Cumbria Constabulary
Training and development
Mentoring and Executive Coaching programme
In September 2020, Teesside University Business School completed year one of a four year programme with Cumbria Constabulary to develop and deliver mentoring and executive coaching to a closed cohort of 12 senior police officers – primarily at Sergeant, Inspector or Chief Inspector rank - with identifiable leadership promise and characteristics profiled by Cumbria Constabulary.
The Mentoring and Executive Coaching programme involved the delivery of five one-to-one sessions per participant, with each participant initially completing a personal diagnostic report followed by a series of individual exercises and tools culminating in a set of common and agreed SMART career goals for each participant.
Cumbria Constabulary intends to put forward a further cohort of 16 participants for the second year of the programme.
Particularly useful was the setting of tasks around my development, that I wouldn’t otherwise have pushed myself to complete without that accountability. I feel much more confident moving forwards and would highly recommend coaching to anyone looking to progress their career.
I felt like Simon really knew me and how I ‘ticked’ after the first session. He taught me a lot about myself and changed how I perceive myself, or maybe just gave me the confidence to recognise what I already knew and brought it out of me. This has boosted my confidence in the workplace.
Simon was upbeat and amiable. He got me to engage when I was a little sceptical and by the end of the four sessions, I knew what I wanted to do and had a plan in place to help me achieve it. The coaching Simon offers makes you think about what is important to you, where you aim to be and more importantly a plan to help you get there
