In today's world, many people use coaching tools in their everyday life. Entrepreneurs, top managers, and even young people are making the decision to turn to professional coaches for personal development, leadership growth and much more.
A big part of the coaching practice concentrates, quite naturally, on the so-called “high-performers''. ILC International has made its decision to focus particularly on the top tier of those people, because we believe in the positive ripple effect that this has on society at large.
But, let’s not throw the phrase “high-performer” lightly and without explanation. Who is a high-performer and how do we recognise him/her in a crowd?
In a nutshell, a high performer is someone who does everything possible to achieve their goals. This type of person takes the initiative and focuses on improving their habits and behaviors in the workplace (as well as outside) in order to have a positive impact and utilize their strengths fully. In other words, they design themselves to “perform at a high standard” (based on the Oxford dictionary of “high performance”).
That's why coaching itself is a great chance for them to achieve their main goal - realizing the potential they have in areas of their lives that matter. High-performers make choices and take responsibility for their results. Taking responsibility for your results, whether in sports, life, career, relationships or else means consciously seeking developmental opportunities, feedback and guidance.
As a boutique coaching company, ILC International (which stands for “Immersive Leadership Catalyst”) has a unique method of working with high-performers. Apart from effective questions, visualization techniques, goal-setting, planning, and accountability management we offer a first hand insight on how to bridge the gap between different contexts and your roles in them. In other words, we walk the talk and merge psychological work with the realities of your day to day life, challenges and opportunities. We act as a liaison, providing reliable sounding board, impartial evaluations, and help you navigate and structure your thoughts and emotions in the process.
Together with our clients we often create a fulfilling understanding and picture of the past, present, and future. Our practice helps you adjust, mold and clear up the dominant mindset you carry in order to ensure you move forward with ease.
A high performer who lacks self-awareness and doesn’t invest in deliberate personal development usually continues to drive themselves towards more responsibilities, more work, more goals and to-do lists, not understanding that they will inevitably reach a glass ceiling and will stop progressing. That’s the moment when a large proportion of our clients turn to us. It, however, can be a strategic tool rather than a “fix me up tool” should one decide to look at it that way.
Coaching and accountability conversations are the most effective means of keeping high-performers focused on possibilities as well as a healthy and results oriented mindset. It’s not a panacea but it is an extremely useful addition to anyone’s success journey.
We know that at times a clear-cut, independent review of your current position, trajectory, and strategies is beneficial, especially when dealing with stress, anxiety and pilling factors of influence that are outside of your control.
High performers are more likely to consistently go above and beyond in any field, which often leads to burnouts (emotional and physical). This can manifest in many different ways but as professionals we observe lack of motivation, lack of interest, loss of inspiration, feeling defeated, loss of meaning, etc. in people who are incredible human beings and need to spread their influence over the world rather than shrink it. We help them to either not reach these states or use them as a stepping stone and resolve them.
High performers are needed! That is what we at ILC International, believe in full heartedly. That is what keeps us dedicated to remaining flexible, tailored and personal when developing various solutions for you.
- “It’s not so often that you meet someone who can make a change in your life for just a couple of hours. Well, she (Valentina Dolmova). is definitely a person that can do that." - V.S. IT Specialist
- “She (Daniela Kissova) was great at guiding my thought process and getting me to a point of clarity. This clarity persisted over time and helped with ording the importance of activities.” - D.S. Entrepreneur
- “...I experienced his (Yanko Boev). as an extremely inspiring and sensitive coach. He knows how to work out the important points in order to then initiate the necessary changes. I am always happy to work with Y. and can recommend him as a coach without reservation.” - M.R. Business Coach
- “Valentina’s sessions were extremely valuable! I have undertaken an individualized process …that has taken me through important stages to look ahead to the future. Her experience, input and a personable approach were essential to reviewing my current situation and evaluating future needs in an objective and realistic manner. She has the skill and ability to enable/facilitate deeper questioning of both the personal and professional motives behind a desired direction before embarking on a particular course of action or strategy. I would certainly recommend…” - R.Sh. Industrial and product designer | Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London
- “Daniela is an exceptionally bright, intelligent, thoughtful, committed, and warm individual. She is extremely competent and knowledgeable, at home in numerous cultures and languages, making deep and meaningful connections wherever she goes… highly committed to her own learning and development, while supporting the growth and development of others. She holds the big picture, while working with precision, imagination, and attention to detail. I highly recommend her as a coach, mentor, and facilitator of teams and groups, whether privately or within a corporate context.” - P.W. MCC Coach & Trainer
- “Choosing Valentina was a really good decision for me. She is super professional, laser focused and surprisingly tough. That's exactly what needed to bring change to people's lives. “ - V.S. Entrepreneur and Financial Expert
- “Daniela was incredibly professional and above all, what stood out for me is that she took on board all my personal demands on how my personal coaching sessions should look and feel, and executed effortlessly. “ - V.D. Senior Manager, Management consulting
- “Valentina provided a life-coach session to our team of junior strategy consultants at PwC. She focussed on the difficult challenges sometimes when faced when transitioning to a working environment post university. I felt that she really listened to the group's needs and did a great job of facilitating a discussion tailored to our team. She is highly engaging and motivating as a speaker and I know that our group really enjoyed the session.” - S.H. Senior Manager Management Consulting
- “Daniela has strong facilitation skills. When she worked at ICMA, she had the responsibility of bringing U.S. local government teams together with city administration teams from other countries. She navigated the challenges of these meetings well, bridging the cultural gaps between the groups as well as the differences in administrative procedures and political realities.” - E.K. Director, Public Policy
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