Introduction
C4S Search are specialist headhunters, exclusively working within Technology and Engineering. They support mid to senior level roles, placing the brightest minds in STEM into businesses globally that will change the world. C4S Search pride themselves on being thought-leaders in talent acquisition, dedicated STEM ambassadors, with a passion to shape a brighter future through people
The Challenge
In March 2020 C4S Search was deeply hit by the COVID19 pandemic, organisations stopped recruiting overnight and as such C4S Search saw their business plummet literally within hours of the Government announcement to lockdown. Ryan O’Hara, Managing Director & Co-Founder of C4S Search engaged DBKT Coaching for Executive Coaching to get support in overcoming the challenges the pandemic had brought, to rethink and reimage the business in order to bounce back stronger and accelerate the ambitious business growth and scale up plans C4S had.
The Solution
Kathryn our Executive Leadership Coach had six 1-1 coaching sessions with Ryan, taking a future focussed and goal-oriented approach, using a range of techniques to get Ryan thinking more creatively. Kathryn shared feedback and insights to gently challenge Ryan in his thinking to create deeper learning and innovative outcomes for the business. Part of the coaching was to support Ryan in developing his leadership team. As such, Kathryn was further engaged to run a day’s action learning session with the leadership team to develop their skills and connect them as a leadership team. As a result, the team developed new values for the organisation and agreed on ways of working together to progress their important work. C4S Search’s come back following the pandemic has been awe-inspiring to see and DBKT Coaching is super proud to have played a small part in their huge success.
Testimonial
“My Journey with Kathryn started about 6 months when I approached her to personally support with some Executive Coaching. Kathryn quickly understood our strategic business challenges but what was more impressive was her ability to help us resolve these issues in line with our future vision. Kathryn really understood our culture and values and pushed us to think differently. Over the course of 6 very thorough, productive and engaging sessions we were able to identify areas for improvement but also act on them to see positive results. Throughout the process Kathryn helped us implement new ideas, frameworks and techniques that we will continue to use for years to come. Following my executive coaching sessions, the next step was to involve the leadership team. Kathryn ran an action learning session with our leadership team to address an urgent business critical challenge. Kathryn’s passion, energy and expertise were infectious. The team were immediately engaged and I’m pleased to say that after a full day’s session, the objectives were met, actions were set and there was a proud sense of team work and collaboration from everyone having overcome the barrier. Overall Kathryn has been instrumental in helping our business overcome recent strategic challenges. Her passion for doing things differently and applying new concepts has allowed us to implement ideas fit for the future. I would highly recommend Kathryn for any Executive or Team Coaching Services.”
Ryan O’Hara
Managing Director & Founder
C4S