One-on-one coaching and mentoring to challenge, support, encourage and enable individuals to reach their full potential.
Welcome
In this fast changing world, more and more people are finding it difficult to keep up with new demands.
To overcome this, I provide ‘just in time’ one-on-one support to challenge, encourage and enable individuals to achieve their key objectives, meet new expectations and fulfill their potential.
What People Say
"I worked with Vance on numerous development programmes and his practical approach combined with his personal energy brought consistent results." Richard Cornwell, Managing Director
"Vance mentored me as I began a new role as Sales Controller and helped me make the transition from being one of the team to managing and leading the team. He helped me have confidence in my ability and gave me sound advice on positioning, managing upwards, planning the team restructure to grow our business. His advice, help and support has been invaluable." Lucy Gilbert, Sales Controller
" I worked with Vance over a period of time when we implemented a new Selling Skills programme to our sales team. He was a pleasure to work with and always happy to challenge my thinking to make sure we got the best possible outcomes for our teams. He also introduced us to the concept of running Development Centres for teams and although there was resistance initially because it was different...he encouraged me to be brave and keep going with it. These development centres became an integral part of how we worked and people found them incredibly valuable. Great for coming up with new ideas and adapting them to the workplace you are working in." Helen Sandilands, Head of Sales Effectiveness
"Vance is a true all rounder when it comes to everything and anything you look for in a coach, mentor, motivator and thought leader. I’m lucky to have been on the receiving end of a good few years of sound business and leadership coaching from Vance whilst working in the same industry together. Always inspiring creativity, always teaching others to think and act outside the square...Vance is a genuine, humble and fun loving coach to be around." Mark Zimmerman, Sales Director
What Does Success Look Like?
Introducing......
Hot off the press - my second book "What Does Success Look LIke" gives you the framework to help translate your dreams and apsirations into firm plans and actions
Cooking for Business
Looking for ideas?
My latest book - Cooking for Business - is now available to buy or download on Amazon. It looks at the ingredients needed for sustainable success in key areas of business and within key roles.
"An excellent read.
Great reminder of some business basics and some interesting new techniques and ideas.
5 stars!"
" Easy to read and understand the key principles. Great for bench-marking what you're already doing and gaining some new perspectives. 5 stars!"
About 496
The 496 Partnership was born out of my belief that too many talented people are not given the support they need to allow them to fully develop their skills and achieve everything that they're capable of.
My approach is focused and tailored - working with you to unleash your potential.
Very much 'just in time' rather than 'just in case'. We will cover what we need to, when we need to.
My passion is 'Making People Count'
Why 496?
496 is a ‘perfect number’ – it’s divisible by: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 62, 124 and 248. If you take all of those individual component numbers and add them together, the total is 496.
Just as the number 496 is made up of different components, organisations also consist of a number of different components - departments, teams and individuals. Indeed, our own lives have many different 'components'.
With any one of the numbers missing, any members of the team not performing or if we feel incomplete in any aspects of our own lives, we cannot get to 100%.
Mentoring and coaching support targets key areas to help you deliver 100% of your potential.
My commitment
I am totally committed to mentoring and coaching you and your team to ensure that you reach your full potential - both on a personal and commercial level.
Coaching and Mentoring
Why Coaching and Mentoring?
To me, working one on one with talented people is such a privilege. I love working 'up close' and in real time to 'stretch' and challenge individuals to unleash their true potential.
The Coaching work that I do falls into three areas:
1 Performance Coaching - helping individuals unleash their full potential
2 Development Coaching - helping high-performing individuals become more rounded contributors
3 Career Coaching - helping individuals to plan their next career moves
The Mentoring work that I do is long term and focuses on 'big picture' thinking. Mentoring is about more than just goal achievement, it's also about life planning.
My role is not to 'rescue' individuals. My role is to enable, challenge and support individuals to give them the confidence to deliver 100% of their potential. It's all about 'Making People Count'.
Why not get in touch to see how we could work together.
496 - What Does Success Look Like?
The Process of Change
A key part of the mentoring and coaching support that I provide is to help you define what you're trying to achieve and supporting you in taking the key steps to make sure that your goals are fully achieved.
Achieving your goals, your dreams and your ambitions IS within your reach
All of us have ideas and dreams but for many people everyday life can get in the way of realising them. Too many distractions means that these dreams fall into the ‘too difficult' pile, detailed plans are not built and motivation is lost.
It’s often easier to leave things as they are rather than making changes that carry the risk of failure and disappointment. Without the clarity in our own minds and a defined plan, it’s difficult (if not virtually impossible) to communicate precisely what we're trying to achieve and why.
I make this easier for you.
Taking The First Step
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got”
Working with our proven template, I'll help and support you to identify the key areas for change and the key steps to drive that change. I'll work with you to build the plans that will ensure that actions are completed, required changes are implemented and success is attained.
It’s easy to find reasons not to change but truly understanding WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE® will provide the clarity and motivation to help you get started on making the changes that you want and move you closer to getting the results that you deserve.
Why not get in touch and let's see how we can realise your goals and ambitions.