The ACE Program

The ACE Manager's Mentoring Program is a 6 month coaching course designed to support women with focused career goals. We can all aspire to go further, and many of us are committed to putting in the hard work to achieve our desired outcomes, but sometimes the things that stand in our way can seem like insurmountable hurdles and try as we might, we fall short.

Barbara Bradbury's ACE program balances personal coaching/mentoring calls with time for reflection and application of relevant tools and techniques that are introduced to you during your coaching sessions. Not only are you learning and growing from established management practices, your individual circumstances and needs are being met too. In this way, with your commitment and Barbara's extensive professional experience, wisdom and guidance, you can progress steadily from aspiration to achievement.

The relationship between coach and coachee is critical. It is so important to find that 'someone' with whom you relate so that the coachee truly develops and thrives. Therefore, an initial call with Barbara is the first step, to ensure that there is a mutual connection. When you have both agreed to work together, the program starts in earnest.  It involves six two-hour coaching sessions at monthly intervals, at times that are convenient to you. Barbara offers complete flexibility so that you can arrange your coaching calls around your schedule. Furthermore, if you want less or more time between calls, that is also accommodated to ensure that you are getting input when you most need it.

Self-awareness is key to great leadership and management.  Barbara is a licensed user of a variety of psychometric analysis tools such as the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, 360 Degree assessment and the Emotional Intelligence Profile. If these are considered to be useful for your particular development needs they will be offered to you as you progress through The ACE Program, so adding another dimension to your personal and professional development.

All tools and techniques that Barbara covers during coaching sessions are supported with resource material. This enables her coachees to have reference material readily available to work with, and refer back to long after the coaching program has completed.