HFI EXECUTIVE AND TRANSCULTURAL LEADERSHIP COACHING MODEL

The Human Factor Coaching Model is a cutting edge integrated approach to coaching focused on "Raising the Limits of Human Potential".

The HFI Model provides a foundation for the design of the coaching engagement which is customized for each client’s unique situation and focus. Using the HFI Model, the coaching engagement is designed to help executives close the gap between where they are and where they want to be in their personal and professional lives.

Coaching to increase the limits of the executive’s potential is distinct from coaching for improvement. Improvement in and of itself is set in a paradigm of the trappings and limitations of the past. Coaching is focused on the present and the future where the executive is seen to be creative resourceful and whole. HFI has established itself in the niche of coaching focused on high potential executives.

Coaching is results focused and delivered one-on-one over a defined length of time which usually lasts between 6 months and 1 year. The HFI Model is integrative in approach and deals with the complete executive in a holistic way including business and personal dimensions.

The focus of the HFI Coaching Model is not to help the executive eliminate problems. We believe that problems will always be present and that we create new problems via the very solutions we use to solve existing problems. In order to raise the limits of the executive’s potential to an extraordinary level we need to create extraordinary problems upon which the executive can direct their attention.

The model draws from many areas, including the latest thinking in positive psychology, emotional intelligence, adult learning theory, creativity, strengths based management and leadership development research.

The HFI Model applies the most recent breakthroughs in neuroscience to coaching.

In practical terms this means that the mental act of focusing attention during the coaching conversation stabilizes the associated brain circuits. Over time, paying enough attention to any specific brain connection keeps the relevant circuitry open and dynamically alive.

The increased focus over time results in new insights which are wide scale changes to the circuitry of the brain that can change behavior, how the executive perceives the world, and how the brain works. This new insight is a key step in creating new possibilities and getting the desired new results. Given the limited capacity of human working memory, many small bites of learning, digested over time, are more efficient than large blocks of time spent in workshops. Keeping this in mind, the HFI Model includes 1 hour coaching sessions spread over an extended period time in order to leverage the way the brain works.

We believe that coaching is easier to deliver and receive when it has a clear structure and framework behind it. The HFI Coaching Model provides a well-defined foundation ensuring the process of coaching is professional, accountable and rigorous.

Because of this methodical approach, the model is ideal for coaching senior executives and managers working in a business environment.