NEWSLETTER FOR FEBRUARY 2008

Coach of the Month - February

Name

Jan Roberts

Company

Jan Roberts Consulting

Background

I am a self employed coach and team development facilitator who has had a long and varied career in the drinks industry, financial sector and more recently independent consulting. I specialise in applying a complementary blend of coaching and mentoring capability to a range of industry sectors. With a strong functional background in Supply Chain and Manufacturing, this allows me to provide a fairly unique offering.

What Inspired You To Go Into Coaching?

I began my early career as a Brewer with the Guinness organisation. As their first female brewer, it came with many challenges such as cultural acceptance. However, I never felt these were insurmountable. Other barriers such as tasting 24 pints of Guinness before lunchtime did challenge me from time to time! Throughout my career, I gained an immense amount of experience developing teams. What I now recognise as coaching and facilitating change in an industry that was undergoing major change was exhausting and highly stressful! It was at this point that I became particularly self-aware and began, out of necessity to coach myself on a daily basis.
I guess I was thrown without much training into the world of coaching and didn’t recognise it for what it was at the time. The stress this can cause a relatively inexperienced line manager can be significant.

Throughout the following years, I have used that self coaching many times, keeping a healthy perspective and never shying away from taking career changing decisions. It is this long held belief in the effectiveness of coaching that inspired me to take it up professionally.

Key Qualifications & Training

I am qualified in Professional Development and Coaching and am qualified to administer and interpret a wide range of psychometric tools through the British Psychological Society.
In addition, I have an MBA, a Degree in Microbiology, a Masters in Engineering, and am an Associate of the Institute of Brewing.

Specialist Areas of Coaching

I offer a range of coaching services however I am passionate about…
• Technical Coaching and mentoring in the Supply Chain and Operations arena.
• Team performance coaching.
• Mentoring and practical managerial / leadership coaching
• Career coaching

Greatest Coaching Moment

This is a hard one as I would hope that all my coaching moments have been great for the person who matters, the coachee. However, one of my greatest coaching moments is selfishly a personal coaching moment, when I was faced with my first freelance assignment. I believe it is vital for any coach to be completely in tune with their own focus and coaching needs in order to be at peace with yourself long enough to be of use to the client.

What Is Your Vision For Your Coaching?

My vision for coaching is that it eventually becomes a way of life for people whether in the work place or in their private lives. A healthy perspective and ability to see challenges clearly and make rational decisions is a skill that pays dividends in life in general.

Philosophy

Consider the impact of what you do to others, be proud of your achievements however small they may seem and always praise your kids !!

Contact details

Telephone: 07784 325813

Email: Jan@Janroberts.biz

Client's Corner

Geraldine Granath, Head of People Development, South of Tyne Primary Care Trust

Edinburgh City Council "Working with CFM was really straightforward. With their help we delivered a high profile piece of work supporting a number of health staff though a period of change. Our trained coaches are now working with individuals and groups in the trusts to support organizational and personal performance. Our work is really well rated locally and beyond. To got this far in this time is a real tribute to CFM’ training."

Course Dates

ILM Level 5 VRQ Diploma
Venue - Stirling Management Centre
30th September 2008
29th October 2008
26th November 2008
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ILM Level 7 VRQ Diploma
25th Jan 2008
26th February 2008
2nd April 2008
29th April 2008
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Cert of Professional Development
Venue - Stirling Management Centre
25th August 2008
15th September 2008
6/7th October 2008
3rd November 2008
8th December 2008
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Post Grad Cert in Exec Coaching
Venue - University of Strathclyde Business School
Module 1
3/4th October 2008
21/22nd November 2008
Module 2
16/17th January 2009
6/7th March 2009
Module 3
15/16/17th May 2009
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