Can I bring current employee or team situations into coaching?

Yes. Real leadership situations often provide useful material for coaching. We can explore how you are interpreting the situation, how you want to respond, and what next steps may be appropriate while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and professional boundaries.

Can this help me support employees who are struggling?

Yes, within the scope of coaching. We can explore how to communicate supportively, set appropriate boundaries, recognize when an issue may be outside your role, and avoid becoming the employee's therapist or counselor.

How often will we meet?

The program includes six 60-minute coaching sessions over 12 weeks, generally scheduled every other week. You will also have two additional 30-minute phone coaching sessions that can be used during the engagement when a leadership situation would benefit from more timely support.

Can I choose phone instead of video?

Yes. Your regular scheduled coaching sessions may be completed by video or phone, and you may switch formats based on what works best for a particular session. The two additional 30-minute sessions are conducted by phone.

What happens between sessions?

You may use the Vibly notes feature to capture reflections, situations, or ideas you want to remember for your next coaching session. Notes can remain private or be shared with me if you would like me to review them before we meet. You may also use chat for brief questions between sessions. More complex topics or situations that require deeper coaching will be addressed during your next scheduled session. I will respond within 24-48 business hours.

How is coaching different from therapy

Coaching can include conversations about stress, emotions, thoughts, relationships, and other factors that affect your WorkLife and leadership. The focus, however, is on helping you increase awareness, clarify what you want to change, identify practical strategies, and take action toward your goals. Coaching does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions and is not a substitute for psychotherapy or other mental health treatment. If something comes up that would be better addressed by a licensed mental health professional or another healthcare provider, we can discuss appropriate next steps while keeping our coaching work within its intended scope.

Clearer AIM: Individual Coaching for Managers, by Melanie G.

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Overview

What you'll achieve

Greater awareness of the patterns influencing your reactions, interpretations, and leadership decisions
Increased ability to pause and respond more intentionally in difficult or high-pressure situations
Greater confidence navigating challenging employee conversations
More effective communication, feedback, boundaries, and accountability
Stronger ability to address conflict and team tension before problems escalate
Greater clarity about what is yours to manage as a leader and what belongs to the employee
Practical strategies for supporting employees without stepping into the role of therapist
Increased awareness of team dynamics, trust, and psychological safety
Greater confidence applying what you are learning to real leadership situations
Progress toward the leadership and WorkLife goals identified at the beginning of coaching

Who this is for

New or experienced managers who want to strengthen their people-leadership skills
Leaders navigating difficult employee conversations, feedback, or accountability
Managers dealing with conflict, tension, trust issues, or recurring team friction
Leaders who find themselves carrying employee problems long after the workday ends
Managers who want to support struggling employees without taking on responsibility that is not theirs
People leaders navigating change, uncertainty, shifting expectations, or increased responsibility
Managers who want to communicate more clearly and respond more intentionally under pressure
Leaders who recognize that their own reactions can influence team climate and want to better understand those patterns
Managers who want an evidence-informed coaching process tailored to real leadership situations rather than a generic leadership curriculum

What's included

12-week private coaching engagement
Six live 60-minute coaching sessions (choice of video or phone), generally scheduled every other week
Two additional 30-minute phone coaching sessions to use during the 12-week engagement
Collaborative goal-setting and individualized coaching grounded in the Awareness Interpretation Model
Coaching focused on both personal leadership patterns and current people-management challenges
Support with difficult conversations, feedback, accountability, boundaries, conflict, and team dynamics as relevant to your role
Worksheets, exercises, reflection tools, and other resources selected to support your goals
Vibly notes for reflection, with the option to keep notes private or share selected notes with me
Direct chat access for brief questions and clarifications, plus progress check-ins and final reflection

Prices

Available packages

Clearer AIM for Managers

12 sessions · On demand

4200 USD

Additional

What you'll need

FAQs

Still need more clarity? Here are answers to some commonly asked questions.

Clearer AIM Individual Coaching focuses primarily on your own WorkLife goals, patterns, reactions, communication, and decisions. Clearer AIM for Managers includes that same individualized work while also addressing the added responsibility of leading other people. Coaching may include employee conversations, feedback, accountability, conflict, team dynamics, psychological safety, boundaries, and other people-leadership challenges.

Not necessarily. Thoughts, emotions, personality patterns, core beliefs, and pressure are areas that can influence how we interpret and respond to situations. We will focus on the areas most relevant to your leadership goals and current challenges rather than following a predetermined curriculum.

Not exactly. This is individualized coaching rather than a standardized leadership course. We work with the situations, patterns, and leadership challenges that are most relevant to you.