Harlan-Evans has a long and successful history in executive coaching, working with a large variety of organizations. Toni Lynn Chinoy was an executive coach, working with senior leaders, long before coaching became a popular way to develop high potential leaders.

Sophisticated organizations have found our materials to be a natural next step to many of the development approaches they have already experienced. Because our focus relies on common sense understanding of the underlying issues, our programs our complimentary to other leadership development programs.

However, our combination of intuitive and linear logic, offers a truly unique approach, embraced by all of our clients as highly beneficial.

Corporate Coaching

(Our unique coaching/communicating processes)

We have been coaching senior executives for over twenty years. All of our coaches have been educated in a unique process.

Our opinion is that coaching is NOT therapy delivered by a psychologist attempting to translate his or her skill set to the business world. Executive coaching must be a combination of business coaching, corporate understanding, psychology, and intuitive understanding of process and systems. We believe that successful coaching requires a combination of understandings and procedures that the executive would not otherwise have at his or her command.

The coach must posses a natural understanding of the environment in which the client operates. He or she should also bring new thinking, ideas and methodology to the interaction. Strong perceptive abilities of the nuances of human interaction should be a requirement, along with an intuitive ability to identify the blind spots of the client. The ability to help the client identify those blind spots and to work at the instinctive level to correct them are critical.

The coach must also have the internal strength and fortitude to identify the tough calls leaders must make. He or she must have been tested over time or the coach will lack the credibility needed to help leaders make and execute difficult decisions.

We combine the above understandings and inherent qualities with diagnostic and developmental processes to help the leader move forward in his or her evolution.

Toni has published multiple articles, texts and training programs on Leadership, Style Issues, Power Games and Organizational health which have been adapted into our unique coaching approach.

Who Needs a Coach?

Individuals or groups frustrated by the often grueling process of translating his or her visionary ideas or concerns into concepts understood and embraced by others.

Who benefits from HEI's Executive Coaching Approach? ?

• Big thinkers frustrated in their communications to others.
• Persons or groups of individuals who would welcome having their visions, communications, and ongoing initiatives scrutinized by a facilitator as a means to personal and professional self-improvement.
• Talented leaders who suffer from style issues alienating their peers.
• Change agents who struggle in fear based organizations.
• High potential individuals who need seasoning before advancement.
• Leaders in new organizations or new roles.
• Any leader in a highly stressful environment with demanding business and personnel issues.

Some Testimonials for our Business Coaching Services

Rusty Franklin: Senior Representative for United Mine Workers

"Toni Lynn Chinoy was approved as a facilitator by both the United Mine Workers and the Mining companies (Peabody Coal, Consolidated Energy, etc.) Toni did an excellent job in getting people on both the Company side and the Union side to look beyond which side they were on and to look at joint interests they shared. She was very instrumental in helping develop the LMPCP process that remains in effect today between the UMWA and the BCOA, coal operators. In fact, in thirteen years there has not been a strike in the industry and a lot of that credit goes to focusing on problem solving and win-win relationships established through the LMPCP process. I would highly recommend Toni. She does a great job in moving the focus from the past to looking at the future and the opportunities."

Mike Krutza: retired President of the Central Region, Wausau, WI, Farm Credit Services

"Toni is the best leadership coach I've worked with in my 30 years of executive leadership experiences. She is uniquely gifted at assessing the complex leadership issues, while providing constructive options. Her counsel is rich in understanding of business and organizational needs. Toni combines all of this with a warm, respectful and intuitive style which is the best I've worked with."

Our past and current corporate coaching clients include the following: General Motors Corporation including Buick, Cadillac, GMAC, Saturn, General Motors Finance, GM Europe, Truck and Bus. Other clients include Avon, Bayer, Godiva, Northwest Airlines, Kellogg Corporation, Boeing Company, EDS, Ameritech, Capri Capital, Checkers, , Simon and Rosner, Amoco (now British Petroleum), Peabody Coal, Weisman Corporation, Farm Credit Services, Rockwell, and many others.

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