ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="description" content="Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC provides career coaching, professional development, and life coaching to individuals, organizations, and teams." /> <meta name="keywords" content="coaching,career coach,individual coach,executive coach,professional coach,team coach,resume,resume writing,resume writer,interview,presentation,time management,life coach,motivation,professional development" /> <title>Sounding Board 4 Life - Services</title> <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body id="services"> <div id="header"> <div class="inner-wrap"> <h1><a href="/" title="Sounding Board 4 Life">Sounding Board 4 Life</a></h1> <div id="tag-nav"> <div id="tagline"><img src="img/tagline.gif" alt="Professional Development and Coaching for Career and Life Fulfillment"/></div> <div id="navigation"> <ul> <li id="m-home"><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li id="m-about"><a href="about">About Us</a></li> <li id="m-approach"><a href="approach">Our Approach</a></li> <li id="m-services"><a href="services">Our Services</a></li> <li id="m-resources"><a href="resources">Resources</a></li> <li id="m-contact"><a href="contact">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="top-content"> <div class="inner-wrap"> <div id="top-left"> <blockquote> <p>&quot;The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>Eliot Hubbard</span> <h2>Our services:</h2> <p>Career Coaching, Professional Development and Life Coaching</p> </div> <div id="top-right"><img src="img/services.jpg" alt="Services" /></div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <div class="inner-wrap"> <div class="column"> <h3>Career Coaching</h3> <h4>Individual Coaching</h4> <p> What do you want to be when you grow up? Where are you now? Have you thought about what the next 1, 3, 5 years of your professional life can or could be? What if you had one person devoted to your success? Are you struggling with advancement? Do you just need a change? Are you reacting more emotionally lately and cannot seem to find balance? Are you aware that changes need to be made but honestly, you just don&rsquo;t know where to begin? <strong>A coach can assist you with all of the above and along with you, will develop a plan to identify what next steps you really want to take.</strong> </p> <h4 class="vertical-space">Executive Coaching</h4> <p> Are you currently in a mid or senior level position? Is that where you want to be? What is your next challenge? How will you get there? Who have you surrounded yourself with? What tools do you still need in your toolbox to continue to grow and strengthen your organization? What would your colleagues say about your leadership style? Your staff? Your Boss? Would you work for you? What if you never had to work for money&hellip;would you stay where you are today? <strong>Investing in a coach, investing in yourself or your executives is a proven and clear competitive advantage to continue along the path of success.</strong> </p> <h4 class="vertical-space">Student/Young Careerist Coaching</h4> <img src="img/students.jpg" class="content-image" alt="Students"/> <p> Have you spent a fortune on your child&rsquo;s education and have concern over their professional future? Is he or she ready for &ldquo;the real world of employment&rdquo;? How will they get the internship or first job they want and need? Does your child look at you like you have no clue when you try and give him or her career advice? High-school seniors and current college students can benefit greatly by having a coach to support their transition to adult-hood. A seasoned executive who will discuss their future with them objectively and who has helped to develop hundreds of successful individuals could be just what your son or daughter needs<strong>. Why not give them the gift of advantage, independence and creation of their own path?</strong> </p> <p> Are you putting yourself through school on your own and wondering how you will differentiate yourself when it is time to get a real job? You have had part-time jobs, summer internships and a 4.0&hellip;you are a solid employment candidate but you are worried and wish you could seek advice from an objective person who has been there? You have been working for a year or two and want to take the next step&hellip;should you pursue additional education, look toward advancement in your current company or look for opportunities externally? <strong>Consider coaching to assist you in creating a plan, your plan!</strong> </p> <h4 class="vertical-space">Team Coaching</h4> <p> Is your team not achieving its goals? What is the right size for an effective team? Should there be more than one leader? What are the goals? Did the words timeline and deadline go by the wayside a long time ago? How do teams work together? <strong>Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC can conduct an onsite assessment and provide clear and concise feedback designed to improve team efficiency and spirit.</strong> </p> <h3 class="vertical-space">Professional Development</h3> <h4>Resume Assessment</h4> <p> Your resume is the first document summarizing your educational and experiential background that a potential employer sees. It usually provides the first opportunity for you to market yourself. However, it can be the beginning of the end if not handled correctly. The goal of your resume is to attain interviews, which will hopefully lead to job offers &ndash; when was the last time you even looked at your resume? Do you even have a resume? Has your current resume been getting little to no response? <strong>Email your resume today! Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC will review your resume and help you to develop a current and professional tool to get you noticed!