01/01/2011 00:00
Executive coaching is still in its infancy. It is, however, a remarkably old infant, going to back to Telemachus in Greek mythology (cf. Appendix I). It hit the billion...
01/01/2011 00:00
A consultant/consulting team crafts a strategy for you. A coach assists you in crafting your own strategy. These sentences are, of course, an oversimplification. One may...
01/01/2011 00:00
Consulting projects (engagements) may be performed by in-house teams, or by bringing in an external management consultancy. Each has its strengths and weaknesses. A common weakness of the...
01/01/2011 00:00
To contrast executive coaches with those from team sports: the latter have three key roles: "staffing," "training" and "strategy." Staffing consists of deciding who is on...
01/01/2011 00:00
Coaches may be subsumed into several categories, such as internal and external and hard and soft. The internal coach (mentor) knows corporate politics and understands the...
01/01/2011 00:00
The 360o feedback, Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator (MBTI), Action Research (AR) and the GROW model are four common approaches in psychology-based ("soft") coaching. A...
01/01/2011 00:00
“Fewer than one-fourth of the respondents said they provide any kind of quantitative data on business outcomes of the coaching.” The statement was made by David P. Peterson of...
01/01/2011 00:00
“Significantly, coaches were evenly split on the importance of certification. Although a number of respondents said that the field is filled with charlatans, many of them...
01/01/2011 00:00
A good strategy forum or blog would be a useful "nice-to-have" addition to any strategist´s toolkit, from the interested MBA student to the CEO of a ...
