I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm as the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in anyone is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles SchwabExperience Counts
Rob's coaching and personal development services can be enhanced through the use of the Assessment Instruments and the Developmental Planning Processes offered by FutureShape.
Rob Stones has 30 years of experience as a personal, business and educational coach and as a coach and mentor of established and aspiring leaders. Before that he advised and coached athletes for many years.
He has trained with and is accredited by the Centre for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. Rob is an experienced teacher, an accredited user and instructor in the practice of Reality Therapy and is a practitioner of NLP.
Leading at all levels can be isolating and problematic. It can be difficult to get accurate feedback, and it is often hard to find a confidential, unbiased sounding board. However, leaders face a challenge when they have to improve their leadership skills and job performance without input from another person.
Choosing to work with a coach can enable leaders at all levels to:
- Identify and leverage their strengths
- Develop their learning edges
- Make sustainable and observable changes in behaviour
- Diminish their sense of isolation
- Make sense of their workplace reality
- Lead authentically and in alignment with their personal values and beliefs
- Achieve their goals
- Become even more effective
To talk to Rob about how coaching can help you, call him on 04381774487 or 
Coaching
Many great performers gain their 'edge' from the services of a coach.
Executive Coaching and mentoring
Executive coaching is usually focused on the strategic leadership and personal skills required of senior executives faced with managing complexity and change.
Executive coaching is confidential, attuned to the present and future challenges of the executive client and focused on the skills and knowledge that are often not developed to the same degree as technical expertise.
Coaching sessions are usually of one hour duration and can be conducted in person, or by phone or through 'Skype'.
Coaching for Development
Coaching for Development can sometimes be necessary for leaders at any level in an organisation.
The focus of development coaching is usually on leadership and interpersonal behaviours that have not been acquired through the client's previous training. A particular emphasis is often on honing the soft skills, lack of which can delay advancement or de-rail a career.
Coaching sessions are usually of one hour duration and can be conducted in person, or by phone or through 'Skype'.
Coaching for Aspiring Leaders
The emphasis on Coaching for Aspiring Leaders is on the leadership, strategic and influencing skills that will serve them as they aspire to and achieve increasingly complex leadership roles.
Coaching for aspiring leaders can either be one-on-one or in small groups, depending on the individual and context.
Coaching sessions are usually of one hour duration and face-to-face sessions are preferred.
Life Coaching
Life Coaching is for those who are experiencing a gap between where they are in their lives and where they would like to be.
In Life Coaching sessions, we will explore the client's present situation, their preferred future and help them acquire the goals, beliefs, actions and self-talk that will get them there.
Coaching sessions are usually of one hour duration and face-to-face sessions are preferred.
'Sportsmind' coaching
The difference between success and failure at high levels is most usually psychological rather than physical. Rob will use his long experience as a sports coach, and executive and personal trainer, to help athletes acquire the edge needed to master the 'inner game' of their particular sport.
Coaching sessions are usually of one hour duration and face-to-face sessions are preferred.