The Performance Paradox: why reducing stress can improve your success
KAREN HAGUE
OVERCOME STRESS TO REGAIN CONFIDENCE, CLARITY & CONTROL
“Stress is the trash of modern life-we all generate it, but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.”
Danzae Pace
IS THIS YOU?
You've worked your way up the corporate career ladder and now you're at or near the top, and you're proud of what you've achieved.
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However the long hours and mental energy that corporate leadership requires means that your main focus for a long time has been work, and you're feeling stressed and exhausted.
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You're not performing as well as you used to at work, you're feeling a lack of confidence for the first time, and you're struggling to get clarity on what you need to do next as you can't cut through the storm of thoughts in your head.
Maybe you're:
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~ Feeling stressed out, anxious, overwhelmed and/or exhausted
~ Constantly overthinking about what happened today at work or what needs to happen tomorrow
~ Worried about your performance at work, and thinking that you're not doing enough
~ Unable to get clarity of thought about what to do next to get back in control
~ Feeling a lack of confidence in your abilities, which is starting to impact your performance
~ Anxious about work taking over everything else in your life
~ Wanting to set better boundaries so you can be more prioritise activities that used to bring you joy and be more present for the important people in your life
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If this sounds like you, book a call and let's chat about how we can work together.
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COACHING FOR YOU
Your coaching programme will be individual to you, however here are some areas in which I can help:
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~ Stress assessment
Work out your level of stress and how the symptoms are impacting your life.
~ I'm exhausted from work
Tools and frameworks for managing stress, anxiety and exhaustion.
~ My stress is affecting how I behave
How to get back to who you really are, and be calmer and more in control.
~ I think about work all the time
Ways to switch off and focus on other things when you're not at work.
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~ I want to feel confident
Getting clear on what your strengths are and how to regain total confidence.
~ I don't have enough time
Set and maintain boundaries to create more time for you, your hobbies, and loved ones.
~ I can't get clear in my mind
Cut through the noise, so you can work out what to do next.
~ I'm miserable at work
Work out what you want, and how to fall back in love with your job, or make the move to something else.
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How it works:
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~ Starting assessment
of where you are now and where you want to be, so you can start to make changes.
~ Agreement
of coaching programme objectives, so you know exactly what you will achieve.
~ Plan
with clear goals and milestones, so you can make long-term change.
~ Implement
practical tools and strategies, so you can achieve your objectives.
~ Clarity
from speaking openly without any judgement.
~ Eradicate
beliefs and blockers that hold you back.
~ Accountability
I challenge you and bring you back to the objectives.
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Prices start at £1375.
You can book a 30-minute call during which we can discuss why you are thinking about coaching, what you can expect to achieve, and I can answer any questions you have.
“Do not confuse having a career with having a life."
Hillary Clinton
COACHING PROGRAMME
Ten live virtual coaching
sessions with me. First and last session 90 minutes, eight 60-minute sessions.
Assessment of where you are now, and what change you would like to create
Post-session summary and actions to complete in between sessions
Articles, frameworks, videos and
other information
WhatsApp support from me in between
coaching sessions
Your individual follow-up plan at the end of our three-month programme
Prices start at £1375
You can book a 30-minute call during which we can discuss why you are thinking about coaching, what you can expect to achieve, and I can answer any questions you have.
COACHING FOR ORGANISATIONS
I work with learning delivery leaders and managers to help them better manage stress, so that they can be more confident, have more clarity and feel more in control at work.
Having worked in corporate environments for 23 years, and learning delivery leadership for 12 of those, I understand the level of stress that comes with operations and delivery roles, the challenges that occur every day, and how important it is to feel confident and in control.
I believe in the power of coaching to build on strengths, overcome weaknesses, better manage stress, improve performance, and increase confidence.
I support learning delivery leaders and managers with:
​Leading and thriving through change
Getting clarity on what needs to be done
Improving team, stakeholder, peer relationships
Being bolder in communication
Being more decisive in challenging situations
Working smarter: time management, organisation
and prioritisation
Stress management and burnout
prevention
Increasing confidence and self-belief
Prices start at £1750
I offer a 30-minute meeting to discuss your objectives for coaching within your organisation. During this we can discuss programme options and ways of working that meet the needs of your company culture and the individuals or groups that are going to be coached.
“To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often."
Winston Churchill
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT COACHING PROGRAMMES
ONE ON ONE COACHING
TEAM COACHING
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Coaching sessions with an individual
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Six or twelve session packages available
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Programme objectives agreed with key stakeholder
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Contracting session with each coachee to establish ways of working and assess starting point
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Sessions take place virtually weekly
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Review meeting halfway and at programme end to measure success
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Tools, frameworks and strategies provided throughout
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Contact with me in between sessions for extra support if needed
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Coaching sessions with a learning delivery or operations team
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Programme objectives agreed with key stakeholder
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Introduction meeting during which measurable objectives are agreed
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Group coaching sessions once a month
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Actions and post-session work agreed at the end of each session
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Sessions take place virtually or face-to-face
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Review meeting halfway and at programme end to measure success
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Tools, frameworks and strategies provided throughout
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Prices start at £1750
I offer a 30-minute meeting to discuss your objectives for coaching within your organisation. During this we can discuss programme options and ways of working that meet the needs of your company culture and the individuals that are going to be coached.
MY STORY
I am a recovering perfectionist who spent many years striving to meet my own 'unrelenting standards' in my work and personal life.
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I climbed the corporate ladder for more than two decades, experiencing chronic stress and anxiety, and at the end of 2020 I had a burnout which brought me to my physical and emotional knees .
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Since then, I have rebuilt my life to where I am today, still successful in business whilst living the much calmer and more balanced life that I have, deep down, always wanted to live.
Since my burnout I have gone through a process of change in every area of my life.
This led me to leave my corporate career and set up my own business, and now I'm living and working around the world (currently based in Brighton after a year living in between Thailand and Bali).
I've overcome my 'unrelenting standards' and constant need to prove myself, to be much more confident, calmer, and in control. I'm living a healthier and calmer lifestyle based on better nutrition and health habits, and a foundation of yoga, meditation and self-care. It's a continuous journey that I'm thankful for every day.
Fundamental life and/or work change can seem impossible, frightening and stressful. I love to work with people to support them through this, so they can create the life and career they really want, and be the calmer, confident and in- control person they want to be.
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