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Management Skills Coaching

Help Sanctuary Forest develop and refine their people management skills.
Sanctuary Forest
Whitethorn, CA, USA
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Posted September 8th

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Management Skills Coaching

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What we need
  • Initial assessment of areas of strength, targets for improvement and specific areas of focus desired for the coaching sessions
  • Up to 6 coaching sessions exploring areas such as motivation, empowerment, collaboration, communication, giving / receiving feedback & conflict management
  • Wrap-up session with actionable steps and advice moving forward as a manager
Additional details

This is my first Executive Director job and have been doing it for over 3 years now. I still feel new in many respects even though I have learned so much and feel I am a strong leader, or at least have the capacity to be. I would like some guidance on how to manage my staff more effectively, be a better communicator, and have a more defined process of staff evaluation and compensation. I do not like conflict and have anxiety about dealing with it, so skill development there is critical.

What we have in place
  • We currently have a growing commitment to be a better leader, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a desire to strenghen my leadership skills, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $7,248 , allowing us to grow as a team and be more efficient and effective at our jobs, leading to a more stable and successful organization

Managing and retaining a good staff is key to keep our organization running. Each turnover in staff results in more time spent hiring and training and less time working on our programs to fulfill our mission. It also keeps me, the ED, from working on growing and strengthening our organization.

Project plan

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Prep: Initial Assessment
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager discuss perceived areas of strength, areas of improvement, and asses direct report or team motivation and morale
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager decide on specific areas to focus on and goals for each coaching session
  • Volunteer Manager and Professional discuss if feedback from direct reports, peers or managers should be part of the process
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Milestone 1: Coaching Sessions
  • In-depth coaching sessions on topics like motivation, empowerment, collaboration, communication, giving / receiving feedback & conflict management
  • Ensure each session is followed by a trial period to apply the skills and report back at subsequent sessions on the outcomes, learnings and follow-up questions
  • [Suggested Session] Motivating and empowering direct reports to achieve the most productivity, creativity and job satisfaction
  • [Suggested Session] Effective communication and strategies how to give and receive feedback to ensure a constructive relationship between managers and direct reports
  • [Suggested Session] Strategies to ensure successful collaboration between managers and direct reports like establishing areas of ownership and effective delegation
  • [Suggested Session] Conflict management tactics for dealing with interpersonal conflict within teams or across teams
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Milestone 2: Wrap-up & Learnings
  • Volunteer Manager and Professional evaluate lessons learned and progress made throughout coaching sessions
  • Volunteer Manager and Professional discuss action steps and areas of focus going forward
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Sanctuary Forest
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April N
April N.

Executive Director

Our mission

Sanctuary Forest is a land and water trust whose mission is to conserve the Mattole River watershed and surrounding areas for wildlife habitat, aesthetic, spiritual and intrinsic values, in cooperation with our diverse community.

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This was a fun and worthwhile project. I really enjoyed visiting with April and learning more about the incredible landscape that Sanctuary Forest is helping to protect. I would be happy to work with Sanctuary Forest again.
Robert W.
Robert W.

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