Coaching With Impact
Empowering You To Take Charge Of Your Career
Are you an assistant that wants to improve your skills but you don't know where to start? Do you struggle to assert yourself or feel invisible at times? Do you want the confidence to handle difficult situations and people more effectively? Are you looking for career coaching that supports and guides you?
If any of these questions has you saying 'Yes, Yes, Yes', my one-to-one E.F.F.E.C.T.I.V.E.® career coaching is the answer.
I work with EAs, Business Support and Admin Professionalsthat want to feel more confident in their abilities.
They're looking for a supportive career coach and trusted confidante to help them. My career coaching for executive assistants is designed to suit your needs. So you (and your manager) can rest assured that you're getting the support you need when you need it. My E.F.F.E.C.T.I.V.E. Methodology is based around The Linchpin Model and Assistant Competency Model. These empower you with the strategic competencies and skills that elevate your effectiveness and enable you to operate in the Linchpin zone.
Career coaching is suitable for assistants that:
Description
All training takes into account the practical skills and outcomes you'd like to achieve. It's also linked to the value you'd like to bring to your boss and their priorities. You'll have the support you need when you need it. My one-to-one career coaching will make you feel like a weight has lifted, and you'll gain the confidence and skills to support your boss.
Career Coach & Mentor
Support for your Assistant roleis only a call away
E. Elevated view
We start by getting you to lift your gaze and see the potential for you as an individual as well and as a strategic partners to your leader.
F. Find starting point
We leverage psychometric assessments (I am DiSC accredited) to gain clarity around your style and preferences and how that may be impacting your career growth and your effectiveness.
F. Feedback 360
Key stakeholders are selected and interviewed to gain insights and feedback.
E. Engineer S.M.A.A.R.T. Goals
Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-Based goals are explored and established to ensure that the coaching is action and results oriented.
C. Cultivate Confidence
A key component of the coaching program is supporting coachees to understand the confidence spiral and develop practices to cultivate their confidence.
T. Training
Coaching clients are given access to the Linchpin Assistant Academy® to leverage audio, video and workbooks to facilitate e-learning and reinforce coaching sessions.
I. Implementation plan
Defining goals and expectations at the outset and frequent checkpoints to ensure we are outcome focused.
V. Value Star
Supporting coachees to identify their five-pointed value star is an activity that enables them to gain clarity around their Unique Value Proposition and confidently articulate it when required.
E. Evolve effectiveness
The overarching goal of my coaching program is to educate, empower and elevate them into the Linchpin zone which only happens when they have moved from being efficient to being truly effective.
'What I know is that without developing your POWER skills you aren't capable of stepping up into that top quadrant and being truly respected and valued for the contribution you make.'
Liz Van Vliet, The Linchpin Assistant
Working Together
Coaching For aspiring Linchpin Assistants Includes:
90-minute face-to-face sessions
so we'll have plenty of time to chat and you'll feel comfortable to discuss things openly and honestly
Sessions tailored to your individual needs and career goals
so you know you're getting the best possible advice and support for your career
Outcomes-based and practical coaching
so you'll know what goals you're working towards, and you'll have the resources to achieve them
Cheat sheets, Templates, Workbooks
so you'll know what goals you're working towards, and you'll have the resources to achieve them
30 minute stakeholder interview
at the start of the program so you can rest assured that you're learning the practical skills that are directly related to the expectations of your role
Reflections & Reminders Document
to guide your coaching journey and help you achieve your goals
Otter.AI Transcription of each coaching call
to suit your needs, so you'll have the support you need when you need it the most
Access to The Linchpin Assistant e-learning platform
to suit your needs, so you'll have the support you need when you need it the most
Moving Foward
Executive Assistant Coaching That Gets Your Career Moving
Coaching Outcomes For EAs:
Coaching Outcomes For Managers and Organisations:
Client Love
'Liz has been an incredible coach & mentor to me over the past two years and has helped to build my confidence and capability in my role as an Executive Assistant. I love Liz's 10 Power Skills and firmly believe that every EA no matter the level of experience can benefit from her content.
I firmly believe that I wouldn't be where I am today without the support of Liz. She has been instrumental in my development and strongly recommend anyone who is looking to become more confident and build their capability as an EA to look no further than Liz.'
Eliza Viola
Executive Assistant to the CEO,
Cotton On Group
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Liz Van Vliet
Liz works with executive and administrative assistants to equip them with the skills and confidence they need to influence more effectively and to demonstrate the leadership and interpersonal skills to make them a linchpin to their manager and organisation.