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I am an executive coach and trainer of AoEC coaching programmes at Estonian Business School.
I support you if you want to become a better leader – you are ready to grow and need a thinking-partner, a focus keeper, a clarity creator, a supporter and a coach along the way! I’m motivated by the joy of the results my balance of challenge and support has brought to my many clients.
Find out moreWHAT IS COACHING?
An executive coach can help you become a better manager, steer you towards your goals and support the growth of your organisation.
Coaching is a creative partnership that’s designed to get you thinking. It helps you uncover and make the most of your personal and professional potential. As a coach, I support you in establishing and maintaining a focus for yourself, I help you achieve clarity and I guide you to discover new viewpoints and possibilities. Coaching is without question the most personalised way of learning about yourself.
By its nature, management coaching always serves indirectly as coaching for the entire organisation.
THE SEVEN MOST COMMON CHALLENGES A MANAGEMENT COACH DEALS WITH:
- Boosting self-confidence
- Setting and maintaining focus
- Managing time and energy
- Making it easier to take decisions and assume responsibility
- Fostering self-awareness
- Improving complicated relationships
- Addressing stress and burnout
WHAT DOESN’T A COACH DO?
- Coaches aren’t teachers or advisers
- Coaches aren’t counsellors or therapists
- Coaches don’t correct mistakes
- Coaches don’t oversee the implementation of things
- Coaches aren’t mentors
- Coaches don’t tell you which path to take or guide you on your journey
- Coaches do help you keep a firm hand on the tiller to make your journey smoother and to ensure you get where you want to go
FIVE TIPS ON GETTING THE MOST OUT OF COACHING
- Make sure you come to a precise agreement with the coach on how you’ll work together and what you expect of each other.
- Be open to feedback.
- Be prepared to think outside your comfort zone.
- Choose (with the help of the coach) clear, personal and measurable goals that are linked to what you do.
- Implement your goals!
If you are looking for a partner to help you grow and reach the next level in your career, someone who will challenge you, nudge you and encourage you to be more, then you’ve come to the right person.
MY CLIENTS AND PARTNERS
I work with people from a broad range of fields who have very different levels of management experience. What they all have in common is a desire to better themselves and to grow.
My door’s open to everyone.
Merle’s a top-flight player as a coach because she’s chaired the management boards of two companies – Õhtuleht Kirjastus and Ajakirjade Kirjastus, both of which form part of the Express Group. She’s seen close-up the challenges that managers face and the ways you go about solving them. She’s a risk-taker. I’ve seen her lead companies with voracious passion. Now she’s putting just as much of herself into my development. Sometimes you need models and patterns to work from to sort out problems, and Merle often has books and video lectures to offer as extra inspiration if you need ideas on how to solve issues that have come up in conversation.