Business Coaching Services
Good leaders know that strong, trust-based relationships are the key to personal and professional success—and that relationship building is integral to the advancement of every individual on their team. And yet…few business schools teach relationship building skills and companies don’t prioritize them often enough. The result? It doesn’t take long for an organization’s collective business relationship building skills to become rusty.
A relationship-focused organization understands that:
- Everything in business is connected to other people
- Connecting and networking are not the same
- Sales are a result (not an indicator) of strong relationships
- Interpersonal trust is more important than ever
- Strategic relationship building is a skilled activity that can be learned, improved, tracked, and measured
- Employees at every job level are more effective at earning trust and building strong relationships when when they work toward clearly defined goals and objectives
What will an intentional focus on relationship building do for your business and your team?
Continue reading to learn more about our innovative Cohort Coaching Program for high-performance companies and teams.
The Connector’s Way Cohort Coaching Program
The Connector’s Way Cohort Coaching Program is for high-performance teams that are committed to achieving business success through better internal and external relationships and seek the accountability of a small group and the support of an experienced coach to meet their goals and objectives.
The Model
Connecting Cohorts are made up of four to six people from the same company, organization, or industry. Programs are designed to improve participants’ skills as connectors while holding them accountable to specific and measurable goals. Organizations benefit from the collective learning of the cohort and the relationship building momentum that the cohort generates.
The Mechanics
Participants take part in nine interactive video sessions over three months (a calendar quarter). Each session is one hour long and facilitated by an experienced coach. Sessions are arranged at the beginning of each cohort coaching program with the understanding that participants will make time on their calendars for the duration of the program.
The Measurables
Cohort members are expected to identify specific goals and objectives for becoming better connectors and to commit to making relationship building a priority. Each cohort participant will develop a detailed Relationship Building Action Plan that is designed to align their relationship building activities with the setting of measurable goals and objectives.
Benefits of the Cohort Coaching Program
Measurable Results
The Connector’s Way Cohort Coaching Program is designed to align each participant’s relationship building activities with the setting of individual goals and objectives that meet the S.M.A.R.T. criteria (i.e., Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound). Cohort program participants will learn to:
Nurture a Connector's Mindset
Define Relationship Building Goals
Develop a Relationship Building Plan
Cultivate Strategic Connections
Internal Team Building
The nature of the group cohort model encourages valuable internal team building and inspires collective learning and momentum that is transferred back to the workplace. In a testament to the program’s effectiveness, participants often continue meeting as a group after the program has ended so they may continue to connect and collaborate for success.
Feedback & Support
Participants have unlimited access to phone, email and text support from their coach for the duration of the program and are encouraged to take advantage of this support to stay motivated and on-target. In addition, participants will have a 1:1 check-in call with their coach at the program’s mid-point to discuss any issues or concerns and assess their progress.
Coaching & Training Materials
Upon program commencement, each participant will receive the latest version of The Connector’s Way Guide. In addition, cohort participants are granted full access for the duration of the coaching program to The Galvanizing Group’s Digital Business Relationship Building Library. Hosted on a secure and state of the art LMS (learning management system), the curriculum consists of 50 SCORM compliant courses that can each be completed in 25 minutes or less. Courses cover important relationship building topics and are taught through a combination of videos, interactive exercises, and downloadable materials. Coaching program participants also have priority for registering for special relationship building programs and events as they are developed.
Our Commitment
The Connector’s Way Cohort Coaching Program is not for everyone. But if your company is committed to achieving business success through better relationships and you are looking for the expertise, accountability and support to help your team members become better connectors, then we are confident in our ability to help them reach their goals. In doing so, we acknowledge our responsibility to preserve the confidentiality of any information or data disclosed by or developed on behalf of participants during our coaching sessions. At the same time, participants understand that they are in control of their own decisions, choices, actions—and results.
Getting Started with Coaching
Please contact info@galvanizinggroup.com or call 503.249.8800 for additional program information including client testimonials, enrollment dates, and organizational incentives for multiple cohort enrollments.
The Connector’s Way Certification Programs
For companies that want to bring The Connector’s Way Cohort Coaching Program in-house, we offer ‘train the trainer’ sessions using our methodology and materials.
Are you an experienced business coach looking to help high-performance companies and teams build better relationships? Contact us to learn more about becoming a certified Connector’s Way coach.