FInd the support your organization needs to sucCeed
Leadership and Executive coaching
I take a personalised approach to my coaching work, primarily focused on supporting leaders to take their own audit of their priorities and challenges and then walk through a plan for addressing issues and setting practical and strategic priorities.
In coaching sessions specifically for leaders, I draw on my own years of leading teams to create a thoughtful, reflective space for you to explore your own style and approach to leading organisations and teams.
I also support clients to design and deliver leadership training programs, integrating coaching, development planning, and the use of relevant psychometric tests to ensure that your business is fostering the next generation of leaders.
systemic Team coaching
A typical systemic team coaching engagement might look like this:
Initial CEO/Director scoping discussions (1 day)
Initial team and stakeholder scoping discussions, including exclusive use of team function assessments produced by Renewal Associates (2-3 days, depending on team size)
Generation of team coaching brief (2 days)
Team coaching and building sessions (5-10 days)
Stakeholder engagement and feedback exercises (including Inside Out and Future Back exercises) (3-5 days)
Ongoing team coaching sessions and check ins as needed.
Working with leaders is only part of the puzzle of creating meaningful, systemic change. My team coaching approach brings the whole crew with you - broadening the focus of the work to help leaders and teams come together around a shared vision and a collaborative plan.
My approach to systemic team coaching was honed under the mentorship of leadership team coaching guru Peter Hawkins and his team at the Academy of Executive Coaching/Renewal Associates.
I specialize in coaching leadership and executive teams so they are not only working together harmoniously, but they are also actively engaged with their stakeholders and the systemic needs of your organization and society as a whole.
A typical systemic team coaching engagement might look like this:
STRATEGIC PLANNING
I support inclusive, visionary planning processes to help leaders, teams and organisations set achievable. ambitious direction and plans. After a couple of decades of developing and executing plans in some of the most turbulent global environments, my approach to strategic planning is iterative, flexible, agile and inclusive.
A typical strategic planning engagement might look like this:
Initial scoping conversations and refining the brief (1-2 days)
Preparatory discussions, scheduling and agenda creation for your inclusive strategic planning exercise (4-5 days)
Inclusive, active facilitated strategic planning exercise (in person or online) (2-3 days)
Wrap up discussions and reporting (2 days)
Draft plan for review (5-10 days, depending on the scope)
Final reviews and editing (2-3 days).
“The important work
of moving the world forward
does not wait to be done by perfect men”
George Eliot
MEET YOUR COach
Ashley Proud
Director, Proud Coaching and Consulting
In this world full of challenge and strife, it is more important than ever that people like you keep focused on doing good.
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the pace of new developments and the pressures of finding the right path as individuals, leaders and organizations.
Proud Coaching and Consulting provides targeted, authentic and tailored coaching, facilitation and consulting support that meets you and your team where you are at and helps you get where you want to be.
Ashley Proud, Director of Proud Coaching and Consulting, is no stranger to leadership challenges! A trained occupational psychologist, she spent 18 years leading non-profit teams responding to humanitarian crises in Syria, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Sudan, and Myanmar.
Ashley says:
“I have led multi-million-dollar budgets and diverse leadership teams in some of the most challenging environments—war zones and natural disaster responses. I understand the immense pressures leaders face and how isolating the role of a CEO can be. As a coach and facilitator, my lived experience is invaluable. It enables me to truly empathize with you and forge a deep, meaningful connection that supports your growth and success."
Originally from Scotland, Ashley now lives at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiú, New Mexico with her family and Lily, a well traveled Golden Retriever.