Coaching · La Chaux-de-Fonds

Executive and manager coaching in La Chaux-de-Fonds

SHR supports executives, senior staff and managers in La Chaux-de-Fonds and the canton of Neuchâtel: a structured space to think, decide and move forward on real situations.

What we do in La Chaux-de-Fonds

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Taking on a new role or wider scope in La Chaux-de-Fonds

The first months in an expanded role hinge on fast decisions and legitimacy that must be built. In La Chaux-de-Fonds, coaching offers a space to set priorities, clarify posture and test decisions before making them.

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Tense situations and difficult decisions in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Team conflict, disagreement with management, reorganisation: we work on real cases drawn from your day-to-day life in La Chaux-de-Fonds and the local economic fabric (horlogerie de haute précision, microtechnique et design industriel).

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Sustainably developing managerial practice in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Ongoing support, typically six to ten sessions, with objectives set at the outset and reviewed along the way. Sessions on-site in La Chaux-de-Fonds or by video conference.

Working in La Chaux-de-Fonds: districts, access and municipalities covered

Areas we cover in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Centre-ville, Crêtets, Les Eplatures, La Cibourg, Charrière.

Access and logistics

30 minutes de Neuchâtel par le train ; interventions dans toute la cité horlogère et son agglomération.

Nearby municipalities covered

Le Locle, La Sagne, Les Ponts-de-Martel, Neuchâtel, Bienne and the entire canton of Neuchâtel. Working languages commonly used in La Chaux-de-Fonds: français.

SHR — Swiss Human Resources — 184 route de Saint-Julien, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates (Genève), Suisse · +41 58 788 01 35 · Monday–Friday, 8am–6pm.

Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds: why choose SHR

Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds 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 La Chaux-de-Fonds engagement aims at visible change at work.

Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds 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 La Chaux-de-Fonds, never the content.

Our coaches know the local context and can run the Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds in the coachee’s working language, on site, at a neutral venue or online.

At the end of the Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds, a three-way review measures what has changed. To start Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds, a no-commitment first meeting checks that the working relationship can form.

Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds: our local reading

In La Chaux-de-Fonds, we support executives from manufactures and subcontracting SMEs dealing with the transmission of know-how, production line automation and marked order cycles. Coaching helps them combine precision requirements with attention to people, and prepare difficult decisions during slowdowns.

How SHR coaching works — Coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds

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 La Chaux-de-Fonds

Where do coaching sessions in La Chaux-de-Fonds take place?

At your premises in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in a neutral venue, or by video conference. Our offices are located at 184 route de Saint-Julien, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates (Geneva).

How many sessions should be planned?

Most often six to ten ninety-minute sessions, spaced two to four weeks apart, with a mid-point check-in.

In which language does coaching in La Chaux-de-Fonds take place?

In French, English or German — in La Chaux-de-Fonds, most often in français.

Is the content of the sessions shared with the company?

No. The content remains confidential. Only the objectives and overall progress may be shared, with the coachee's agreement.

Want to support an executive in La Chaux-de-Fonds?

An initial scoping call within 24 hours to understand the context, the role and your needs.