Services

Coaching & Mentoring

Coaching

Aptus coaches focus on professional issues and our target group is managers, leaders and management groups in the private and public sectors. Many of our assignments concern internal management development programmes, where we focus on areas of improvement available to the manager. In 2008 we coached over 200 clients.

Aptus coaches regularly exchange experiences with and support each other to ensure quality performance and client goals fulfilment. However all such dialogues remain strictly confidential. We believe specifically trained coaches can make a big difference. Which is why our own coaches regularly undergo external training to further improve.

For more information, please contact Anna Byström:

anna.bystrom@aptusconsulting.se

+46 (0)8-545 159 56

The Aptus approach

To help managers make a bigger contribution to company goals
To develop manager know-how to meet current and future challenges more successfully
To achieve immediate results while also addressing the longer term to enable change to be consolidated and made permanent
To ensure other emplyees appreciate that their manager has developed
Aptus coaches are pragmatic, and focus on simplifying what is important for achieving results at an individual and organisation level
Based on individual needs. Aptus coaches have a large toolbox available to them and excellent theory and practice backgrounds in management development

Quality assurance

Aptus coaches

University educated or equivalent with personal managerial experience
Coaching-specific training ICF, International Coach Federation, (länk) accreditation and used ICF methodology, core skills and ethical guidelines.
ICF certified
Highly experienced and professional
Seek regular client feedback to ensure that we are delivering results
Engage in regular dialogue and experience exchange with each other

Benefits of coaching

Helps managers become better leaders
Frees up time for strategic work and development
Brings awareness of personal ability and potential
Creates increased focus and effectiveness
Increases self-confidence and openness to change

Results of coaching

Over the past ten years profit growth at companies where senior managers coach, listen and are understanding, has increased six times faster than other large companies. (Fast Company, 2005)
Managers who have been coached say they now save 3-5 hours/week by being more focused. 60% also felt this has a positive effect on business goals. (MetrixGlobal)
57% of direct employees and other personnel say that managers are generally more effective managers after coaching (Agilent Technologies Inc).
Of the managers who had been coached, 77% thought that their manager-employee relationships had improved and 37% felt their client relationships had also improved.
An employee survey of managers in a department on level 45 on the Management Index revealed that 40% of the managers were above 50 (the minimum goal for the company). Once all managers had been coached, their Management Index when next measured was 62, with at least 90% of managers recording over 50 (based on the company's evaluation of Aptus performance, 2006)

Coach or mentor?

A mentor is someone to whom you can turn to leverage their professional experience. Such as: experience of a specific professional role, of being a manager, working in a specific industry or when you are facing a specific kind of change. You can discuss various concerns with a mentor and find solutions with their help and advice.

A coach manages and supports your development process based on your knowing the answers to your questions. By listening, repeating what you say and asking in-depth question, your coach will encourage you to reflect, re-evaluate and determine goals and measures that lead to change. Coaches are experienced in personal development and often are exeperienced in many different areas industries.

Key Task Coaching

Important presentation in English coming up? We help you succeed with Key Task Coaching.

Key Task Coaching is the choice when you have a specific important, difficult or new task and need quick and effective help. Key Task Coaching improves your performance and increases your motivation and confidence, for example when you need to make an important presentation in English.

Would you like more information?
Contact Allie Edwardsson for more information - in Swedish or English. You can reach Allie on +46 (0)722 00 43 08 or allie.edwardsson@aptusconsulting.se

Mentoring

Having an experienced and committed mentor is a time and cost-effective way of developing yourself and your organisation.

Together the mentor and pupil discuss ideas, solutions and actions that lead forward. We are a market leader in mentor programs and have started 15 programmes over the past four years and mentored over 150 people. We offer several types of mentor programs:

Aptus mentors

As a rule, what you retain from the dialogue with your mentor will determine how much you will gain from the mentor program. Which is why we always choose mentors on a case-by-case basis, who are the rigth fit in terms of skills, experience and outlook for the role, from our extensive mentor network. We also provide individual and group support during the program. All Aptus mentors have:

hands-on management and leadership experience in the public and or private sector
broad experience of management at a high level
a good reputation and are respected for their good judgement
networking skills and enjoy contributing to others development
good listening skills and ask relevant questions
they also see their role as part of their own development

For more information, please contact Anna Byström

anna.bystrom@aptusconsulting.se

+46 (0)8-545 159 56

Programme Description - External Mentor Program

In-depth dialogue

The first stage is for the client company (usually the immediate manager, HR manager or other manager) to discuss the mentor program goals for the prospective pupil. The pupil is then interviewed to determine the focus of the program and what needs the pupil has. Based on this information, including a personal assessment of the pupil by the interviewer, a requirements profile is compiled.

Matching

The requirements profile forms the basis for the choice of mentor. Aptus searches its database and proposes a suitable mentor.

Program start

The program starts wiht a half-day seminar for the participants in the program. This is designed to create a common platform and perspective for the program, provide structure and advice to ensure an effective process, and to discuss expectations and concerns.

Individual meetings

The pupil and mentor have eight one-to-one meetings (each approx 2 hours) during the course of the programme to discuss issues of relevance to the pupil. Regular phone and email contact is also maintained throughout the program.

Consolidation

The pupils and mentors meet as a group one more time during the program to reflect on what they have learnt and how this can be consolidated and made permanent.

Individual support from Aptus

To further consolidate the process and ensure the program delivers the anticipated benefits, Aptus also provides individual support for pupils and mentors.

Conclusion

The program concludes with a meeting where the pupils and mentors evaluate, individually and as a team, the experiences gained during the program and what the next step should be.

Aptus Executive Mentoring

Aptus offers Executive Mentoring for senior executives with wide-ranging responsibilities. The program is needs based in terms of scope, content and requirements. Executive mentors have extensive experience at senior executive and board level.

Internal mentor program through Aptus Consulting

As a highly experienced mentor program provider, Aptus can help you structure your own internal mentoring program. Based on your particular needs, we can provide support in all or some of the following areas:

Consultation on the process and success factors
Interviews with pupils/mentors
Matching
Training of mentors
Program start
Feedback seminars
Facilitator for experience exchanges