Our Coaching & Leadership Services
The key to leveling up leadership is taking everyone with you! Leaders, don't forget to put your oxygen mask on too and invest in your growth alongside your team. By working with organizations from the ground up, we support you in inspiring workplace success, employee satisfaction, reduced turnover and increased productivity. Our programs are completely customized to fit the needs of each and every business and individual we work with.
A recent study from Gallup indicates that companies with formal coaching & leadership programs implemented see a 22% higher retention rate than other companies. When employees have the opportunity to learn and grow through positive leadership, they stay. Gallup
Executive Coaching Programs for Buffalo Companies Looking to Excel
If you are looking to hire an Executive Coach for yourself and your company, congratulations! You are already ahead of the game. Companies that employ 3rd party perspective to help them excel in personal & professional development see significant ROI's from making the choice to grow themselves. But how exactly does Executive Coaching work? We are so glad you asked! Whether you are right here in Buffalo or Western New York, or across the country, we design programs around your needs and your success.
What Sets Our Executive Coaching Program Apart
With our executive coaching team, we focus on one-on-one sessions to drill down to the core of who you are and what your goals are, both for yourself and for your team. We ask questions that get to the heart of why you started the journey, get back-to-basic and find the root to those opportunities for improvement- together! Tailor for your needs and your timeline.
Goal Discovery & Alignment
We live in a world of constant, incessant distraction, and this often makes goals (particularly lofty ones) difficult to achieve. We use insightful tools & assessments to determine your immediate and long-term goals, and make sure that every action that we take bears those goals in mind.
Strategic Planning
It's great to say that you want your business's revenue to triple this year, but it's a completely different thing to create a plan on how to achieve that. We don't like to throw around words and numbers that we'd 'like' to reach. We help you create a specific, actionable, and achievable plan to hit your goals.
Actionable Insights & Tools
The benefit of 3rd party insight is that you often will not get the same type of observations from your peers or employees. We all need people who will give us feedback. In this way, Penkin Consulting is able to provide that supportive insight into what may be holding you and your team back from achieving your goals while also providing solutions for next steps.
Ongoing Support & Accountability
The road to success inevitably has setbacks, times where you won't want to continue, and times when you may consider why you're putting in extra effort. These are the times when having a coach to help you navigate, make corrections, and overcome even the most intense challenges is the most critical. We are here to support you and keep you on track.
Public Speaking Engagements
We've all attended events where the speakers and sessions left us wanting more - more insights, engagement, and actionable takeaways. Great thought leaders inspire action by providing a clear plan and fresh perspectives to the audience. Penkin Consulting was born out of a passion for creating transformative moments that maximize engagement, inspiration, and encourage change. We work closely with clients to understand them and their goals before then tailoring our program to meet their unique needs. Ready to inspire your audience and spark meaningful change? Penkin Consulting can help you implement a speaking engagement, seminar, or experience to remember.
Our Keynote Speaking Topics
Women focused. Evidence based. Results driven.
HERStory Series
Choose from 4 unique series speaker topics that dive into women's history, the suffragists, activism, and the evolution of women's rights. These include:
The Life of Susan B. Anthony
Paving the way
Dress for Success
Feminism and Human Rights
Assertiveness & Empathy as Tools for Change
Implementing assertiveness & empathy is a balancing act! Learn how to combine these two powerful qualities to create an authentic leadership style. This approach fosters a sustainable work culture that attracts and retains top talent, thus creating top-performing companies! There is strength in sincere communication.
Qualities of a Natural Leader
What type of leader are you? We will discuss the four main leadership styles.
What are the pros & cons of each style, identify these characteristics in others and learn how best to collaborate with team members who's style might not perfectly align with ours.
From Invisible to Invincible: Cultivate Confidence
Confidence isn't just a skill - It's your superpower. In this interactive and empowering seminar, you'll uncover the tools to move past self-doubt, step into your strengths, and show up powerfully in every aspect of your life.
Whether you're navigating professional challenges or seeking personal growth, this experience is designed to leave you inspired, equipped, and ready to conquer!
Our HERStory Series
Great thought leaders inspire action by providing a clear plan and fresh perspectives to the audience. The HERStory Series explores iconic figures and moments in women's history that have helped shape the workplace environments that we have today. Executives & employees alike can benefit from the insights that history offers us in this female-focused, whole-workplace-impacting seminar series.
