What is coaching?
Coaching is an inspirational and creative partnership that supports a person’s personal and professional growth and helps to cope with changes.
A coach encourages the client to discover their professional and personal potential and make the most of it.
Coaching is focussed on the future. It is important to come up with concrete action plans in the process that will help you achieve your goals. Coaching helps to be a more successful manager.
Is coaching for me?
What does coaching give me?
- Increased awareness and clarity
- Challenges and objectives worded more specifically
- More ambitious goals and new tools
- Attitudes and values needed for growth
Who is coaching for?
- Managers of different levels
- People who want to become managers
- People interested in self-development and growth
Managers are often left alone with their problems and questions, or they find that development has come to a standstill. In such situations, coaching helps you find solutions and rise to the next level. There are no restrictions or preconditions to undergo coaching. However, it is important that the client is personally interested in the coaching process.
How does coaching work?
Coaching is a process where most of the work is done through conversation. The coach is responsible for the process, the appropriate environment and methodology, and the client for their choices, development and commitment.
Upon request, the cooperation begins with a chemistry meeting, where the coach introduces the coaching process and its nature, and the client can talk about their expectations and goals. The first consultation is free of charge and does not entail any obligations.
A professional coaching process can be characterized as follows:
- Awareness – You will become more aware of your strengths and weaknesses as well as your goals and how to reach them.
- Self-confidence – growing self-confidence through support.
- A blame-free environment – the coach does not blame or judge.
- Challenge and action – coaching often means leaving your comfort zone and setting new goals.
- Focus on solutions – the focus is on solutions and the future, not on the blame and the past.
Coaching requires complete trust, which is why the coach considers the following ethical basics very important:
- Complete confidentiality regarding the customer relationship
- Clearly worded agreements and adhering to them
- Avoiding conflicts of interest (both personal and in business)
Duration and location of coaching
Duration of the session: 1.5h average
Meeting frequency: as desired (usually once every 3-4 weeks)
A total of 6-7 sessions
Venue: coaching room on Tobias Street or any location chosen by the client. In fine weather, some sessions can be conducted outdoors in the fresh air. Contact us for information on prices and any questions!
About the coach
Kaie Peerna is the owner of the aviation consulting and training company Perenne, which she founded in 2018.
Kaie Peerna has worked as a helicopter pilot, a quality manager, a lecturer at the Estonian Aviation Academy as well as the head of the safety department of the Estonian Air Navigation Services. Kaie became very interested in private entrepreneurship 5 years ago, which is when she founded her first company. Today, Kaie is a board member of 5 small businesses.
Kaie graduated from the Estonian Aviation Academy in 2002 with a degree in helicopter piloting, in 2004 she went through the teacher training in the technical field programme at the University of Tartu and, in 2010, graduated from the University of Tartu Master’s Degree Program in Mentoring. In 2015, she underwent a Team Leaders Development Program where Kaie also had her own personal excutive coach. Since the spring of 2018, Kaie is an AoEC certified Executive Coach. Kaie is also one of the development coaches in KAJA, a development program for middle managers implemented by the Estonian Business School National Support Centre.
From 2019, Kaie is a member of both ICF Global and ICF Estonia.
Kaie’s work languages are Estonian and English.
Rita Treimuth Case Study
The problem
I had to deal with the most heated management issue for me at that time, which we started to dissect. I don’t like conflict or confrontation (who would like that?). So we discussed how to resolve the situation where my colleague had acted with me in a disrespectful manner in front of the whole team, to which I immediately responded. But it ruined the working environment, and my goal was to ensure that we and the team could work together. I wanted to resolve the situation while preserving the dignity of both, and certainly to avoid a repeat of the situation in the future.
The solution
Kaie first suggested that I thought what exactly was the problem with my colleague’s behaviour, what my expectations wew for my colleague and what could I do differently in the future. Next, I had to plan out a conversation with my colleague – what did I want to say and what could the colleague’s answers be. That was still the easy part.
Then followed the role play, where we both took turns being in the roles of myself and the colleague in question. I tried to get away from the role game, but Kaie made me accept it in her calm way. For me the role play was far out of my comfort zone but was ultimately the best part of session!!! With every round of the role game, my thoughts became more and more crystal clear, and the mood of emotion diminished. Finally, I was left with only relevant, adequate and valuable arguments and solutions.
The result
The next day, although the conversation with the colleague began with tension in the air, it quickly progressed towards a solution thanks to a structured approach and emotion.
We were honest and made clear and easy arrangements for the future. It was a pleasure to be back at work, and our relationship and cooperation with the colleague was better than ever.
Space
The Perenne coaching and training facility is located in Kadriorg, at Tobiase 9. In addition to individual coaching, the space can be rented for coaching or training teams of up to four people, and it can be used as a meeting or office space. For more details, read more about the space.
