Coaching for change Jon Pope of Barker Dewson coached Gary Mckenzie, then Head of Communications at The Home Offi ce. “I’d had more than 20 years in the Civil Service and I was thinking about my next post. Should I become a board member, or should I move to another department? Jon actually helped me to think more broadly about being a leader in the public sector and what I wanted to do with my own role.” Gary also wanted to think about what to do with some of his team. “I ran a big department, and some of the people needed support; some needed to move up, and some needed to move on. Jon provided two associates to help with this phase, and both used their coaching skills to get results (and cost savings) that I might not have achieved on my own.” “After two years coaching, I’d reac

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