Viridis coaching and mentoring
Coaching
Coaching is a conversational approach to helping someone get to where they want to be. By asking questions, listening and reframing answers, it positions a mirror to reflect their own views, values and beliefs back to them. It works on the assumption that answers lie within each of us already. A coach's role is supporting a journey of self-exploration, to overcome limiting beliefs and find solutions.
Mentoring
Mentoring is similar to coaching in its use of open questions, active listening and reframing. The main difference is that a mentor brings knowledge and expertise that they will share in order to enable personal and professional growth, allowing knowledge and skills to expand and talent to shine. It is also solution focused but assumes on behalf of the mentor a trusted advisor role, a sounding board to support development. There is also a clear, if sometimes informal, sense of authority in a mentoring relationship.
What clients say...
“ Jacqui was so fab. I've never done anything like this before and so glad I've experienced it. She knew all the right questions to ask to help me explore my thoughts, feelings and to help me find the answers within myself.”
-Anonymous, Friends of the Earth
"Being made redundant had not only taken my job, but my self esteem too. Jacqui helped me take small steps at my own pace. Defining what time I had around my commitments and what I wanted to do in the future, I enrolled on a course to re-train as a counsellor. As I approach the end of my first year (a few years shy of 50!), I can't thank Jacqui enough for helping me redefine my goals and have the confidence to make it happen. If you are wondering why you are doing what you are doing or what next? Have a chat with Jacqui, she really helped me to give myself time to think, reflect, challenge and make some important decisions for myself. I can't thank her enough for helping me kick start my future and role model a career change to my children ."
- Pippa
”Jacqui Green has a real ability to draw on her own diverse business experiences in the coaching environment. She is very adept at quickly relating to your situation and asking pertinent and probing questions. She makes you feel at ease and I find her sessions both enjoyable and very beneficial to my ongoing personal development”
Neil MacKinnon, Director – Cornhill Compliance Ltd
“ Yet again walked into the session feeling somewhat negative and came out with a goal, focus and new lease of life. Jacqui is undoubtedly the best coach I have had and I cannot recommend her, or her sessions enough.”
-Anonymous, Pact Coffee
“It really is true that the answers to many of life’s challenges lie within you, and Jacqui is so skilled at helping me to draw these out. Often, the areas I want to progress with just need the focussed attention of an hour with Jacqui to help me set my own goals to start to make the changes I want to happen. Jacqui’s approach is full of kindness, interest and empathy which makes you feel instantly at ease”
Hannah N, Managing Director, Alliance HR