Failure is Impossible: The Life of Susan B. Anthony
Dive into the inspiring life of renowned suffragist Susan B. Anthony and the legacy of her activism that transformed women's rights. What did the fight for women’s right to vote look like? How can we apply these principles of teamwork, community, resilience and problem solving to our lives?
Dress for Success: The Clothes Don't Make the Woman
How did the clothing reform from the 1800s have an impact so powerful we still feel it over 200 years later? The freedoms, safety and independence afforded from a not-so-simple ‘fit check’. The path pavers in 1820 could have never imagined where we would be today, but can we see ourselves in their shoes? From hatpins and hardhats, to corsets and Carharts… there are no accidents!
The Price of Progress: Women, Wealth and Rights in America
Learn how “a purse of her own” was a vital part of women’s fight for freedom, enfranchisement and equity. What laws needed to be passed and amendments to the constitution, changing the landscape of this nation…indefinitely?
Paving the way: Suffragists and Women in Construction
Explore how the suffragists' fight for equality laid the foundation for women in construction and other male-clustered industries. Just as the suffragists broke barriers and paved the way for future generations, women in construction continue that legacy today. In this seminar, we’ll draw powerful parallels between these pioneering movements—because as a woman in construction, YOU are a living legend, carrying forward the work of the trailblazers before you
Corporate Leadership Programs
When is it a good time to call in a corporate leadership expert? Well, if you're considering it already, it might be the right time. Some of our most common concerns about workplace productivity and environment include employee drama, high employee turnover, frequent absenteeism, and negative attitudes. Often managers and leaders come to us because they have talked to their employees (over and over), tried incentive programs, even offered a raise here and there but nothing seems to be working to improve the office environment. Dynamics in an office can be complicated, and we work with you to unravel the root of any issues, and how to move forward!
Corporate Leadership Programs Highlights
We are thorough in our approach and leave no stone unturned. Our program is always aligned with your goals as an organization, and can be customized to implement topics that you feel strongly about. We provide individualized support to your team, and tune into opportunities where your teams can excel to new levels!
Expectations & Boundaries
Fostering mutual respect throughout a workplace can be key to promoting employee satisfaction. When people feel respected, they enjoy coming to work more, and are more likely to succeed and excel in their roles. We work with each individual employee, as well as all managers and executive to promote a healthy work environment throughout. This starts with having clear boundaries and expectations, both from employees as well as executives.
Onboarding Tool or Training Refresher
Keeping the expectations consistent for all employees, old & new, sets a clear expectation and respectful workplace environment for all. Often over time, education in workplace culture and promoting great leadership from within can become diluted, making it less effective over time. What was one tiny exception to the rules becomes a weekly exception. We work with you to proactively prevent that from happening by offering refresher trainings and new employee onboarding trainings specifically with your guidelines for your organization.
Navigating Office Culture
It is often when we expect that everyone know something that that exact 'thing' is what can become a source of workplace harassment or negative behavior. We cannot over-emphasize the power of workplace culture in retaining employees and increasing productivity. When people are happy, respected, and valued, amazing things happen! Foundational information to set expectations needs to be a priority.
Email & Phone Etiquette
While phone and email etiquette may seem like a no-brainer, as a manager, unless you are reading every single email that goes through this can often be a location for less-than-appropriate work conversations that you may miss. Nicknames that one person may not think are a big deal may in actuality be leading great talent towards the door because of how they're being treated. We cover all the bases so that expectations for phone and email conversations are crystal clear for everyone.
Real Life Scenarios
Practice is what genuinely makes progress and while reading and hearing a speaker can be effective teaching methods, actually practicing it takes the learning to a new level. We work together to navigate the tough conversations so that anything and everything that happens in the workplace can be appropriately handled, with leadership, positivity, and inclusivity in mind.
Complete Customization
Looking to perhaps discuss a specific topic in detail that you can see if affecting your team? We are always open to customizing, adding sessions specific to the needs and dynamics of your staff. Some of our frequent customizations include:
Navigating Workplace Sexual Harassment
Employee conflicts
Office Politics
Work/Life Balance
Questions About Our Services?
Here are some of the answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions! Still not seeing the answer to your question? Feel free to give us a call, or contact us through our website form!
