Finding Clarity

OceanBlue exists to

help individuals, teams

and organizations to act

intentionally to achieve the

right and most impactful

outcome for the challenge

or opportunity they are

facing in their complex and

uncertain context.

What is Coaching?

Coaching is a dynamic se-

ries of focused conversations to

unlock a person’s potential and

develop their skills and mindset

to maximize their performance

Coaches will help you gain

self-awareness, clarify your

goals, achieve your develop-

ment objectives, and act as a

sounding board to help you work

through your challenge.

Your coach will not tell you

what to do. Instead they will

challenge you to think in differ-

ent ways to unlock your poten-

tial and maximize your perfor-

mance.

All coaching sessions are

condential safe spaces.

A Coach Supports You

A coach listens intently to

guide a deeper conversation by:

• Facilitating the development

and implementation of your

next steps

• Being direct and honest in

a respectful and non-judge-

mental manner

• Encouraging you to push out-

side of your comfort zone to

assist you in exploring your

leadership challenges from

different angles

• Is a catalyst to discover your

full potential to be an effective

leader

Business Coach

Whom We Help

Executives, and Senior Managers

Leaders of small

and medium sized

organizations who need

personal or team support to

solve problems, overcome

obstacles, take advantage

of an opportunity or

develop leadership skills.

Managers

Managers of small, medium and

large organizations who are re-

sponsible for developing learning

and talent management strate-

gies along with tactics for individ-

uals and the teams in their orga-

nizations.

Teams

Teams needing support to un-

cover problems and nd solu-

tions to be a cohesive group in

order to improve performance

and productivity, which leads to

better results for the organiza-

tion.

OceanBlue Strategic helps the

individual navigate their way through

both specic and less dened

challenges and opportunities.

One - on - One

Coaching

OceanBlue Strategic works

with teams to help them

improve their effectiveness to

achieve a common purpose.

Team

Coaching

Align Teams for 2021

Team alignment is a sys-

tem of integrated one-on-one,

small group, facilitated team dia-

logues, and intersession work to

bring clarity to all team members

about the organizations needs

and to create team cohesion.

Personal Coaching Sessions

One-on-one discussions

with a coach enables exploration

of issues they do not feel com-

fortable voicing in a group envi-

ronment.

During the personal coach-

ing sessions, individuals will de-

velop skills to share their ideas

in future group discussions and

process their reactions to be-

haviours of other team members.

Facilitated Group Sessions

Facilitated group discussion

uncover important issues and re-

solve them in a safe, candid and

trusting environment.

The team will create an

aligned understanding and com-

mitment to key questions includ-

ing but not limited to:

Building Cohesive Teams

Team Alignment

Every year, leaders need

to ensure their teams have clar-

ity about the purpose of their

department within the organi-

zation. Traditionally, this is ac-

complished with one or two day

planning and team building ses-

sions. This year due to the pan-

demic, it is not adviable to bring

people together in one room,

however today, team alignment

is more important than ever be-

fore.

The virtual work situations

spawned during the pandemic

have some benets, like reduced

commute times, increased pro-

ductivity, decreased time-wast-

ing small talk, increased exibil-

ity and for some, a real work life

balance.

While collaborative tools

and video conferencing help

teams communicate, it has been

increasingly difcult to ensure

teams are cohesive and have a

clear understanding of objec-

tives, expectations, and their

results for the organization.

Due to the amount of dis-

ruption your team has experi-

enced this year, they need to

Discover the

Team Alignment

Process

reect back to understand what

worked, what didn’t work, what

could have been done differ-

ently, and to nd solutions to

their unique personal challeng-

es.

In the past, you brought

team members together in a ca-

sual social environment to fos-

ter connections and build closer

bonds. Today, your team mem-

bers need to develop these

personal connections more than

ever before, to overcome feel-

ings of isolation.

In the past, a facilitator

used interactive exercises to

connect, discover new ideas,

uncover problems and develop

new solutions. This year calls

for a virtual approach because

teams cannot physically be to-

gether to complete exercises.

Trying to simply replicate

past formats in a virtual setting

to facilitate team alignment will

not be effective due to how

people interact virtually and ex-

perience screen fatigue.

OceanBlue Strategic de-

signed a virtual solution to an-

nual team alignment sessions,

by understanding how people

interact with virtual tools.

What OceanBlue

Strategic Does

What We Do

Everday, leaders and team

members focus on their day to day

demands, tasks, and activities, which

impeed their ability to understand

issues and nd new solutions.

When teams take the time to

communicate, innovate, and problem

solve they help the organization to

move forward more effectively.

OceanBlue Strategic facilitates

-

the process and helps teams to imp-

liment these new ideas to improve their

productivity, environment, and pro

-

cesses.

OceanBlue Strategic offers services

designed to help leaders and

teams uncover new ways to move

organizations forward.

How OceanBlue

Strategic Does It

OceanBlue Strategic’s approach

is to use tools and techniques to

guide individuals and groups to the

answers they possess.

Meet Shakeel Bharmal

a regional operations manag-

er, and co-proprietor of a family

business. He taught undergrad-

uate and graduate courses in

management at the University

of British Columbia and Gold

Platinum Institute in Russia. As

a strategy consultant, he served

clients in aerospace, automo-

tive, aviation, energy, hospitality,

internet and transportation and

wholesale distribution industries.

Shakeel holds an MBA from

the Richard Ivey School of Busi-

ness, where he graduated as

Class Valedictorian. He immi-

grated with his family from Tan-

zania as a child, grew up in Van-

couver and is currently based in

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

“Shakeel is a great thinker, listener, communicator, teach-

er and leader. Shakeel is the person whom others turn to

when they are seeking inspiration, clear thinking and direc-

tion. In addition to being one of the smartest people I have

had the privilege to work with, Shakeel is one of the most

honourable and sincere people I have ever met.”

Robert Swanborough, General Manager, Europe, Insulet

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