EXECUTIVE COACHING for RESULTS docx

[...]... high-impact executive coaching methodology Purpose of coaching Alternatives to executive coaching What levels receive coaching? Senior leaders who receive and endorse coaching Role of human resource and leadership development Intel coaching request screening sheet Role of the boss in coaching assignments Coaching selection checklist guide for leaders 5-step process for making an effective match Frequency of coaching. .. Leadership forum goal sheet How do organizations find coaches? Selection criteria for choosing coaches Keeping in touch with your coaching pool 98 100 101 103 109 112 119 Foreword Marshall Goldsmith In many ways executive coaching is still a primitive and newly emerging field Both leaders and companies are struggling with, “Exactly what does an executive coach do?” and “What can executive coaching do for. .. knowledge about an emerging field, which commonly focused on executives who needed fixing As coaching evolved from a remedial 4 Executive Coaching for Results intervention into a perk for C-suite and high-potential executives, knowledge and sophistication about coaching practices have increased In response, The Conference Board added seminars and forums in 2004 to satisfy the interests of more senior-level... the executive coaching foundation and build from there What is coaching? Why do coaching? Who receives coaching? We’ll take a further look into these basics in this chapter What Is Coaching? Scroll through the academic, consulting, and other literature and you will find about as many definitions of executive coaching as there are coaches in the marketplace Here are a few examples: 7 8 Executive Coaching. .. the most popular solution for executives Coaching s rise in popularity impacts the use of traditional executive development methods We found that in-house training, formal mentoring, and external Introduction 3 education are at times being displaced by executive coaching As a result, many trainers and consultants now deliver their specialized content with coaching included For example, a time management... valuable for them Table 1 Top Five Learning Methods (2000 vs 2004) 2000 2004 Action Learning Senior executives as faculty Outside experts Action Learning Senior executives as faculty Outside speakers Outside speakers Outside experts Inside experts External executive coaches xviii Executive Coaching for Results Figure 1 Top ten learning methods (2004) (select all that apply) 75% Use of senior executives... external coaching a high priority in their leader development strategies Some are now five to ten years into an in-depth coaching implementation, serving hundreds—if not thousands—of their executives Coaching has achieved a place as both a professional and a profitable business 1 2 Executive Coaching for Results A 2004 Harvard Business Review article2 coined the industry the Wild West of coaching, ... says, “We use coaching as a development strategy, oftentimes aligned with new leader transitions—those who are stepping up into a new 10 Executive Coaching for Results Figure 3 Purpose of coaching organization, leader, and coach perspectives 3.2 Leader Development Weighted Averages Leaders Organizations 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 2.7 Retention of HiPo Fix Performance Problem Career Coaching Life Coaching Intercultural... during coaching assignments Instruments used Importance of consistency with the process Critical success factors for internal coaches Greatest challenges for internal coaches Coach satisfaction survey Page xvii 37 67 85 Page xviii xviii 10 15 16 24 34 36 45 47 49 55 55 69 74 86 89 97 xii Executive Coaching for Results 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Methods of measuring impact Mini-survey report Linking coaching. .. off-site executive development and strategy seminars held at Dartmouth; • Deloitte—now requires training in coaching skills for all of its partners; • ABN/AMRO—trains line managers from their business units in coaching skills Going forward, seminars and forums will continue to keep pace with trends in the field of coaching Themes frequently mentioned on evaluations include: • What are the best coaching . Personnel 33 Coaching Highlights 40 4. Managing the Coaching Engagement 41 Preparing the Executive for Coaching 41 Prepare the Boss for Coaching 44 Don’t. Understanding the Coaching Field 7 What Is Coaching? 7 The Purpose of Coaching Why? 8 What Does Coaching Replace? 14 Who Gets Coaching? 14 Coaching Highlights