Frequently Asked Questions

If you have questions about how Adam Gold’s partner and board level coaching can lead to behavioural change that will have both a quantifiable and positive impact on your business then we invite you to contact us, however we hope our frequently asked questions will help qualify our service:

• How will a business coach help me, a board level individual?

  For senior executives, a coach is a partner who will help you analyse and enhance your professional performance.
   
  Adam Gold Consulting will provide you with an insight into your behavioural habits and the impact they have on your organisation - including any unhelpful coping mechanisms you’ve adopted over the years.
   
  You’ll be given options to help you progress and flourish, and by the end of your coaching programme, you’ll be able to approach your work with more confidence, clarity and proficiency.
   
  Change isn’t easy, but it’s easier when you have support. We will keep you accountable for the goals you set yourself and keep you on track to achieve those goals, supplying constructive feedback throughout your time together.

• How do I know if I need executive coaching?

  Executive coaching can be invaluable for a wide variety of different working scenarios. If you feel any of the following statements apply to you, you could benefit from an executive coach.
   

  • ‘I’m successful, but something is keeping me from reaching the next level.’
  • ‘I have to figure out a way to work with a difficult person.’
  • ‘I’m so busy putting out fires that I don’t have time to step back and assess why.’
  • ‘There’s so many changes going on at work that I don’t know which end is up.’
  • ‘I think about work all the time, but I don’t feel productive when I’m there.’
  • ‘I received some important feedback on my performance, but I don’t know how to use it.’
  • ‘Employee turnover is high and I need to figure out why.’
  • ‘I’ve worked hard to change, but no one notices.’
  • ‘My boss makes me feel inadequate and resentful.’
  • ‘I feel stuck in my job and I can’t see a way out.
  • ‘I feel like I’m failing.’

• How will a coach help my organisation?

  Adam Gold Consulting has decades of experience coaching bluechip and FTSE organisations to get better performance from their executives and employees.
   
  We will help you and your organisation:
   

  • attain greater performance and hence higher revenues and profit
  • retain your best talent, develop your key executives and organise succession planning procedures
  • acquire knowledge of coaching techniques, which your executives can then use with their teams to improve employee & customer relations and increase productivity.
  • gain a great reputation within your sector of investing in executives through development, giving you the power to recruit key talent.

   
  If you think your organisation could benefit from the behavioural change that Adam Gold Consulting offers, then get in touch.

• What exactly does a coach do?

  A business coach will aim to boost your productivity and profitability by adapting the behaviour of your staff - but how do they actually produce these results?
   
  Adam Gold Consulting gets to know your executives and employees, listening to their thoughts & concerns and observing their patterns of behaviour in the workplace. By scrutinising your business from an outside perspective in this way, we can pinpoint the issues that hold your company back, and provide tailored plans for getting you back on track.
   
  Along the way, Adam Gold will support your executives with constructive feedback and challenges - for example, exploring different hypothetical scenarios with your executives in a risk-free environment, so they can be ready to tackle them in the flesh.

• Can Adam Gold Consulting help with business development?

  Yes. We can help you analyse your current business performance, identify opportunities for business growth and assess the feasibility of implementing such changes.
   
  In addition, the eventual goal of all the services we provide is to create & add long-term value to your business. We help you improve interactions between the hierarchical levels of your company, build stronger relationships with clients, develop a great reputation for developing your talent and win the power to attract & recruit key new talent.

• What experience does Adam Gold Consulting have?

  Adam Gold has worked in the professional services industry for over 28 years, and has worked with high-profile clients in the private sector to help them develop and grow.
   
  Previously a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (as well as their pre-merger incarnation Coopers & Lybrand), he was a co-developer of the latter’s globally-adopted change management methodology, and co-author of their “Change Management - A Guide to Getting it Right” publication.
   
  He later joined Watson Wyatt LLP and worked to install account management thinking, systems, practices and behaviours within the company, before departing to set up his own consulting firm in 2004.
   
  Previous clients of Adam Gold Consulting include PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zolfo Cooper, Boston Consulting Group, Fujitsu, Barclays, GlaxoSmithKline and Levi Strauss & Co. Europe SA.

• How can Adam Gold Consulting help me realise the needs of my organisation?

  Sometimes the problem isn’t determining what’s wrong, but how to fix it. We can help you devise and implement large change programmes across your organisation, helping to streamline your work processes and give a boost to your profitability.