The On-Demand Laser Targeted Solution
Have you ever asked key employees “What keeps you awake at night?”
Sometimes a single problem can seem so overwhelming that, unable to see a way out or way ahead, productivity stalls.
What if a solution to the problem could be found in just one hour?
Power Hours are a unique coaching concept developed by Olivia Graham to help you and your employees get over hurdles fast! Each Power Hour is an intense, confidential, hour-long, one-on-one discussion, targeted at a specific problem. With our extensive coaching and psychology experience, our team is able to help clients find solutions that work, fast.
Flexible and on-demand, Power Hours are an ideal way to offer support to people with limited time and demanding schedules. In just one hour employees gain insights enabling them to put personal or organisational issues into perspective, and discover potential solutions to their challenges.
Quick, confidential, and highly effective Power Hours are exceptionally cost-effective. If you or your employees are looking for help with:
- a specific problem causing stress at work, for example:
- Uncertainty about priorities and direction
- Workload and time management concerns
- Relationship issues and/or team conflict
- Mental blocks regarding decision making
- Concerns around work life balance
- Personal issues impacting on work performance
- an high impact solution to get your employees back on track
- a confidential environment where issues can be addressed in a way you may not be able to in your organisation
Power Hour coaching is for you! To discuss the possibilities please contact Olivia Graham.
For more information see Power Hour FAQs below.
Here’s what some clients have to say about Power Hours:
Olivia’s coaching helped me see my way through a very tricky business performance issue. Her insistence on clarifying what I wanted to achieve meant that I ended up with four key goals for a difficult meeting – and achieved them all.
I discussed my personal concerns and issues with Olivia in far more depth than I would have been comfortable discussing with either a line manager (no disrespect to my current line manager) or a permanent staff member. Olivia was able to ask really deep questions to make me consider options outside my previous thinking and showed me a couple of models that I haven’t seen before. Olivia showed a real interest in me with no ‘company’ agenda and after an hour session I have a number of specific actions which I intend to carry out over the next few months.
Olivia’s approach to the session has helped me already to step back and review how I can work better, and to manage a difficult work situation much better for my staff and myself.
Power Hours FAQ
What are Power Hours? Power Hours are an intense, one-on-one coaching session focused on a challenge that is stressing you. It could be anything from personal issues, management issues, learning and development issues, time-management issues, work-life balance issues. Problems are discussed openly and in confidence, and employees leave Power Hours confident and re-energised, having put the issue into perspective and discovered potential solutions to their concerns.
Who are Power Hours for? Power Hours are for managers kept awake at night by specific concerns, and employees who find themselves blocked by a specific concern and unsure of the way forward.
How do Power Hours differ from coaching? Typically coaching is concerned with developing new behaviours and/or skills, and requires a number of sessions (6-8) over a period of months. A Power Hour is one-off solution focused session at the time of need, to find optimal ways to move forwards or solve a specific challenge.
How does a Power Hour differ from mentoring/consultancy? Consultancy and mentoring offer advice, and traditional coaching aims to change behaviour over time. Advice is not offered during a Power Hour. Rather through incisive questioning and challenging assumptions, the client quickly establishes their own priorities and finds optimal ways forwards.
What issues are suitable for Power Hours? Any current challenge or dilemma keeping you awake at night.
What preparation do I need to do prior to a Power Hour? Identify the topic and reframe the issue as question Be clear about what outcome you seek from the session.
What should I keep in mind during a Power Hour session? Be open and honest. Take responsibility for your side of the coaching – don’t expect to have coaching ‘done’ on you, or to be given answers. Write down important ideas and actions that emerge as they occur; it’s up to you to keep notes that will be useful to you.
Is the Power Hour confidential? Yes. The issue is personal to you, and the content of the session is never disclosed to a third party except with your express permission. What you choose to reveal is at your discretion. If themes emerge after a number of Power Hours, these may be reported back to the organisation in an anonymous format. All OGA coaches have signed the International Coach Federation’s Code of Ethics and abide by its strict confidentiality rule.
How do I set up a Power Hours session? Contact us here to set up a session.