Change begins here!

Coaching and Training from John Doan & On The Threshold supports the growth of individuals, relationships, teams and Organizations.  This happens through coaching and training in “The Science of People Skills”.

Areas of Specialty:

• Team Performance: helping teams to achieve sustainable productivity
• Emotional Intelligence: be more effective in your own emotional management and interacting with the emotions of others
• Leadership: be the change you want to see at work, at home, in your Community
• Relationship: make it more fulfilling, collaborative and longer lasting

The clients that benefit most from Coaching are the ones who are serious about creating change and fulfillment in their lives. Whether their agenda is personal or professional, the client’s passion and commitment to change are what matters most.  To find out more about our delivery of services, please visit our “Programs and Resources” section.

• Teams need more than team building – they need both interpersonal skills and awareness with practice and support to implement them over time so they get the job done more effectively together!  Relationships need to collaborate, cooperate and be able to deal with conflict that derails interpersonal relations.

With our special focus on Teams and Interpersonal Relationship, we use a Systems approach to help people in transforming their professional and personal lives. Delivery modes include coaching sessions, classes, experiential training and coaching for personal and corporate learning. We are ALL in relationship in our lives – with many people and of different kinds, whether at work, at play or at home. Teams need to work with each other to get the job done.  All relationships can be happier, more intentional, collaborative and effective.

• “Emotional Intelligence is more than twice as important a predictor of success than IQ and Technical Skill combined!” – Harvard Business School

There is no getting around it.  We are human beings with emotions. Sooner or later, to be successful means learning how to manage our own emotions first and then how to be skillful in how we interact with the emotions of others. Emotional Intelligence has become recognized as a foundational skill set for both Personal and Organizational Leadership. It can be defined as the ability to manage oneself emotionally as well as managing the emotions of others around them for the benefit of all concerned. People consistently discover that E.I. helps them understand themselves and others in ways that really do change how they interact at work and at home. We all have emotions and learning how to make them work for us rather than having us be run by them can be a powerful personal transformation.

• Leaders are required to model a professional attitude to deliver results and to be able to lead through conflict to keep their best and brightest together, working effectively and co-operatively. We train leaders to become Conflict Competent.

On The Threshold offers both advanced and introductory Leadership Development. We offer both advanced and introductory Leadership programs in our Integrated Leadership Coaching Program with 360 assessment and our Developmental Excellence Program for creating ‘team centered’ staff excellence.

Change IS possible!

Change does not have to be something that is imposed upon us and that we fear.  It can also be something that we choose, design and create to be in service of our goals, dreams and vision.  How? On The Threshold believes that when you come right down to it, change happens for one of two reasons.  We either move toward something or want to avoid something. The first is more ‘creative’, where we see or envision what we want and set ourselves in motion toward that goal. The latter is more ‘reactive’ where external influences (events, other people) are the driving force for change. We either move toward something OR we want to avoid something – we are either proactive or reactive.  The difference matters – do you want to leave it only to other people and events to drive your change or do YOU want to be at choice and following YOUR vision?

At On The Threshold, we work with people and Organizations to become more aware of where they are going, who they are going with and the drivers behind their direction.  This empowers our clients to choose, not just react to what happens around them.  The result is that the changes they implement are based around their vision and agenda, not someone else’s.  And, having the support to deal with the challenges and fears that present with change can make the difference between whether you go to the edge and turn back or cross that threshold into that new vision and make it a reality!

At On The Threshold, our mission is to help people who are serious about their goals to cross the threshold into the success they want in their lives both professionally and personally.