Jan Thompson & Associates
Jan Thompson & Associates is a coaching organization dedicated to helping Leaders build an inner foundation for outward action. JTA provides services to small and medium sized companies where the Executive Team believes Leadership Development is a key to their business strategy.
Hay Group studies of Fortune 500 companies found that up to 40% of them utilize Executive Coaching as a "best practice" strategy. In many companies, coaching is offered as a standard leadership development tool for talented up-and-comers. A 2001 research report involving 100 executives in Fortune 1000 companies found that the average company experienced a 600% return on investment (ROI), plus a variety of intangibles like improved relationships and morale from executive coaching.
Jan Thompson is known for using current neuroscience discoveries to help clients build long lasting change in behaviors and thinking. Her philosophy of coaching is based on three key principles: 1.The client is already creative, resourceful and whole. 2. It is important to both leverage strengths as well as develop weaknesses that are critical for success. 3. It is her job to ask questions that help the client develop new ways of thinking. Clients report:" Coaching with Jan has enabled me to think more strategically and now I can help my people improve their thinking too".
It's not what happens to us, its what we do with it.
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Appreciation At Work
I've noticed a trend among my High Potential clients, they feel unappreciated. Now why would the best and brightest in a company ever feel unappreciated? Perhaps its because Managers aren't taught that it is a key to getting results through others?
Are you a Human Doing?
Many of my clients report they are so caught up in the "doing" of their jobs, they rarely think about just "being". "Being" seems slow, not necessary, unrelated to their effectiveness; something they want but don't have time for. However, when I ask them to identify the qualities of Leaders they admire, guess what? Beingness comes to the forefront. Of course, the words they use are "presence", "listens intently", "has a passion for what s/he does", "able to get people energized"--but it boils down to a strong sense of who they are as people and as Leaders.
