Case studies

  • Background

     

    Bridge Street Church provides a wide range of support and activities to inner-city communities in Leeds, supporting over 700 people a week. The organisation is embarking on a large capital project, redeveloping and ultimately relocating to a former school to enable the organisation to increase the quality and range of activities it provides for the local community. As a result, the organisation is undergoing huge change, and the Associate Pastor and Project Manager for the capital build project, Steve Reilly, requested a mentor to support him through the process of change management.

    Who did what?
    Leeds Ahead approached Chris Mclean from CMC Consulting, who offered to become Steve's mentor during this period of change.  Chris was previously head of organisational development for a large primary care trust so had significant experience in developing organisational excellence through developing people and human systems.  She is also a qualified personal performance coach and neuro linguistic programming practitioner. 
    The outcome
     

    Whilst still in the early days of this arrangement, Steve reports that 'so far the sessions and information have been tremendously helpful.  I have set some targets which involve meeting with the staff to build team strength, and I have gained clarity on what I need to do going forward'. Chris reports that 'Being a mentor is definitely a two way learning process; I get as much out of the sessions as the mentee, such as improving my coaching skills, deepening my understanding of the challenges and ways of working in other organisations, and really helping to widen my horizons and step out of my comfort zone. I would definitely recommend it to others.'

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