Coaching

I believe in the principle that an individual can be considered strong when he or she experiences an intense connection with oneself: one becomes aware of one’s own resources, knows how to use them, and decides to do so in order to meet those objectives that will give them a sense of personal achievement.

The connection I am referring to is the starting point for being able to make choices that have two essential characteristics: they resonate both with oneself and with one’s environment (and one’s organisation).

In this way, people can build a future that truly corresponds to the bigger picture that they are part of.

On a fundamental level, true freedom of choice, the decisions that we tend to call brave and therefore the product of an expression of true personal empowerment, always arise from the full recognition of a significant link between what lies within and the world around us.

Coaching is often described as an approach that is useful for pursuing personal and organisational objectives. There is some truth to this notion, but it is not the whole story and in no way represents the approach of the type of coaching that I am offering.

Goals are there to direct the work that the coach and the person being coached are carrying out together, pointing to the direction to be pursued.
However, the main benefit of this approach rests in discovering what will emerge during the process; this is what we often refer to as ‘human potential’.

In fact, if anything, what is required is a process that, though it appears and is expressed in an infinite number of forms, converges in the end towards one essential fundamental character: it is the process of accessing our own individual talents, those qualities that are uniquely ours and which ultimately define us, and our sense of purpose or raison d’être: what someone once called our ‘soul signature’.
In the end, we almost always discover that we already possess those skills and already understand the strategies and approaches that will naturally enable us to excel. Indeed, we discover that we are already ‘empowered’.

Is there any better definition of the process of becoming strong?

My coaching serves to fuel this process toward recognising one’s personal and professional potential, and how to harness it to obtain those concrete and tangible results to which we feel individually and collectively called, and which we truly feel we wish to attain.

My Coaching specialization:

• Executive Coaching

  For the typical challenges of top managers, board members, top professionals from various industries, entrepreneurs and their closest collaborators.

• Business Coaching

  For managers, unit- function- and team leaders, high potentials, individuals who face significant transitions in taking on new roles and business positions.

• Personal Coaching

  For individuals who at different levels have personal issues related to life stages, crucial private transitions, experiences that need to be integrated and brought to the design of a new future.

• Team Coaching

  For functional and inter-functional teams, project teams or task forces interested in developing an effective and efficient way of cooperation, towards the achievement of higher performances and a stronger internal cohesion.

• Group Coaching

  For groups of people who belong either to a team or who just share some functions, experiences or goals, but whose focus is primarily on individual development.

• Shadow (or Observational) Coaching

  For individuals at any organizational level or even outside organizations wishing to enjoy a detailed feedback of the coach based on a direct observation in the field.

• Systematic Coaching

  For issues deeply ruted in systemic / organizational dynamics, for whom it is crucial the consideration of context elements and their mutual interaction and influence.

The FUTURE method and my personal contributions

With over 25 years of history behind it, the FUTURE method was originally developed in Austria through the genius of Wolfgang and Helga Stabentheiner, who integrated concepts drawn from various sources and approaches in a completely new way: aspects of Maslow's humanistic psychology, and then, in particular, Rogers’ actualising tendency, Jung's Depth Psychology, elements of Gestalt and oriental philosophy, together with applications of kinesiology. Other notable points come from Assagioli's psychosynthesis, transpersonal psychology and Montessori pedagogy.

The method offers a range of complex instruments, which are, at the same time, very diverse, so as to be able to develop those resources that have not yet been discovered by individuals, groups or businesses. At the cutting edge and in a constant state of evolution, thanks to the contributions of numerous trainers around the world who enrich it with their experience and hands-on practice, it is used to sustain change processes at any level, whether business or personal, in order to give birth to a new quality in the organisation or individual seeking to develop oneself.

Over the years, I have added to my grasp of the FUTURE method my studies and experience in the field of systemic coaching, as well as a further dual specialisation, based on the original fusion of the methodologies I considered to be the most effective in Team and Group Coaching and Observational Coaching (or Shadow Coaching, as it is often called).

Consulting & Facilitation

As a personal and organisational development professional, I often work with clients facing the challenge of making important decisions for their companies or their personal lives.

In some cases, I am not only asked to serve as a coach, but also to apply my expertise in the construction and implementation of organisational processes or in the management of crucial transitions, at both a personal and organisational level. In these circumstances, I act as a process consultant, with the aim of creating effective organisational designs, supporting the management of the phases of a transition, or the implementation of an innovative project, where human and strategic factors are essential and mutually influential.

In the process consulting approach that I follow, all passages are planned together with the client, in a relationship where the consultant makes the most suitable contribution, namely through his/her objective method and vision, while the client, appropriately supported, participates in the co-construction of the project, bringing to bear his or her own self-knowledge and familiarity with their organisation.

Facilitating is a key word: the facilitation of a group or team, and sometimes even of large groups of employees, is a process aimed at achieving specific organisational goals, which will guarantee a balance between widespread participation and the anticipated results. As a facilitator, I use some of the most sophisticated and proven participation technologies (ToP - Technology of Participation, by the Institute of Cultural Affairs), recognised by the IAF (International Association of Facilitators).

Partnerships

I present myself as an independent consultant, but I consider teamwork to be my greatest strength, building synergic and functional network alliances for my projects, as well as for my own personal and professional growth.
This is because I know that ‘how to be’ is the work of a lifetime, and "how to be together" is probably the challenge of a lifetime.

I constantly learn and am stimulated by my clients and by the many meetings I'm grateful to have.
It is therefore my pleasure to give back, within CoachingTouch , what I’ve been touched the most by: some reflections, discoveries and trends, arisen by carefully listening and observing.