Taking up a new role
A workshop owner who must also lead a few people: learning to delegate without constantly taking over.
Coaching · in the canton of Neuchâtel
Executive and management coaching in the canton of Neuchâtel
Support for owners, workshop managers and experts who became managers in the canton of Neuchâtel.
Working in the canton of Neuchâtel
The canton of Neuchâtel lives on microtechnology, watchmaking, medtech and a network of precision SMEs. Teams are often small and highly expert, with rare skills passed on on the job, and family or industrial firms are professionalising. The challenge here is specific: growing experts without cutting them off from their craft, and preparing succession when a generation retires.
Most common working languages in the canton of Neuchâtel: French, with English in technical and export teams.
Coaching in the canton of Neuchâtel: what we secure
Tense situations and hard decisions
A technical expert appointed team lead: finding a place between a craft they know and decisions they now have to take.
Developing your management practice
Structuring a growing SME: clarifying roles, routines and priorities without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Coaching Neuchâtel: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Neuchâtel.
Coaching in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Coaching Neuchâtel: why choose SHR
Coaching Neuchâtel with SHR starts from a concrete goal set with the coachee and shared with the organisation: a new role, leadership presence, team management or workload balance. Every Coaching Neuchâtel engagement aims at visible change at work.
Coaching Neuchâtel relies on a three-way contract, spaced sessions and real situations worked on between meetings. Confidentiality is guaranteed: the organisation knows the goals of the Coaching Neuchâtel, never the content.
Our coaches know the local context and can run the Coaching Neuchâtel in the coachee’s working language, on site, at a neutral venue or online.
At the end of the Coaching Neuchâtel, a three-way review measures what has changed. To start Coaching Neuchâtel, a no-commitment first meeting checks that the working relationship can form.
How SHR coaching works — Coaching Neuchâtel
Useful coaching is judged by what changes at work, not by how comfortable the sessions feel. We start from a goal set with the coachee and agreed with the organisation, then track progress against it.
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Chemistry meeting
A no-commitment conversation to check the fit between coach and coachee. If the alliance does not form, we propose another coach — it is the first condition for success.
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Three-way contract
Coachee, manager or HR, and coach agree on two or three observable goals and on what stays confidential. The organisation knows the goals, never the content of sessions.
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Working sessions
Spaced sessions that leave time to experiment in between: real situations, preparing difficult conversations, field feedback. Tools such as 360° feedback are used only when they serve the goal.
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Review
A three-way review of the original goals, what has changed, what remains and how the organisation can support what comes next.
What coaching delivers in practice
- Written, shared goals reviewed at mid-point
- A clear confidentiality frame for the coachee
- A structured final review with the manager or HR
- Ways to consolidate progress after the engagement ends
What coaching is not
It is not therapy, not a disguised disciplinary measure and not a way to load an organisational problem onto one person. When the difficulty lies in structure, role or team, we say so and suggest the right lever.
Reference points we rely on
Meta-analyses of workplace coaching report positive effects on performance, well-being and self-regulation, while stressing the weight of relationship quality and clear goals. Our coaches follow a recognised code of ethics: confidentiality, no conflicts of interest, and referral to another professional when a need is clinical.
- Theeboom, T., Beersma, B., & van Vianen, A. E. M. (2014). Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1), 1–18.
- Jones, R. J., Woods, S. A., & Guillaume, Y. R. F. (2016). The effectiveness of workplace coaching: A meta-analysis of learning and performance outcomes from coaching. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89(2), 249–277.
- International Coaching Federation (2020). ICF Code of Ethics.
Frequently asked questions — coaching in the canton of Neuchâtel
Can coaching in the canton of Neuchâtel take place at the production site?
Yes. Sessions are held in your offices or on your site, at a time that suits the workshop; videoconference is possible between meetings.
Do you support business takeovers and transfers?
Yes, working with the outgoing owner and the incoming one, separately or in joint sessions, to clarify the transition and the first decisions.
How many coaching sessions should be planned in the canton of Neuchâtel?
Six to ten sessions as a rule, with objectives set at the start and a review after three or four meetings. The pace follows your calendar.
Is coaching in the canton of Neuchâtel confidential?
Yes. Session content is not passed to management or to third parties without your explicit agreement. The languages most used in the canton of Neuchâtel are French, with English in technical and export teams.
A situation to work on in the canton of Neuchâtel?
Describe the situation in a few lines: we call you back to frame the request and propose a method suited to it.
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