Coaching
Coaching isn't a fixed program. It's a relationship shaped around what's actually going on for a leader or a team. Below are the shapes coaching often takes, but the starting point is always the same: a conversation about the real situation, not a package.
Four common methods
Coaching engagements may resemble one of these, a combination, or worked out together. Not chosen off a menu.
Ongoing & confidential
Recurring 1:1 sessions with a leader working through a specific challenge: a bigger role, a shift in scope, a blind spot getting in their own way. Built around what they actually need, from one or many perspectives.
The team as the client
Working with an intact team, not just one person on it, building clarity, trust, alignment, and psychological safety so the group pulls in the same direction instead of several different ones.
Support through the first 90 days
1:1 coaching for someone stepping into a bigger leadership role, including managers leading a team for the first time, often paired with a broader onboarding curriculum when it's a fit, helping a new leader get oriented faster and build early credibility with their team.
When a relationship or team has stalled
Often most impactful when a specific relationship has broken down or a team is stuck in an unproductive pattern. To get everyone back to a working relationship, not just turning a blind eye to tension or problems.
"Jason brings energy, caring, and confidence to the people and the work he touches. He starts with people—understanding their needs and expectations."
— Global Organizational LeaderTen years partnering with Gallup
Coaching doesn't happen in a vacuum, it plays out inside a team's or an organization's culture. Among Jason's experience is a decade working alongside Gallup, managing an organization's semi-annual Q12 employee-engagement survey. This work earned him individual recognition as a World Class Partner from Gallup and helped the organization reach Gallup's World Class Engagement status for six consecutive years. This experience helps drive engagement and turn those results into real change. We can partner directly with an organization on its own engagement work today.
"Jason Schubert continues to be an effective and distinguished driver in employee engagement. Jason's knowledge and interpretation of employee engagement is clear and evident through his ability to teach and facilitate the concepts, and deliver the results in clear and concise formats for all levels to comprehend and use constructively. I highly recommend Jason in his work on employee engagement."
— Director of Education"Jason was instrumental in helping our company roll out and develop meaningful reports and feedback on associate engagement in our company. His work was diligent and thoughtful towards the end goal of increasing our engaged employees. Jason was always professional and worked on continuous improvement in his areas. He accepted feedback and implemented changes to help people understand a difficult subject and use it to their benefit."
— Vice President, NE RegionNot sure which shape fits?
That's exactly what a quick conversation is for: free, no pressure.
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