CAREER
This programme is for
- High potential employees mapping out their future career
- Senior people working through career options
- Senior people who are feeling 'stale' in their current role or profession
- Employees at a point of transition who are deciding whether to go, stay, or move to another role
We call it our W3R programme
Where
am I now? - the characteristics, challenges, enjoyable and less enjoyable aspects of my current role/profession/organisation. Current situation.
have I come from? - my personal and career journey to date and what it tells me about myself.
What
do I bring? - my current strengths, skills attributes and competencies, and their transferability.
do I want? - energy givers and drainers, motivation, ideal organisations, culture and boss, personal aspirations and desires
Who
else has a say? - family, organisation issues support and constraints.
can I help? - building networks and learning how to use them, getting more skilled at relationship management.
Reality check
Where are the gaps - and how can I eliminate/reduce them?
Financial and other drivers
What does the external world tell me about my desires and wishes?
Developing skills
This is normally takes place over 3-4 sessions
"Thank you so much for your invaluable help. you helped me gain confidence and focus on looking for the right role when i felt quite lost." (environmental consultant)
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6 Porter Street (off Baker Street), London W1U 6DD
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How To Find Us
Baker Street Underground Station (Circle, Bakerloo, Jubilee, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan Lines). Cross Marylebone Road at the traffic lights, continue down Baker Street - take the first left into Porter Street.
Marylebone Rail Station is also a few minutes walk away.
Travelling by car? . . . easiest approach is via Marylebone Road, Baker Street, then take the first left to Porter Street. You are now in the Congestion Zone! There are parking meters, otherwise the National Car Park (NCP) is in Chiltern Street, directly off Porter Street.
We are very well served by taxis, too.
Our Trusted Partners
EURIANS – is a company that delivers leading edge HR consultancy right across Europe – from Eire to Turkey. From executive coaching to large group interventions and personal development to major organisational change, EURIANS can assemble teams of consultants drawn from different European countries, delivering in local languages but to a common standard.
WorldWork – supplies a range of training and development processes and products to help people transfer their managerial, professional or technical skills into a more international context. As business becomes increasingly global more and more people find themselves working in multicultural project teams, leading virtual teams, dealing with customers from other countries and travelling or living abroad. Working with people from different cultures can be confusing and frustrating due to different perceptions and ways of doing things. Our mission is to help people bridge these cultural differences and find ways of building effective and rewarding relationships with new contacts.
Ray Longbottom
Clients
FTSE 100 companies
Government Departments
Other UK public sector bodies
Recent clients include
The AA
Attorney General's Office
Automotive Technik
BAE SYSTEMS
BBC
Bentley/VW
BG Group
British Airways
Carlson-Wagonlit Travel
Centrica
The Children's Mutual
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Compass Group
Crossrail
Crown Prosecution Service
DEFRA
Department of Health
easyJet
Electrocomponents
easyJet
Fitch Ratings
The Home Office
Kuwait Petroleum International
LG-Philips
MBDA
Ministry of Justice
The Prince's Trust
Police Service
Royal Mail
Santander
Smith & Nephew
SSL
Standard and Poors
Takeda
Terra Firma
Transport for London
Tubelines
UFI Learn Direct
UKBA
Alison Willocks
Pam Billinge
Tanya Chakravarti
David Smith
Louise Beckett
Richard Lowe
Rosemary Harper
John Keary
CROSS CULTURAL
The need for cross cultural coaching is now much greater:
- Companies are moving into new markets
- Joint ventures between companies from different countries are common
- Global enterprises operate across the world with dispersed offices
- Project teams are frequently made up of many nationalities
This is much more than an extension of coaching in one's own country: special skills, relevant diagnostics - and experience - are all needed when coaching across cultures.
We have coached and run team workshops in 17 countries embracing 31 nationalities across the globe.
We use powerful online diagnostics:
International Profiler - this identifies 22 competences and attitudes for tightly focused individual development.
International Trust in Teams Indicator - measures the existing and desired level of trust in teams on 10 factors. Especially valuable with 'virtual' teams across different countries.
Click here for our latest article about cross cultural coaching in China
"as a brit going into europe, the new role was a challenge for me. the coaching helped me understand what I needed to do differently. it was so valuable that we have cascaded it to all 15 senior managers in the virtual team." (director british-french-italian engineering company)
RADAR PROGRAMME
R efocus - 'zeroing in' on what is really important
A lign - ensuring the coaching fits the organization's goals
D esign - quickly draw up a temoplate for the new role
A ct - see what works and take corrective action
R eview - maximise learning and transferability
"We have seen clear changes in tony's leadership style...his team is responding very well indeed"
(HR director, FMCG)
TEAM
At a senior level, effective teamwork is crucial to business success, delivering strategic direction, robust decision-making, and, vitally, leadership for the organisation.
Team coaching is like 3-dimensional chess. The coach must be aware of what is happening at every level, and then ensure that the team, and every individual in it, trusts him/her to lead them through the process - balancing confidentiality and disclosure.
We have wide experience, plus processes and tools, to support team development, from evaluation to action. We weave individual and team sessions together to anchor sustained change.
Virtual Teams
Virtual teams are now a fact of working life, and many span the globe. Some are time-limited - such as project teams; others are on-going. They all face special issues: balancing autonomy and interdependence; differing work and cultural expectations; trust and relationships across global distances and time-zones.
