Coaching for anyone who wants to move forward
Sometimes you don't quite know which way to turn yourself. You're stuck in your work, not feeling quite right in your role, struggling with a collaboration, or facing an important choice. Maybe something has changed within your organisation and you're not sure how to move forward.
It can help to talk to someone who listens independently, thinks along and looks at the possibilities together with you. ZAPB offers personal, business and career coaching for employees, professionals, entrepreneurs and freelancers. Not to decide for you what to do, but to help you find direction, overview and confidence yourself again.
Guidance that fits your situation
Every situation is different. That's why we don't work with a standard coaching programme.
- ✓1-on-1 coachingPersonal guidance with questions, situations or choices you can't quite figure out on your own. We create room to look at what's going on, what matters to you and what options you have.
- ✓Coaching for working relationshipsA collaboration with a manager or colleague can change and suddenly create tension. We help you understand the situation, clarify your own position and explore what's needed to move forward.
- ✓Coaching for employeesSometimes an employee gets stuck within an organisation without there being a formal conflict yet. ZAPB guides employees to find direction and perspective again, and employers can also engage coaching for their staff.
- ✓Career coachingFrom reorientation and personal development to a next step in your career. We explore what energises you, where your strengths lie and which direction suits you.
- ✓Coaching for a difficult work situationYou don't have to wait until a situation becomes a formal conflict. When something at work doesn't feel right, an independent conversation can help create clarity.
- ✓Freelance start-up coachingFor those starting out on their own and wanting to get it right. We spar on positioning, rates, first assignments, working methods, administration and professional profiling.
- ✓Sparring for entrepreneursAn entrepreneur doesn't need to start a full advisory process for every question. ZAPB offers an accessible sounding board for anyone who wants an independent outside perspective.
Coaching as support within the organisation
Coaching doesn't only have to come from the employee themselves. An employer might also notice that an employee is stuck, searching, or could use support to function well again within the organisation. ZAPB can offer an independent coach in these situations. We make clear agreements up front about the role, expectations and confidentiality. The goal isn't to assess the employee, but to create room for development, reflection and a possible way forward.
A safe place to tell your story
Coaching only works if you can speak freely. That's why we find it important to be clear beforehand about who we're working for, what our role is and what stays confidential. When ZAPB coaches an employee on behalf of an employer, we agree in advance what will and won't be reported back. Personal conversations are not assessment interviews: our role is to listen, ask questions, reflect and help find a suitable next step.
Sometimes the difference is small
Not every difficult work situation is immediately a conflict. Sometimes someone mainly needs coaching to handle a situation differently themselves, sometimes multiple parties need to talk to each other. That's why we first look at what's going on.
Coaching
Focused on the person, development, choices and finding your own way forward.
Guidance
Focused on supporting a person or situation when more is needed than just an individual conversation.
Mediation
Focused on multiple parties who want to work together towards a solution or workable situation.
If it turns out during a coaching process that a different form fits better, we'll discuss that openly with you.
Sound familiar?
Employee
You're stuck in your work, struggling with a working relationship, or want to find a different direction within your organisation.
Professional
You're facing an important career choice or want more clarity about your next step.
Entrepreneur
You want to spar about your business, a difficult choice, or your personal development as an entrepreneur.
Freelancer
You've just started out, or you're facing choices around entrepreneurship, positioning, assignments or growth.
Employer
You want to offer an employee extra guidance, or you're looking for an independent coach for a specific situation.
Built up calmly, at your own pace
Introductory conversation
We discuss, without obligation, what's going on and what you're looking for. No judgement and no commitments.
Goal & approach
Together we determine what you want to work on and which form of guidance fits.
Coaching
We get to work with conversations, reflection and concrete steps that fit your situation.
Evaluate & adjust
We regularly check in on how things are going. The goal isn't to coach for as long as possible, but for you to be able to move forward independently again.
Stuck on something?
You don't need to be able to fully explain your situation first. Tell us what's going on. We listen and look together at whether coaching could help. A first introductory conversation is without obligation.