Coaching & training
Great people don't automatically make great leaders.
Most leaders got promoted because they were good at the work. Nobody taught them how to lead the people doing it. That's the part I teach, one-on-one and in groups.
Five ways to grow your people
One-on-one
Executive coaching
For executives and senior leaders. A confidential thinking partner who has run a business, to work through the decisions, relationships and blind spots that come with the top job.
At least 6 months, customized to your goals.
Group · For senior leaders
Leadership training
For senior leaders and executives who need to lead leaders: setting direction, holding people accountable, and building a team that works without you in the room.
Group · For new leaders
Leadership Boot Camp
For new and first-time supervisors and managers. The practical skills nobody taught them when they got promoted, practiced with real scenarios from your workplace.
3 days · groups of 3 to 15
One-on-one · For HR pros
HR development coaching
For emerging and growing HR professionals, including the office manager who inherited HR. Build the judgment, confidence and skills to become a real strategic partner.
At least 6 months, customized to your goals.
One-on-one · For employees you want to grow · With Monika
Employee development coaching
For the people you want to keep and grow: a rising star, a new supervisor, or a solid employee who needs more confidence to take the next step. Monika MacDonald, our Chief Operating Officer, sits at the desk with them and teaches them, hands-on. She builds trust first, then the skills and confidence to succeed in the job they have, and the one they're growing into.
At least 6 months, customized to your employee's goals. In person, or by video for clients farther away. Meet Monika →
or email monika@thedawsongroupsc.com
What leaders ask for most
The topics that change teams.
Communication
Saying what you mean, listening for what they mean, and fewer misunderstandings that cost you time.
Hard conversations
Feedback, discipline, conflict and terminations, handled with respect. More →
Performance management
Clear expectations, regular check-ins and honest reviews, without the corporate paperwork.
Personalities at work
Why people show up the way they do, and how to lead each of them, using the PI Behavioral Assessment™. I'm a Certified PI Practitioner.
Most popular
Start with a free PI Behavioral Assessment.
It takes about 6 minutes. It shows how you naturally show up at work: how you make decisions, handle pressure, communicate and lead. Then we talk it through together on a short readback call.
Common questions
How are coaching and training priced?
By format and group size. After a free call, you get a clear proposal with the price, schedule and what your leaders will walk away with.
Do you train on-site?
Yes, at your location or an off-site, anywhere in the continental U.S. Coaching can be in person or virtual.
What's the difference between this and the Leadership Intensive?
Coaching and training build individual leaders' skills. The Leadership Intensive is for an executive team that needs to work better together.
No forms. No pitch.
Tell me what's going on.
Text me, call me, or grab 30 minutes on my calendar. I usually reply within two hours during business hours.