Our Coaching Model

Fostering continuous development and personal growth

The Lodestone coaching model has a strong focus on supporting individual development whilst maintaining individual responsibility. An innovative approach to people development is required in order to ensure that our consultants are constantly evolving towards their development goals and are able to cope with the day-to-day challenges they face with our clients. This development is not just a hierarchical progression through career levels, but is also about awareness and personal growth.

At Lodestone, each employee (coachee) is assigned to a coach who facilitates the coachee’s career development within the organization. Lodestone provides the framework to facilitate this relationship. Coaching for personal and career development is embedded into a formal HR cycle that ensures that each consultant’s performance throughout the year is measured and assessed. Career development is also reviewed and continuously explored.

The coach has two main roles within the Lodestone coaching model. As a “manager”, the coach ensures that all formal HR process activities such as agreeing objectives and end of year assessments, are completed on time. The HR process is formalized and therefore a visible part is supported by process descriptions and templates. The second role, that of a coach, is focused on the further development of the coachee and their potential. The development-oriented role of a coach at Lodestone is mostly invisible to others - it is part of the “designed alliance” between the coachee and coach.

All coaches at Lodestone are educated and trained for their role and responsibilities as a coach and provided with the necessary tools and techniques to foster their coachees’ development. Lodestone provides intensive coaching courses for coaches which equips them with the required information and experience for both the Lodestone HR process and development aspects of coaching, including helpful tools and detailed feedback.