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Michael Whatmore is the founder and owner of Executive Coaching San Francisco. A Business Services Consultancy based in San Francisco, California. You could say that Michael has lived the American Dream, Canadian-style.
He is highly successful at business, having held numerous chief officer positions across many industries. A hard worker with the Midas Touch, Michael bought his first house at age 17; at 21, he owned a real estate company.
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The best leaders have harnessed the 4 Elements of Flight, while others are grounded—whether they know it or not. We’ve used our decades of experience in executive development to create a powerful tool that can help you find out. Download, and try it now!
Incorporating the 4 elements of flight—lift, weight, thrust, and drag, into your Strategic plans will help you achieve your goals faster, and with less stress.
When you focus on lift, you identify key factors to help your business rise above the competition.
By focusing on lift, you can identify the key factors that will help your business rise above the competition.
Streamline your operations, considering weights helps eliminate unnecessary burdens.
Thrust will propel your business forward, identifying the sources of momentum helps keep you on track.
Drag causes resistance, slows you down, identify and address all obstacles holding you back.
A strength of Michael’s management style is his confidence in the incredible value of applying the principles of “The Freedom Scale.” This simple management tool makes scaling exponential growth possible.
It effectively sets and preserves the lines of responsibility in your company, while freeing the boss to focus on oversight and growth. It’s brilliant!
Discover how fast things can move when your team is empowered to focus on problem-solving.
Allow your team to stretch their imaginations, they will discover creative solutions to their own problems, this management tactic produces more satisfaction than you ever imagined!
Shifting your management and communications style is worth every scrap of your energy.
I teach managers how using the Freedom Scale improves productivity, creates greater job satisfaction, and drives a more successful organization.
Take steps to remove blocks that keep you from your full potential. Create a culture of innovation, learning and growth, recognize individual and team achievements. Consider this, “what gets recognized gets repeated.”
Your results can be better, with less oversight, while improving team self-sufficiency. Cultivate a culture of employee appreciation, recognition programs clearly improve morale.
Regular check-ins, open communication, and clear performance metrics are simple tactics to keep your team engaged and enthusiastic, even during challenges or setbacks.
Ensure such a program is geared towards everyone in your organization.
Organize an over-site committee which includes a cross-section of your workforce to recommend outstanding performance.
Innovative leadership converts to more successes. Beyond just reaching your goals, celebrate your wins. Create openings for greater comradery to build morale and motivate your people to achieve even more.
Employing ways and means to celebrate wins communicates the importance and value of your mission. Birthday and anniversary cards demonstrate you care about your people.
The key is to align your company culture and values with your employees, together on a common vision of purpose and success. Plan celebrations that truly resonate with your team. These will have a positive impact on your workplace.
An annual outing or party provides an opportunity to publicly acknowledge the dedication of individuals and teams with awards.
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. Keep your motivation in perspective; “For the sake of what, does your company exist?” How does it plan to achieve its goals, and what the business becomes? Sharp vision, mission, and purpose statements provide your company with direction and focus.
Vision describes the desired future state of your company. An inspiring goal of overarching optimism, with an emotionally driven long term destination. It motivates you and your team.
A mission statement identifies precisely what the organization does, and who it will serve. It speaks about the performance of the business, its products, and services and to what end.
A Purpose Statement is an explanation of your company’s motivations, reasons for being, and why it works the way it does. Purpose-driven businesses outperform competitors and attract enthusiastic employees and customers.
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“I think it’s time for you to consider getting a professional coach.” Hearing these words from a colleague, friend, or senior executive in your business can feel like the floor dropped from beneath your feet.
”I can’t afford to hire a coach. I don’t have time to sit around and talk for an hour. An outsider won’t really understand my situation.” Those who can, do; those who can’t, coach. People are good at making excuses.
Marks and Spencer, one of the UK’s largest retailers, was founded in 1895 with the simple vision of being “The standard against which all others are measured.” This vision has carried M&S through over a century.
Over three decades, ECSF has worked with hundreds of business owners and CEOs across North America. Every engagement is a personal journey and reflects the goals of our client. Simply put, your needs and aspirations are paramount.
Executive coaching is a high-impact developmental partnership between coach and business leader (client), where both engage in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires and challenges the client to maximize personal and professional potential. Executive coaches are often thought of as thought partners, accountability partners, advisors, sounding boards, advocates, and people who challenge you all at once.
Foremost, for me, is to identify and help clarify your goals, your timeframe and intended outcomes. My role is to help you define a vision, mission, and purpose that produces a personal legacy for you in business.
Career Coaching is best for persons who are dissatisfied with current progress and who require greater clarity to identify career possibilities, develop strengths, skills, and values through a personality assessment such as an Everything DiSC profile.
Performance Coaching is targeted on the performance of either an individual, a team, or executive performance. The objective is to help leaders prepare psychologically, physically, emotionally, and professionally, to face challenging situations in the business world.
Leadership Coaching follows the sole purpose of developing and enhancing leadership skills in executives and their teams. The coach helps the individual to discover ways and means to encourage delegation, develop an authentic trust in teamwork, and being mindful of valued leadership skills that include kindness, selflessness, confidence, and genuine self-awareness.
Organizational or Business Coaching concentrates on improving the overall performance of the business organization. The coach acts as a confidential sounding board, who asks questions and listens for clues as to who this person is being. The executive receives feedback from the coach to help with improving communications. Open discussions lead to gaining insights, and to clarify questions, enabling the person to solve problems of their own accord.
