works, The Essential Guide to the History and Practice of Effective Coaching, by Joseph O’Connor and Andrea Lages.

 

 
 
 
 

Would you like to:

Dig out and dust off your personal values, those that guide your professional and personal decisions, uphold your sense of purpose and define who you are and how you operate in the midst of changing and complex environments.

Identify and put to use your natural strengths to better manage change, complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty in new cultural and multicultural environments and successfully engage with others.

Find ways to translate your values and strengths into more effective strategies for improving professional performance and personal satisfaction – to make the difference you want to make in your life, your work and the world. 

Testimonials:

"I improved how I communicate with people from other cultures, how to understand where gaps in communication may occur. I began to understand how culture impacts behavior towards others.
Elizabeth understood that I was new to working with those from other cultures and was patient in helping me to overcome my obstacles. She made me see the inner strength that I had to push through.  Also, she made me aware of the qualities that I already had to succeed.  This process made me want to experience life in other cultures."
Melissa (American engineer with a US-based global mining company and head of a three month technical training project in the US for a group of African engineers and mine operators.  She is now on assignment in Africa.)
           
"My issues became more complex when I moved abroad and solutions that were available to me in the US simply do not exist here.  I  appreciated Elizabeth’s way of gently nudging me to move forward. Elizabeth always reinforced what we had already accomplished and returned to what I had talked about in the last session.  I felt heard and understood, valued and respected. Expats have an even harder time than others trying to realize their dreams. Elizabeth always simply encouraged me.  She is truly excellent!" Jackie (American lawyer, entrepreneur, mother and accompanying spouse in Rome.)

"Elizabeth’s style defines her uniqueness. She is great at helping seeing things from a  different perspective and above all she speaks from her heart! A great journey that I have done with Elizabeth. I feel a great sense of partnership. I have done the job, my thinking, my homework, I have decided each time what to talk about, and I have made my progress. Our partnership was a great thing for me to leverage upon. She is a great listener, being able to hear ‘the unspoken’. Elizabeth has a great ability to be ‘next to you’ even when things are not going as you had  planned. Perhaps, this is her greatest strength: to turn ‘the absurd’ and ‘the impossible’ into ‘possibility!" Giuseppe (Italian professional in Istanbul)

"Elizabeth had a skillful way of tuning in to what was going on in my life at the given moment and adapting to giving me support in the best way suitable at that time. I always come away from her coaching sessions feeling really good about myself and my possibilities." Helena (Swedish entrepreneur)

"Thank you so much for this wonderful post, and for YOUR thank goodness UNENDING EFFORTS to help us see and perceive in ever-refreshingly new ways." Anonymous, comment left on my blog, November 2, 2008

 
Elizabeth Abbot

Executive and Personal Coaching
For International Professionals

elizabeth@crossculturalmoments.com
mobile: +39 328 087 8207

“Coaching can be particularly effective in times of change….While you may be confident in your abilities to take on new tasks, you may feel that an independent sounding board would be beneficial in helping you achieve a new level of performance…You may recognize that succeeding in a new role requires skills that you have not needed to rely on in the past, a coach may help sharpen those skills, particularly when you need to do so on the fly.” 
Methodology: Do You Need an Executive Coach? Harvard Management Update, Vol. 9, No. 12, December 2004.

 
 

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