Our Coaching Approach and Background

John Gavares has extensive experience as a coach for managers, supervisors, and employees.   He is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of coaching. 

John works with clients to achieve speedy, increased and sustainable effectiveness in their lives and careers through focused conversations and learning engagements.   

Types of topics that John provides assistance to includes individual development, interpersonal effectiveness, problem solving, decision making, and project planning and implementation. 

Other examples include issues re: career management, work-life balance, individual and/or team performance/dynamics, starting a new project, acquiring new skills,  improving important relationships, etc.  

John’s role in the coaching relationship is to meet the client’s needs; the premise is that they seek coaching because they want to improve their lives and/or get results on issues they are facing.     

Approaches Used Include: 

- Ask skillful questions which uncover the client’s desired outcomes, and synthesizing their desired outcomes into specific goals the client wishes to address

- Assist the client to identify obstacles, and find ways to overcome those obstacles that may be holding them back

- Encourage the client to make progress towards achieving their goals and to sustain a positive attitude towards the process

- Help the client implement actions and steps that move them towards achieving their goals and to sustaining a positive attitude towards the process

                          "I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, 

                             people will forget what you did, but people will 

                                  never forget how you made them feel." 

                                                             - Maya Angelou