About Us
Who We Are
Solera Associates LLC, the home of Coach Solera, was formed in late 2008 to provide coaching, consulting, and teaching on project management, in particular Commitment-Based Project Management (CBPM for short). You can see information on this approach at the PM Lead site.
Since then, Solera Associates has expanded to provide coaching on leadership at Duke University's Fuqua School of Management through Delta Leadership, Inc. , leader and team performance, including Agile instruction and coaching.
While we are based in the East Coast, we provide services nationwide and, with the power of the internet, worldwide.
Jose Solera is the principal consultant. You can see his profile in LinkedIn . He has been coaching on the Six Domains of Leadership(TM) model since 2009.
Interview on my business and leadership philosophies
I was recently interviewed by my friend Ange Dove for her podcast "You're the Boss". We had a great discussion on how I set up my business, leadership development, communications, etc. Listen to it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-build-leadership-as-you-grow/id1513721614?i=1000684281872
What's my experience?
How have I helped clients?
What's the process?
What's my experience?
I have led and coached teams and individuals for many years. At Intel, Symantec and various companies I have worked with, and with over 10 years of leadership coaching for Duke Fuqua, I have successfully helped my clients improve and succeed.
How have I helped clients?
The breath of my coaching experience is vast. I've coached executives at all levels, from CEOs to mid-level managers, senior military officers in transition to civilian life, and executive MBA students, I have seen quite a bit and I can help you be successful in your own initiatives.
What challenges do you have? Opportunities? Are you facing leadership challenges? How do you know if you are a good leader?
What's the process?
Using the Six Domains of Leadership Method (SDLM), we work together to assess your leadership strengths and areas for improvement, how to improve the skills, and how to apply them to a change initiative the client wants to engage in.
But I bring my extensive experience and knowledge of tools, such as OKRs, planning using Agile and other approaches such as Intel's map days (aka CBPM), goal and strategy development, etc.
Some examples
One of my clients is a CEO at an accounting and wealth management firm. We worked together for over a year as he identified his organization's and personal needs and opportunities. Together we developed strategies to achieve his goals.
Currently I'm working with a senior sales executive who is returning to the workforce after some time away. These discussions are more tactical than strategic, including resume discussions and identification of companies and roles.
Some of my clients are retiring military officers who are looking for the best way to transition into civilian life. While focused on leadership development, we discuss opportunities based on their interests and skills to help them identify direction.
And coaching can be more practical, such as how to change an IT applications development team to be Agile. What's the best approach? Which Agile methodology? At a recent client the team moved from adhoc to Kanban and eventually to Scrum, becoming a high performing team in the process. And at the same time, they moved over 90% of their hardware to the cloud, reducing capital expenses (CapEx).
Reach out to me!
Book your free call and let me know what kind of opportunities or challenges you are facing and see how we can help you.