A life coach works on personal matters, by helping a client create and align their life objectives. Coaching creativity for a life in alignment and equilibrium with personal goals and values.
Mentoring, usually provided by a person of experience, sharing knowledge, who is intended to guide another for professional development.
Training,such sessions are usually conducted in a classroom setting. A trainer teaches clients about the best practices and imparts knowledge and wisdom.
Consulting,Consulting is providing specialized expertise, and knowledge, to identify problems and appropriate solutions.
Managementis the authority to act in a direct manner to oversee employees making progress to attain a certain outcome.
Therapyhas a focus on identifying a past event that stops a person from moving forward. It is intended as a healing process. Executive coaching is forward looking and focuses on attaining a certain future outcome.
Michael has an extraordinary skill set which he applies with good judgment in an Executive Coach with a strong business background. I highly recommend Michael for his proficiency, intuition, and...
Michael: "I just wanted to let you know that Eric specifically came by my office to thank me for referring him to you. He said that you have been a...
"I will be forever thankful to Michael for his first-rate efforts. Without hesitation, he inspired me with his coaching; " Thank you, Michael
"Thanks for your excellent coaching and consulting."
"Working with Michael Whatmore as my business coach is a great privilege for me. While supporting me in my goals, he has been instrumental in my achieving three distinct areas...
Michael: "You sure got to see what happens as I venture into unfamiliar territory; your professionalism is appreciated. In retrospect, the whole coaching process was amazing for me and very...
"Michael, Can't thank you enough for all of your help. You are a great contribution to every aspect of my life as well as to our business growth."
"Michael’s gentle communication style coupled with his business acumen inspired a better public speaker in me. I am now able to carry forward the healthful message of Acupuncture. More than...
"I have participated in many (some extensive) management training programs over the course of my career, many of which were excellent and assisted my development. Michael Whatmore provided my direct...
"It is a pleasure to recommend Michael Whatmore. Feedback from participants is positive. A new group training program designed by Mike has shown positive results. Under his leadership,"
"I absolutely love Michael's energy - - - so steady and penetrating - - - right to the point. He is clearly present all the time. I admire that ability...
Michael, "We had good leadership meetings today. Thank you for your coaching and guidance.\ Thank you for all your help."
Michael – "Thank you so much for the wonderful training and mentoring at the recent RCC training. Your caring for your students, your clients, and the coaching profession was unmistakable! ...
"Just wanted to thank you for your effort and pointing me in the right direction in terms of our marketing effort."
Michael: Since we’ve been working together our company and my relationship with my partner is heading in a wonderful direction. Better than ever expected! I’ve never been more hopeful for...
"Hi Michael, thank you SO MUCH! You are a business coach who has real knowledge, real experience and real success to draw from. I am skeptical about some business coaches,...
"Michael I just wanted to send you a quick note to say thank you again. You were very generous with your time. I will definitely keep my eyes and ears...
"Through much research and trial sessions with multiple coaches, we gratefully found our way to Executive Coaching San Francisco (ECSF). The coaching helped us talk through some deep differences and...
"Thanks for all of your great work Michael You helped us get through a very difficult situation and we couldn't have done it without you."
"I am pleased to support of Michael Whatmore, an executive coach of great character at a time when management challenges had risen to new heights at De La Salle. Michael...
"Michael is a very intuitive business leader, well-grounded in years of international experience. He is a statesman, a deep thinker, Michael is part change agent, part 'keep the ship afloat', part...
"I had the pleasure of meeting regularly with Michael when I was first taking on a new position as manager of a small team. Michael has a calm and clear-sighted...
"Michael is an accomplished and experienced executive professional with a talented gift to help other executives be successful. He has a unique ability to help CEO's break through obstacles in...
"Michael's leadership abilities were essential in the creation and growth of GraceWorks. Michael kept us focused on shared goals and guided a collection of strong individuals into a team who...
"Michael is extremely knowledgeable; his intuitive approach to business has helped keep me on track. Having his expertise to draw upon leads me to find better solutions and gain better...
"Michael Whatmore helped me grow my business in many productive ways. He is an intuitive business coach with real-world business knowledge who listens thoughtfully and keeps me on track. I...
"What Michael can do for you is help you take it to the next level. As an experienced business coach, I highly recommend that you work with Michael to reach...
"I felt my marketing consultancy business could benefit from a narrower focus of service offerings. I hired Michael to help me through the process - and got so much more...
"Michael has such a depth of knowledge in all aspects of business. He listens, He made such a positive impact on my life and business."
"Michael, was consistently kind, patient, and resourceful. Michael's coaching helped me clarify and reinforce visions. what an impact that his coaching made."
You gave me back my life! My teams are achieving more than ever imagined and for the first time, I now have time for my family! I have worked with...
"Michael, Your guidance was effective and supportive. What I did not know was that you would also help me with employee relations and insightful reflections concerning the way my own...
"I have been working with Michael for roughly one year. Michael has helped me tremendously become a better leader in many ways. My CEO thought that if I could work with...
I started working with Michael Whatmore to break away from the daily administrative tasks and headaches of running a professional business. My goal was to put 100% of my focus...
Michael is an excellent communicator with a unique ability to listen and draw the best out of participants. I will take this training again as I know there is more...
The feedback I received from the neutrals was positive – at least five more neutrals emailed asking for the dial-in info to listen to the recording of your presentation.
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Four “must have” elements are critical to your business growth: Vision, Mission, Purpose, and Strategy. These important documents function as a Homing Guidance System, like keeping your flight path on track and business thriving. Wise leaders use them to get better results, and to grow their companies with less stress.
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