"When I first started working with Joelle, ....on the outside everything looked good but on the inside I felt like I was falling apart. ...The challenge was clear, less management, more leadership, more accountability, less hours and more time spent doing the work I really enjoy.
...I now spend the majority of my time engaged in work...that taps into my passion and core abilities. ...Thank you Joelle... for supporting me in finding the peace and passion in my work!"
Human Resource Manager
“More than a coach, she is a capable and proven business professional who understands what it takes to be successful in business!
Joelle has proven her ability to successfully coach a collective group of individuals simultaneously across multiple organizations. …Joelle coached several managers and sales professionals across multiple business units. She coached them in goal setting, in how to ask for big things, and in how not to listen to that inner voice we all have that says why something can’t be done. This enabled these individuals to discover they could achieve the breakthrough results they set for themselves!”
Joseph D. Tuerff
Regional Director
Arizona Southern Colorado Region
Manpower Inc.
How would you like to get a letter like this from one of your team members?
"Dear Joelle,
I first want to say thank you for all of the support you have given me over the last two years. You have always pushed me to be the best that I can be and strive to find new ways to solve problems and "think outside the box."
Before I met you I could not really understand how you could have fun at work but I know that having a great leader, good team and challenging work make the essential mix and work can be anything you want it to be...." Read More
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Does any of this sound familiar?
A few years ago I was a Branch Manager with a major International Staffing Company I had bottom line responsibility for the branch operations as well as, sales, operation excellence, and overall Management and employee development.
Basically, the office, it's profits, the development of it's people, the satisfaction of our customers and the overall environment were all in my care.
What was happening
I had always been a well regarded manager. I was seen as someone with talent, drive and energy, I was likable and I could generally be counted on to produced results. The problem was that I had this weird feeling that while everyone said I was a good manager, every bit of feedback I had ever received was positive and yet I was generally unhappy, felt incomplete, did not feel like a success.
Does any of this sound familiar?
The numbers were down
No one blamed us for our performance as we missed our target month over month. We were in hard times and no one expected much more from us than to "try our best". The financials became something I hoped for, and then I would check the reports to see if it happened. (It did not). It felt totally out of control because, of course, I couldn't effect the market or the economy.
Does any of this sound familiar?
The Team
My team was fighting. They were being petty, arguing, and ganging up on each other. If you walked into the office you could feel the tension. I remember sitting in my office and stewing. Thinking to myself "if they would spend less time bickering and more time working then maybe we would be hitting our numbers!!"
As I sat in my office I heard them sniping at each-other, I would sit in waiting for the next ridiculous thing to be said because if it got bad enough, I was going to have to do something about it. ( I hoped it wouldn't get that bad)
At the same time, I knew they worked hard and were not paid much so I didn’t want to ask too much of them. If I were to sum it up, at the time, I would have said that my people and their problems were my most hated job tasks and in general I wanted to get out at the end of the day and not look back. There was clearly my "work life" and then my "real life".
Does any of this sound familiar?
On my upper Management
As far as I was concerned my upper management was not much help to me. It seemed that I did more work but they made more money. It hardly seemed fair! No one was looking out for me, I had to find my own development and my boss didn’t really support me, didn’t understand me and didn't seem interested in me.
Does any of this sound familiar?
How I felt about all of this
I was unhappy! with a capital U. The industry I was in was not really what I was born to do, I was never really interested in the work I was doing and I was loosing steam fast! Being from Canada, my job was my reason why I got to stay in the Untied States and as a result I was totally trapped because either I did my job or I had to go back to Mosquitoes and snow, lose my friends and community and lose my life ( Moving from Sunny AZ back to the great white north).
I was underpaid for the nature and volume of the work I had to do and to top it off, with the economy and the need to please share-holders, nobody was getting raises that year.
I was miserable and I basically went to work, did my job and then I would go home and lived my life.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Reading all of this there may be different things going on for you. You may feel empathy, because you have been where I have been or perhaps you are experiencing the exact same thing right now. You may think I am a big whiny baby, a complainer, a slacker, or just plain mean! All these assessments would have a degree of truth. When I look back at all of this I can see that I was misguided, lost, doing the best I could with where I was, and I was desperately looking for a better way, and that is why I started working with a coach.
I could share for hours about how coaching changed my life and changed my work life. But I will not make you read through it all today ( if you want to hear the story of how coaching supported me in turning this situation around. Send me an email and we can set up a time to chat click here) in the mean time I will just share the highlights.
What coaching did was it showed me how I could not only impact what was going on around me, but also how I could thrive, be peaceful, powerful and passionate, regardless of my circumstances.
One of the things we did was create my Personal Leadership statement which was one of the most powerful turning points in my professional career. We explored the question...
instead of being miserable and feeling oppressed, how would I rather be? This was the answer we came up with:
"Who I am is... a fearless leader, igniting the sparkle in people's eyes."
I knew this was my statement because when I said it out-loud I got a BIG SMILE on my face and my eyes sparkled! ( I do this exercises with all of my clients. If you want to explore what your own personal leadership statement is, let's chat! Send me an email and we can set up a time to explore a powerful new future click here).
I loved the statement, but it was one thing to say it, and another thing to live it. That is a huge part of what coaching does, it takes your dream or vision and gives you the tools, awarenesses and support to live it in your reality. Within months of living my personal leadership statement, this is what began to happen:
The Team thrived
My people and their problems became my greatest opportunity. I became totally interested in them and their development and as a result they flourished and we created a cohesive, energized team of people, who really enjoyed being with each other. I fell in love with my team!
My upper management became my allies
I was courageous enough to have the difficult conversations with my upper management. This got us on the same page so that I could give them the level information information and comfort they needed to whole heartedly support me. My boss became my biggest advocate and support!
The numbers soared
We went from behind on sale and profit to exceeding our projections by 47% and exceeding the prior year by 446%! And I can tell you I never again felt like the numbers were allusive or out of my control. When I left the company our branch was ranked in the top 5 out of hundred's of offices.
The energy in the office was delightful!
As a team and as individuals we really began to have fun! having marshmallow fights, making up secret handshakes, creating hip hop routines in the lobby, karaoke, you name it! We had a blast!
I became my best self and a great leader
Once I started living as a fearless leader, I was able to bring all of me to work. By really showing up as myself and trusting myself, everything got easier, more natural and lot more fun. I really became excited about the challenges ahead of me, the people around me, and my personal power to make a difference. I really fell in love with my job!
This is my story and my happy ending and the absolute turning point for me was the gift that coaching is and the power of working with a coach. so I ask you....
If you were to write your own vision of the future at work... what would you write?
Are you ready to experience the freedom and power of unapologetically showing up as all you all the time at work?
Are you interested in having exceptional relationships, breakthrough results and way more fun?
Are you ready to support your team in producing extraordinary results?
Then, I offer that we have a conversation. Send me an email right now telling me what you would like to create in your future at work click here (if you don't know the future yet, write what you want to get rid of that is currently in your present). Or, even better, give me a call at (216) 320 9298 and we can explore your powerful vision for your new future.
Here's to work with passion and purpose!!
Sending love,
Coach Joelle |
