Julie Tushingham Reputation & Business Coaching Ltd 

I help tech companies increase your productivity by supporting your new leaders to transition successfully into new roles so that they are effective immediately and your organisation retains key talent, attracts new talent and reduces turnover.

About

Transitioning seamlessly, and quickly, into a leadership role that drives change within an organisation is critical in a dynamic workplace. Statistics show that 69% of new leaders fail within their first year because they aren’t delegating effectively. They continued to do the work themselves because it felt easier or doubted someone else could produce it as well. Transitioning quickly is essential and the inability to delegate effectively, especially when the team are qualified to complete the task, impacts productivity, morale and collaboration.

In the tech space, where recruiting and allocating diverse talent is key to innovation and productivity, self-awareness is a critical skill for leaders. It’s important your leaders understand themselves, how they are seen as leaders and their impact on the team and others in the organisation. 40% of new managers over-estimate their self-awareness, their blind spots block emotional intelligence, resulting in miscommunication, underperformance and their ability to develop others.

A recent manager survey showed 58% reported they weren’t comfortable having difficult conversations with their teams. They struggled to give negative feedback because they thought it could be misunderstood as unkind or hurtful. Often new leaders don’t realise that people want to be developed by their managers and development is essential to their growth. Without feedback, their team members may not be able to meet performance expectations and develop. Accountability is compromised and business continuity and success are severely impacted when performance isn’t managed effectively.

These are some of the behaviours that impact trust, reputation, productivity and retention across your organisation and can also result in a leader being held back or sidelined.

When your managers and leaders are aligned with your organisation’s values and objectives, manage effectively and communicate clearly, they are:

• Managing performance and improving productivity
• Identifying risks, innovating and adapting to multiple challenges
• Making strategic decisions quickly and improving efficiency
• Delegating effectively increasing retention in a tight market
• Communicating clearly increasing cross functional collaboration and elevating performance

As a certified coach and trainer, I deliver bespoke coaching, guidance and training, based on your organisation’s vision, values and behaviours. Working with your new and existing leaders, I provide strategic support, wide-ranging insights and tools to help leaders make a difference quickly by leading their teams effectively and communicating clearly. With over 15 years’ energy industry experience and six years as a certified coach and DISC expert, I deliver results driven performance coaching helping your leadership and teams improve their overall productivity and adaptability.

I work with organisations helping their leaders develop career strategies. One of my previous client’s said:

“Julie’s support has contributed to my recent promotion to Sales and Marketing Director. I’d recommend Julie to anyone looking to make the step up from management to leadership, and particularly anyone looking for a compassionate coach to work through complex thoughts and ideas and turn them into practical actions”

Additionally, I work with directors transitioning into executive roles. I was retained by an organisation to support them during change, transitioning their founder MD to CEO as he restructured the organisation, creating his new executive team. He said:

“I worked with Julie as my coach for 3 years transitioning from MD to CEO. Julie provided a safe space to challenge and practical, insightful guidance while building my executive team. I focused increasing my confidence and self-awareness and performance improved. I highly recommend Julie as a coach”

If you are a decision maker, responsible for HR, developing your people, operations, leadership development or culture transformation in the tech industry then let’s talk. We’ll discover the best way I can support your people to transition quickly into leadership roles and increase business continuity and success.