• Made Partner within 100 days
• Delivered outstanding performance and business results
• Made a significant contribution to the Firm’s new strategy

Client: Associate Partner in a major international consultancy firm

Situation: JD worked at a major international consulting firm for more than 15 years, before applying to be made Partner. Everyone was expecting her to be successful. She had been dealing with a client that was known to be difficult immediately prior to the application and on the basis of poor results her application was turned down. The Company policy was that a two year period needed to pass before she could apply again.

JD felt let down by the company, embarrassed in front of her colleagues who were as surprised as she was. As a result, JD had started to become generally disillusioned. She liked working for the firm and wanted to stay but was finding less satisfaction in her work now that this had happened. The Company  agreed for JD to receive coaching to help her through this difficult time.

Creative Metier designed a year long coaching programme for JD Vivocco365. The Programme began with Vivocco100 to help JD set her priorities and refocus on delivery. Coaching then continued to focus on longer term priorities and development needs.

Results:
The first action that JD took was to go back to get feedback on the reasons for the decision that the appointment panel had made. She then:

• Reset her business objectives for the next 100 days
• Started to contribute to discussions about the strategy for the business as a whole as if she were a Partner already, building key relationships
• Wrote an appeal to the Panel’s decision
• Delivered outstanding performance
• Was appointed as Partner within six months
• Delivered outstanding business results and made a major contribution to the Firm’s new strategy