Improve’s Comprehensive Solution Development Model

Organizations invest a great deal of money on coaching and development. In many cases, the prescription from management is the individual requires hours of coaching in order to “solve or correct the problem”. However, to accurately develop effective solutions, companies must employ more than just coaching as a primary strategy.

According to an article in MindTools, coaching is a useful technique used in building skills, abilities and for boosting performance. It also helps bring out certain issues and challenges before they become major problems. Because professional coaching generally deals with asking the right questions, it is very rare that a person only needs coaching to come up with a solution. Thus, Improve developed a comprehensive model, based on over five years of successful interactions to navigate individuals from problem identification to solution implementation. The model includes coaching, consulting and strategy.

In creating the “Improve Comprehensive Solution Development Model,” we identified each of the three areas by their specific technique. For example, coaching is a questioning technique, consulting is an advising technique and strategy is a technique used to resolve problems through collaboration. This three-part process offers a more practical approach to identifying and creating sustainable solutions.

 

Improve’s process for incorporating Coaching, Consulting and Strategy:

• Assessing skills through a validated, formal assessment.
• Creating an action plan by determining metrics for identified areas of improvement.
• Checking progress through focused learning sessions.
• Evaluating results in comparison to previously established metrics.

Individuals must remain updated on the latest and most effective approaches to professional and general solution development in order to be marketable and sustainable. The Improve Comprehensive Solution Development Model builds on previous forms of development to assist individuals in reaching new levels of productivity and success.