What is executive coaching, and how can it benefit me & my organization?
Executive coaching is a personalized development process that helps leaders enhance their leadership, communication, and management skills, improve performance for both themselves and their organizations, and achieve professional goals. Benefits include increased self-awareness, better decision-making, and improved leadership abilities.
How does Penkin Consulting tailor its executive coaching programs?
Penkin Consulting customizes our executive coaching programs by conducting thorough assessments to understand your unique goals and challenges. With the highly personalized approach that we take, you won't just get your usual motivational coaching - We are specifically skilled in executive leadership and developing specific skills designed for businesses & organizations of all sizes.
What can I expect during an executive coaching session?
The duration of each session, as well as the length of an executive coaching program, can vary based on your individual goals, your progress and success, as well as your desire for ongoing support & accountability. Typically, our strategic coaching for executives ranges from a few months to a year, with regularly scheduled sessions to monitor progress and adjust strategies as needed.
Are your executive coaching services confidential?
Yes, all coaching sessions are strictly confidential, providing a safe space to discuss challenges and develop strategies without concern. We take your privacy very seriously.
What topics does Penkin Consulting offer for speaking engagements?
Our public speaking engagements & seminars encompass topics like women's history, leadership development, and the evolution of women's rights, including presentations such as "The Life of Susan B. Anthony" and "Feminism and Human Rights." For a full list of potential seminar topics, please feel free to check out our Services page, or Contact us directly. We are always open to tailoring our speaking engagements to our audience, and welcome the discussion!
Can speaking engagements be customized for specific audiences?
Absolutely! We tailor our presentations to align with the interests and goals of your audience, ensuring relevance and engagement. Feel free to Contact us if this is something that you are interested in, and we can set up a time to discuss your audience, event, and needs!
What is the process for booking a speaking engagement?
To book, Contact us with your event details, preferred topics, and any specific requirements. We'll collaborate with you to create a memorable experience for your audience.
Does Penkin Consulting offer virtual speaking engagements?
Yes! We offer both in-person and virtual speaking engagements to accommodate diverse audience needs and locations.
What are the fees associated with booking a speaker?
Fees vary based on factors like event length, location, and customization requirements. Please Contact us so that we can learn more about your event and needs, and we can create a detailed quote tailored to your event.
What is the focus of Penkin Consulting's corporate leadership programs?
Our corporate leadership programs aim to develop authentic leadership styles, foster sustainable & inclusive work cultures, and enhance team performance through promoting assertiveness, educating on valuable leadership qualities including empathy, and much more.
How are your employee mentorship programs structured?
We offer customized, one-on-one coaching that empowers employees to tackle new challenges, grow professionally, and align their development with organizational objectives. We customize the structure of each of our corporate programs, but they may include but not be limited to Lunch & Learn types of events, one to one coaching, executive and leadership coaching, group coaching sessions, and more!
Can mentorship programs be tailored to our company's specific needs?
Yes! Before starting any corporate leadership program, we meet with executives of the organization to thoroughly understand your goals for your employees and goals for implementing a program. From there, we design mentorship plans that reflect your organization's goals and address the unique needs of you and your team members.
What outcomes can we expect from implementing these programs?
You can anticipate improved employee engagement, higher retention rates, and the cultivation of future leaders within your organization. As with all great things, this takes time! Our ongoing support & accountability is designed to help you adjust, monitor, and control to meet the needs of your business, help new leadership to excel, and support you in mentoring your organization & future leaders.
How do we get started with a corporate leadership or mentorship program?
Contact us to discuss your organization's needs, and we'll develop a tailored program to support your team's growth and success.
Where is Penkin Consulting located?
While we are based in Buffalo, New York, our coaching services have developed and supported organizations nationwide. We both travel and offer virtual options to support our executive clientele and their organizations no matter where they are. We thoroughly enjoy the in-person nature of working with Buffalo businesses in person, however through curating virtual and in-person programs in a custom way for each of our clients, we have found that every organization & individual, and their needs are different. We do everything we can to accommodate preferences of in-person vs. virtual, as well as advocate for a plan that will be effective for you and your organization.
When you Empower Employees, the whole Team Rises... And so do You.
Ready to take your organization to the next level, or perhaps you're looking to take YOURSELF to the next level? Book a free 30 minute consultation and let's get started.
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