An important service provided by Kismet Forward is in assisting people to progress i.e. to develop and meet personal goals while maximising their potential to contribute to the achievement of organisational targets.

In today’s workplace people have less time and energy to pay attention to the ‘human’ side of their business – including nurturing staff, communicating with stakeholders and engaging with the community – even though the expectations of staff, stakeholders and the community have grown exponentially in this regard.

We can help your organisation to progress its people and reconnect with the community – either through executive, team or community workshops or through coaching emerging leaders in a one-on-one program.

Our Coaching for Proactive Leadership program assists participants to take responsibility for achieving their leadership potential by

• Developing a vision about their future


• Developing self-awareness, including understanding the core values that drive them


• Developing skills that are centred around their core values and principles


• Understanding the perceptions of others and how these perceptions have been developed; making decisions about what they can do to adjust these perceptions if appropriate


• Understanding the impact that they have on their colleagues and stakeholders


• Using initiative and being responsible for the manner in which they respond to the environment and influential events

This is achieved through 10 x 2-hour one-on-one sessions over the course of one year. The program structure enables participants to explore and practice new behaviours and ways of operating, and discuss various issues and opportunities that arise throughout the year. The program outcomes from this structure have been found to be far more effective and enduring than the standard training model whereby participants attend a workshop, get excited about new ways of operating, but invariably revert to old patterns once they return to work.

Coaching for Proactive Leadership draws upon a combination of Jen’s experience and extensive research into contemporary leadership theory. Discussions and topics covered are very much targeted at the needs and goals of individual participants.

Alternatively, some clients seek a less structured approach to coaching, in which we address current opportunities and challenges as they arise through a series of one-off sessions.

Other clients prefer a tailor-made program, such as the 2009 Leadership Workshops for Rural Women, in which Jen led two series of 4 training workshops in community leadership for women across the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority region. (For CR Facilitation on behalf of GHCMA.)

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