Answers to common questions
Virginia helps you feel empowered and ready to move forward to solve your own problems. She gives you confidence.
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Have questions? Below are a few we’re frequently asked—along with our response. And if you’ve got others we don’t address here, don’t hesitate to contact us directly.
We work with rising stars and their teams, helping them gain the clarity, skills, and confidence to achieve their professional goals. Our clients are highly skilled, highly motivated professionals working in the corporate, government and professional services sectors. They are successful in their careers but seek to grow further, expand their capacity and productivity, and enhance job fulfillment. Sometimes companies hire Diamond Insight to work with their leaders; sometimes individual leaders invest personally in our services.
Diamond Insight offers a full spectrum of leadership development services designed to empower emerging leaders and their teams with clarity, skills, and confidence. These include:
Being too close to an issue or challenge can be confusing, even paralyzing. As coaches and facilitators, it’s our job to help you see through the fog and move forward. We do this by bringing structure to the problem solving process, creating a space to step back and reflect, suggesting perspectives you may not have considered, and recommending exercises to build your skills and insights.
All of our work is grounded in professional and proven coaching methodologies, enhanced by our own experience and creative ability to customize the approach for each client. We bring an outside, objective perspective along with our honest, unbiased opinions. We create an open environment for people to speak honestly and constructively—helping bring to light those issues that can be difficult to identify and discuss, yet have an enormous impact on performance.
Even if you know what to do, doing it is not straightforward. There are thousands of management and leadership books out there—and we recommend a number of them. But no one learns to ride a bike just by reading a book or even seeing someone do it. A book doesn’t make a very good sounding board when you really need to talk to someone who can help you figure out what is right for you and your situation. Nor do books help you learn from mistakes, hold you accountable to your goals, or follow your progress. A coach is your real-time, real-person partner who joins you on your development journey and celebrates with you as you are reaching your destination.
Plug the words “executive coach” into Google and you’ve got more than a million options to choose from. So, what makes Diamond Insight different?
The monetary investment required varies by client need. After an initial (complimentary) consultation, Diamond Insight will define our fees in a written proposal. For most situations, we can offer a range of solutions at different price points.
Beyond fees, there is also the investment in time and energy that clients must make to realize successful outcomes. Again, this will vary from client to client. We can discuss expectations—and what is realistic for your unique situation—during our initial consultation together.
Across our coaching and facilitation services, the “start-up” process we follow is essentially the same. First, we meet with you and collaborate in assessing your situation and identifying the most appropriate services for your needs. This initial consultation is free, enabling us both to explore your need and assess our chemistry. After meeting, Diamond Insight prepares a customized proposal that defines in writing the outcomes you want to achieve, the approach for working together, the timeline for this work and the investment required.
To schedule your initial complimentary consultation, contact us via this site or call (571-215-5299).
