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What Is Executive Coaching?
We are qualified professional’s that works with individuals (usually executives, but often high potential employees, executives, and those with political aspirations to help them gain self-awareness, clarify goals, achieve their development objectives, unlock their potential, and act as a sounding board. WE are not therapists and are consulting backgrounds, we seldom give advice and usually refrain from giving advice or solving our client’s problems. Instead, we ask questions to help executive clarify and solve their own problems. What Executive Coaches Do? AS Executive coaches we provide a confidential and supportive sounding board for our clients. Our clients ask questions, we help challenge assumptions, help provide clarity, provide resources, and yes, sometimes, with permission, provide advice. WE often administer and help interpret 360-degree and behavioral assessments, conduct confidential interviews to help a client gain self-awareness, and establish development goals. |
What the Typical Executive Coaching Process Looks Like
While there are many variations, executive coaching usually involves a series of phases, starting with intake, assessment, goal setting, and development planning, and then progressing through the development plan, with periodic check-ins with the executive’s manager. The process is over when the development goal(s) is achieved, or when the coach and/or coachee decides that it should stop. The typical duration of a coaching engagement is seven to 12 months. The Confidentiality of Executive Coaching When it comes to executive coaching, conversations are completely confidential between the coach and coachee. If an organization is paying for the coaching services, they may receive periodic status updates (dates, milestones achieved), but nothing else is shared without the coachee’s permission. Where Executive Coaching Happens? Face-to-face is ideal, given that so much of communication is non-verbal and it helps in building rapport initially. We've had success with virtual coaching over the phone (or through Skype). |
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