Our Coaching Model

The Lodestone Coaching Model has a strong focus on supporting individual development whilst maintaining individual responsibility. An innovative way of people development is required to ensure 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 an hierarchical progression through career levels, but about awareness and personal growth.

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

Within the Lodestone Coaching Model the coach has two main roles. One as ‘manager’ to ensure all formal HR process activities like agreeing objectives and end of year assessments are completed in due time. The HR process is formalized and therefore a visible part supported by process descriptions and templates.
The second role of a coach is focused on 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 within Lodestone are educated and developed into their role and responsibilities as a coach and provided with necessary tools and techniques to foster their coaches developments. Lodestone provides intensive coaching courses for coaches that provide coaches with the required information on and experience in, both the Lodestone HR process and development aspects of coaching including helpful tools and detailed feedback.