Coaching tools should never be selected for convenience or trendiness. In well-contracted leadership development, they must serve the person, purpose, and system. When tools are fit for purpose, they become catalysts for transformation - sharp enough to cut through complexity, yet flexible enough to honour the unique context of each leader’s journey.
Leadership development must meet leaders where they are, not where we assume they should be. Coaching tools that are carefully chosen to fit the specific contracted goals, such as enhancing emotional intelligence, navigating complexity, or building strategic vision, ensure that the coaching remains targeted and meaningful.
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Fit for purpose
Fit-for-purpose tools consider both the developmental stage of the leader and the system they operate in, supporting them with the right level of challenge and reflection. When tools resonate with real challenges and aspirations, they can can deepen both insight and behavioural change.
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Effective coaching tools offer containers for exploration, helping clients surface new awareness and move into action. Tools that are used rigidly or without context, become crutches - depersonalised, off-the-shelf interventions that can feel irrelevant or even patronising. Fit-for-purpose means the tool is held lightly, adapted as needed, and used with the coach’s full presence and judgement.
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At PresentSense, we are experts in pairing programme and tools to evolving client needs. Our work is to offer you the best context in which to relate with your developmental journey. Below is a summary of some of the tools we make use of where appropriate.
Strengthscope profile helps unlock peak performance by revealing individual's unique strengths and giving them the tools to better relate with personal resource. It is best suited to individuals who are driven and analytical.
Mindfulness meditation is a process of developing awareness through concentration. It can help ease anxiety, aid mental clarity and help connect with context. Most PresentSense programmes contain an element of this.
Informed by developmental constructivist psychology, the LDP maps leadership meaning-making into a series of Action Logics which reveals developmental strands to work from. It is best suited to leaders already with some development work under their belt.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a tool that helps people increase their self-awareness, understand and appreciate differences in others, and apply personality insights to improve their personal and professional effectiveness.
PresentSense Coaching is so effective because of how we contract with both our clients and internal coaches. There is no such thing as one size fits all and we are sensitive to the evolving requirements of our clients on an individual basis. Regardless of whether tools form part of a programme, our professional coaches all have training with accredited coaching bodies such as EMCC, ICF, AC, APECS, AoEC.