We have a robust, well-tested process to support virtual teams. We use powerful on-line diagnostics, and are adept at 'virtual coaching', as well as face-to-face.
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"The team has had a quite extraordinary first year. We have introduced major change, the resources have been tight and demand high. counter to all wisdom, all targets have been achieved." (Chief executive, Newly formed public sector management team)
COACH PROGRAMME
C ontext - understanding the person and the organinization
O ptions - challenging the individual to generate a workable set
A ction - try new ways of ways of working and managing relationships
C hallenge - build the momentum of change and confidence
H andover - succes is the point where the coach can withdraw
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"I am just amazed that Keary Harper grasped so quickly and perceptively the intricacies and nuances of my situation - I simply would not be in my current position without the 'rounding' of their coaching" (Senior partner, legal practice)
Our Programmes
Coaching is one of the most powerful ways of developing people and has its greatest effect at the top of an organisation. Directors and senior executives have a huge impact on the performance and culture of any organisation. Coaching this group has high leverage and represents an outstanding return on investment. Coaching sustains real change because it is a programme, not a single event - and provides a framework for life-long development.
We have a range of programmes to reflect the different needs of individuals and teams.
COACH - for executives with more complex issues or broader development needs e.g. strategy shift, culture change or a major promotion.
RADAR - for executives new to their organisation or with a specific issue: a short sharp tightly focussed programme of 2- 4 sessions.
TEAM - for management committees and senior teams - either newly formed or wanting to improve their effectiveness.
CROSS CULTURAL - for executives needing to operate successfully across a range of different cultures.
"Day to day demands and constant executive challenges "fog" the way ahead. coaching has helped provide me with clarity: Clarity of purpose; Clarity of thought; Clarity of perspective and clarity of approach" ( General manager, logistics)
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Board Evaluation
An effective board is one that:
- thinks broadly and strategically
- is not afraid to challenge internal and external perceived wisdom
- sustains relationships that are neither too comfortable nor antagonistic
- uses the dynamic between executives and non-executives creatively
- has robust processes that are neither mechanical nor bureaucratic
We know that board evaluation has been seen as 'clunky', tick box, and little to do with improving performance. Our approach is outcome and improvement focused, rigorous where it needs to be, whilst being agile and tailored to each company's needs. For some boards, it is an external validation and reinforcement of current good practice: for others it can generate more radical change.
Examples of our work
- Financial services - review resulting in the board changing its format and developing key directors
- Aviation - 180-degree review of whole board which resulted in an improved relationship between CEO and team, and new board practices
- Engineering - worked with board on strategic review leading to separation of Chair and CEO roles and improved processes
- Transportation - health check prior to sale, resulting in key director changes and a bigger focus on strategy development
- Private equity - review of acquired business, resulting in an improvement action plan to maximise subsequent disposal value.
"The support that keary harper has given our whole team both at board and individual level has been invaluable" (CEO, financial services)
Rosemary Harper
Rosemary is an APECS Accredited Executive Coach
For Rosemary, coaching is all about growth: growth of the individual being coached, and growth of their organisation's capability.
Rosemary became convinced about the benefits of coaching at senior executive level when still in corporate life. Since becoming a coach in '94, this conviction has become even stronger.
Each programme gives people the insight into the impact and implications of their style that would be truly difficult to achieve within an organisation, or on an external development programme. Better still, they can then work through what they need to change, and be supported as they do so. "A good coach needs to know when to be robust enough to insist that even the most forceful CEO really confronts their difficult issues. They also need to be supportive when the going gets tough and the individual needs 'a speaking partner' to test and refine new ideas and strategies in complete confidence."
Rosemary's corporate career embraced HR and Strategy. Organisation change - and development - have been constant themes. As divisional director for Human Resources, she helped restructure the Military Aerospace and Defence arm of BAE SYSTEMS. Her last role was as BAE's Corporate Employee Development Director, responsible for the top 400. Tasked with creating Europe-wide management development, she was a management committee member of Euresas, the aerospace business school in Toulouse, and a founder and Council member of NAME, the Network for Aerospace Management in Europe.
Over the last decade Rosemary has coached individuals and teams from most major regions of the World as well as the UK. She also specialises in team coaching. "I get great satisfaction from working with whole teams, helping them understand and resolve collective issues, and then helping each individual to see how they can best contribute to the teams overall success".
Rosemary says, "Each time I start a new coaching programme, I am filled with fresh enthusiasm about the work we will do together. I often meet past clients, and it has been a privilege and pleasure to work with so many talented individuals over the years, and to have played a part in helping them shape their ongoing success."
Rosemary has a husband and 2 teenage children. When not assisting with their homework, or acting as unpaid chauffeur, she enjoys relaxing with her 2 horses. Occasionally, the whole family enjoy time together on their riverboat.
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Enhancing Business Performance
Keary Harper was founded in 2000 by John Keary and Rosemary Harper. Our purpose is simple: to enhance business performance through our work with boards, individual directors and senior people.
Our board evaluation practice takes the best of corporate governance and goes further, to get into the dynamics of the board, and the contribution of individual directors, including the chairman. Our team has real practical experience and knows how handle sensitive issues to reach a productive outcome.
Our senior executive coaching practice is recognised as one of the best in the UK. We have a reputation for a pragmatic and rigorous approach which produces long term results.
Clients keep coming back to us and recommend us to others. They trust us to deliver what we say we will, and add value both to the individual and the organisation.
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