</strong> </p> <h4 class="Interview Prep">Interview Prep</h4> <p> You have one chance to make that important professional connection. How do you present you? Are you shy? Are you aware of your body language? Are you prepared for the plethora of &ldquo;interview formats&rdquo;: telephone, panel, multi-round, solo or c-suite? What should you never ask during an interview? What attire should you wear? <strong>Let Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC conduct a Mock interview with you over the telephone or face to face and provide valuable feedback aimed at enhancing you!</strong> </p> <h4 class="vertical-space">Presentation Prep</h4> <p> So you can write&hellip;but can you speak? Does your delivery &ldquo;sparkle&rdquo;? How is your diction? Bad speaking habits can kill a presentation within the first 2 minutes. Effective verbal communication is an integral part of success and professional growth. How do you keep your audience interested? What should you wear? Should you hold anything? How about those slides&hellip;if you can&rsquo;t read them&hellip;neither can the audiences. What happens if the AV goes out? How can you relax? <strong>Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC can assist you with your next presentation and help you to feel more confident about being a winner!</strong> </p> <h4 class="vertical-space">Time Management</h4> <p> In today&rsquo;s professional environment everyone must to do more with less time. The mantra is all about efficiency and effectiveness. Neither you nor your organization can afford to waste one minute of time and maintain a competitive edge. <strong>Learn how to set priorities and actually stick to the plan, create movement in a non-functioning team and be the catalyst for success</strong>. </p> <h3 class="vertical-space">Life Coaching</h3> <h4>Individual Life Enhancement Coaching</h4> <img src="img/life-coaching.jpg" class="content-image" alt="Life coaching"/> <p> It is never too late to focus on you! You are worth the time and investment in yourself. Turn off the negative &ldquo;head chatter&rdquo; and take action! <strong>Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC can help you clarify and focus on your personal goals, challenge you to maximize your potential, encourage you to pursue your desires and dreams and celebrate your successes!</strong> Some clients choose to focus on dream realization/motivation, fitness, time management or relationships. <strong></strong> </p> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <h3>Why Coaching? </h3> <p><em><a href="pdf/ManchesterCoachingROIStudy.pdf">Business Impact of Executive Coaching</a>&mdash; results of a study by Manchester, Inc.</em></p> <blockquote> <p>&quot;In one 2004 study, executive coaching at Booz Allen Hamilton, the business consultants firm, returned $7.90 for every $1 the firm spent on coaching.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Metrix Global, LLC</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;Who, exactly, seeks out a coach? Winners who want more out of life.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Chicago Tribune</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;A survey by the International Coaching Federation found that over 98% of surveyed clients found coaching to be a valuable investment.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;ICF</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;Annual spending on executive coaching in the United States is estimated at $1 billion.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Harvard Business Review</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;A random survey of 248 HR Managers demonstrated that 55% of their organizations use formal coaching as an employee development method.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Society of Human Resource Management</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;Coaching is the universal language of change and learning& and values cultural complexity and difference.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;CNN</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;A recent survey of 170 HR professionals determined that more than 50% set up a coaching program in the past 18 months.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;The Hay Group</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;ICF</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;A powerful alliance created to forward a lifelong process of human learning, effectiveness, and fulfillment. Coaching forwards the action and deepens the learning.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Coaches Training Institute</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;Coaching is sweeping across the world and developing at an explosive rate.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Business Today</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;The art of creating an environment, through conversation and a way of being, that facilitates the process by which a person can move toward desired goals in a fulfilling manner.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Tim Gallwey</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;The roots of Coaching have come from; Education, Management &amp; Leadership, Psychotherapy, Communication Studies, Athletic Motivation, Social Systems Theory, Self-Help Movement, Holistic Movement and Adult Development Theories and have evolved into a variety of Coaching Disciplines such as; Performance, Sports, Team, Organizational, Life, Spiritual, Executive and Transformational.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Irene F. Stein</span> <blockquote class="vertical-space"> <p>&quot;A professionally written resume counts more than an attractive typeface.&quot;</p> </blockquote> <span>&mdash;Managing Your Career section Wall Street Journal, 2008</span> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="inner-wrap"><img src="img/mini-logo.gif" class="content-image" alt="" /> <p>© 2008 Sounding Board 4 Life, LLC. All rights reserved. Website design and development by <a href="http://www.computersims.com">ComputerSims</a>. Logo design by A. Ramos </p> <p>P.O. 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