Iris Barrow is a New Zealand
author of 12
books, a relaxation CD, 8 tapes plus the
Personality Manager tool-kit. Iris is also a human resources consultant and
has a client base ranging from corporate groups to
private individuals. She has extensive experience in psychological
counselling, coaching, mentoring, life-skills training, staff training and presenting seminars.
Clients
Iris Barrow has a
number of private individuals as well as corporate clients at senior and
mid-management levels for mentoring, counselling and coaching. Time length
varies with these clients from two years to two months.
Some of Her Most
Frequently Addressed Topics Include
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Understanding your own and other people’s personalities.
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Stress management, including executive stress
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Goal setting and motivation
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Communicating and relating
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Confidence building and self esteem
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The handling of anger and conflict resolution
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Understanding and dealing with difficult people
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Leadership and motivation
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Time management and self organization
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Personal motivation
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Knowing and understanding oneself and others
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Self esteem
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More confident functioning
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Balanced thinking
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Better judgment
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Leadership qualities
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Identifying/dealing with 'people problems'
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Relating and communication skills
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Positive/creative thinking
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Motivating the team
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Setting limits
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Responsible self assertion
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Handling anger and conflict resolution
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Setting team goals
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Drawing the best from people/supervision
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Delegating
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Compartmentalizing
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Beating the worry habit/problem solving
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Speaking to Groups
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Method
This one-to-one service
includes both business and personal development, with the goal of assisting
the person to reach their potential in all areas of their professional and
private lives. Iris uses mentoring, counselling, facilitating and coaching
skills to achieve this objective. She shares of her own know-how and
experience both on a personal and professional basis in this regard. Having
worked as a trainer, coach, facilitator and counsellor in industries for many
years, and run her own small (14 people) counselling and seminar agency for
15 years - she knows and understands the business scene. She is continually
helping people to develop practical strategies to deal with the pressures
involved and with people problems.
Research &
Writing for this Service - Back-Up Resources (Tools) to Work With
As a result of
identifying and seeking to provide coping strategies for the many problems
besetting industry today she wrote three books "How to Lead and Motivate
Others", "You Can Do It!" (all about
goal setting and motivation) and "You Can Communicate" to help meet
this need. These, plus her other books and self-help
tapes are used as a back-up resource for her clients between their sessions.
Structure
Flexible time length, or
clients can commit to an initial four months work, and extend their
time-length in four month blocks as (and if) desired. (For groups the
time-frame can be more flexible). Back-up phone contact is available if and
when required for her clients. She will see people for an hour to an hour and
a half once a week, or an hour and a half to two hours once a fortnight.
Early morning and late afternoon appointments are also available.
Style
Her style is
interactive, with the emphasis on creating a working partnership. She adopts
a pro-active approach, and clients are encouraged to read and put agreed-upon
strategies into practise between sessions. Programmes are tailor-made (with
the client's co-operation) to meet their individual needs and goals. She is
supportive between sessions, and clients are welcome to ring or e-mail her if
needed. She shares openly of her knowledge and experience, as is appropriate
to reinforce the work in action.
Coaching for Small
Groups
Corporate or Private.
Coaching for small
groups of 2 to 8 people is a part of her work. Again the emphasis is on
interactive and proactive work, with individual attention given to each group
member. Time length for this program is usually eight, twelve, sixteen 2-hour
sessions, though this is flexible.
As with one-to-one mentoring/coaching, complimentary back-up resource
material is supplied.
The program content is structured to meet the needs of the group, though
often it is multifaceted. Alternatively it can be on one topic, which is
covered in-depth. The following topics are frequently requested:
Refer to - 'Some
of the Most Frequently Addressed Issues".
Venue
Flexible, though Iris
has garden-setting premises at Manly (a half hour drive from Auckland City out of peak traffic times). There
is a two minute walk across a park to a great beach. The learning process is
enhanced in a relaxed setting and usually better results can be achieved by
getting people "off-site". Suitable for both one-to-one and up to 8
people. Catering is available if desired.
Fees
Fees vary according to
requirements. Contact Iris for further information.
Follow-Up Assessment
Procedures
As agreed to by parties
involved.
Statement From
Coach/Mentor
My vision/mission is to
provide a stimulating and supportive learning-base to help the individual to
realize their potential in both their professional and personal life. I am
interested in dealing with the "whole person" who recognizes that
life is one great learning curve, and who is prepared to learn the skills to
enhance their life in its entirety. For some people this is to increase their
confidence and become better leaders in their field of work. For others it is
to learn to cope better with both corporate and personal stress. Still
another needs to upskill in the area of
communication, so that they can relate more effectively with the people they
interact with both at work and home. The passive person may need to learn to
be more assertive so that the pathway is cleared for them to forge ahead in
both their professional and private life. Then too we may have the manager
who is having difficulty in motivating his/her team, and needs some support
and training in this area.
I have also had some
MD's who, because of their position (it's lonely at the top) needed somebody
they could trust and talk openly to. They also needed 'somebody there just
for them' in a supportive and interactive role.
In some instances only
mentoring is required to achieve the best result, in others, some 'straight'
coaching in life-skills. Though often I find that a combination of both is
the answer. I have found that people's individual needs vary as much as does
the person themselves. Therefore I believe that it is important to ground the
life-skills taught in what is reality for the person concerned. Acquiring the
skills we lack is a 'rounding-out' and personal growth process. Whether in
the workforce or at home, the process must begin within.
"The combination
of a person who is open and willing to work, and my experience, skill-base
and commitment to helping them achieve results - will prove successful, as we
journey together." Iris Barrow