martingraham

The road to transnational leadership and global communications is challenging : even more challenging when expressing yourself in english
as your alternative and international language:
I can help you - support both at the same time

this transition goes from doing your work very well to directing other people from around the world to do their work well and it includes six critical phases:

A : do what you do well - a great doer of your work - using your skills instinctively, intuitively and consciously and unconsciously;
highly competent and successful
then go to...
B : be clear about 'what' you do well - have a conscious and clear understanding of the key performing elements of your work: conscious of your successful skills, attitudes and behaviors
then go to...
C : describe that in words - able to express your core qualities and skills, attitudes, behaviors in words and communicate them well to others
then go to...
D : use english globally to share with others - express this in Global English: using remote tools, presentations, action plans, kick-offs, tele-meetings, dialogue; including managing and understanding the impact on you inherent using a second language
then go to...
E : understand how other people hear and listen - talk to people who think and understand differently to you and have different measures, desires outcomes, frames of reference and personal and professional drivers
then go to...
F : express your leadership in the community and within the team - able to share first with your leader to get a mandate and resources and with other leaders in your team, talk to your community and to your team about: who you are, why you are targeting your chosen goals, how you will achieve them, what you will do step by step, working with who, where and when, and which results you get
then you are leading globally and you can...
choose a new mission and journey

my job is to co-navigate with you on a challenging, provocative, pragmatic, accelerated journey through of all of the above in a powerful and confidential dialogue and to bring you tools to help you achieve all the global communication elements of the above

Hello, I'm Martin Graham and my mission is to help you succeed in yours because I love learning and supporting emerging global leaders focusing on strategic and international professional development, strengthening global communication skills, living with important vocational changes and needing effective, pragmatic and accelerated learning at work.

VALUE: IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR A CONSULTANT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE PROGRESS: ANYONE CAN TELL YOU THAT AND MOST OFTEN YOU ALREADY KNOW - HE OR SHE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING TO DO, WHERE, WHEN AND HOW TO DO IT OR LEARN TO DO IT: THEN HOW TO DO IT WELL AND WITH SKILL TO ENSURE A GREAT RESULT AND THE BEST RETURN ON YOUR PRECIOUS EFFORT AND INVESTMENT

I first created Babel International Coaching (2000) to help people learn about languages, communication, leadership, teams, communities and culture in their second language, Global English: Then I began to learn more about different pedagogical skills to bring the best and most pragmatic learning experience along with those tools, this is Cloud Coaching (2004) providing the right mix of best practice tools and processes available, and more recently Commons Coaching (2008) in order to confidentially model local french business experience and adapt the models and share between leaders their concrete experience.

Now I am coaching global business leaders using proven pragmatic learning methods - with the world's best respected models - sharing with clients the tools and processes - this is Cloud Coaching: It represents the best of the last ten years for leaders in transition, development and transformation into the global market or within a global company and role..

Accelerated learning - is combined facilitating, coaching, training, and support in real-time for on-the-job application: for languages, communications, leadership expression, global teams, pluricultural communities: from concept to concrete, thinking tools and your application: and the acquisition through practice of greater confidence and clarity in English.

I have twenty years experience in professional training and personal counselling and more than ten years international experience enabling business people to think, speak and act globally with greater clarity and confidence: incl. 5000+ hours of board level teaching, training and global coaching in Paris, France.

I use a combination of trusted models as tools for thinking in support of senior executives, teams and communities and leverage their concrete business experience to get their thoughts and ideas first.

empowering skills, attitudes and behaviors for international executives and global teams

more client stories ...

“Martin Graham is a very respectful but stimulating coach and tailors his methods to your exact needs, personality and situation. During our first meetings, we explained to each other our knowledge and experience: Martin taught me the major ideas of the methods he used and I explained to him the different aspects of my present job. This was a very important part: as I am a very rational person, I needed to feel reassured. Moreover, this gave me the opportunity to read and learn more about these methods. The second phase was about improving my efficiency within different contexts and environments. This was a demanding but very rich phase. At the end, I have found my personal keys to professional success and, more important, to life harmony.” Cécile Kergrohen - Chef de groupe Marketing SELECTA France - Responsable Marketing et R&D Le Kiosque à Sandwiches - Groupe Norac

"I choose Martin because of one essential quality : He inspires confidence. He prefers defining himself as an advanced teacher rather than a coach and I believe now it's the right definition. Martin has a valuable talent to make you achieve outstanding and fast results. He combines different methods and systems making each coaching session a new journey. He goes fast, you learn at high speed, and after a few months I have to recognize that I made fantastic and visible progress and change." Gilles Costa - Unit Director Capgemini Outsourcing Global Infrastructure Management - Executive Partner Accenture