Executive Coaching for Results : The Definitive Guide to Developing Organizational Leaders

The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. Human resource and leadership development practitioners must wade through a wilderness of conflicting information about when to use coaching, how to do it well, and how to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and success of any coaching intervention. "Executive Coaching for Results" helps this critical leadership development technique come of age.This is not a how-to-coach book - there are already plenty of those - but rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. Underhill, McAnally, and Koriath draw on their rigorous original research with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Dell, Sony, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, Unilever, Wal- Mart, and many others to cover topics like coaching as part of an overall leadership development strategy; typical activities and instruments used during coaching; costs of coaching; development of an internal coaching program; selection of the right coach for the job; the ROI of coaching; following up after coaching; and much more. Offering practical learning, best practices, and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment. Contents......Page 7 Figures and Tables......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 Preface......Page 18 Acknowledgments......Page 24 Why Now?......Page 26 About the Book......Page 30 What Is Coaching?......Page 32 The Purpose of Coaching—Why?......Page 33 Who Gets Coaching?......Page 39 Coaching Highlights......Page 41 2. The Importance of Culture and Leadership Support......Page 44 Culture Counts......Page 45 Get Leadership Support......Page 48 Why Is Coaching Different?......Page 50 Marketing Matters......Page 52 Coaching Highlights......Page 53 3. Linking Coaching to Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Human Resource Practices......Page 54 Link to the Leadership Development Strategy......Page 55 Linking to the Talent Management Approach......Page 56 Linking to Leadership Development and Human Resources Personnel......Page 58 Coaching Highlights......Page 65 Preparing the Executive for Coaching......Page 66 Prepare the Boss for Coaching......Page 69 Don’t Underestimate Matching......Page 70 Find Mismatches and Fix Them Quickly......Page 74 Get Clear on Length and Frequency......Page 75 Activities in Coaching......Page 79 Know the Costs, but That’s Not All......Page 85 Coaching Highlights......Page 86 5. The Toolbox: Instruments and Assessments......Page 88 Why Use Assessments?......Page 89 Gather Feedback......Page 90 Determining Instrument Policies......Page 91 Coaching Highlights......Page 95 6. Balancing Consistency and Flexibility......Page 98 Be Consistent—or Not......Page 99 Add Consistency to Taste......Page 101 Coaching Highlights......Page 105 7. Bringing Coaching Internal......Page 108 Compare Internal to External Coaching......Page 109 The Positives of Internal Coaching......Page 111 Challenges for Internal Coaches......Page 113 Leader-as-Coach......Page 114 Mentoring......Page 117 Coaching Highlights......Page 118 8. Measuring Impact......Page 120 Start at Satisfaction with Coach......Page 121 Include Impact Metrics......Page 122 Ask the Boss to Assess......Page 123 Measure Return-on-Investment......Page 124 Coaching Highlights......Page 130 9. The Art of Finding Qualified Coaches......Page 132 Qualifications......Page 133 Locating Coaches......Page 134 Screening Coaches......Page 136 Does Certification Matter?......Page 139 Coaching Highlights......Page 140 10. Creating a World Class Coaching Community......Page 142 Stay Connected to the Pool......Page 143 Develop Coaching Talent......Page 148 Know How Coaches Tick......Page 149 Coaching Highlights......Page 150 11. Life After Coaching......Page 152 Renegotiate the Relationship......Page 153 Internals Can Continue Support......Page 154 Beware of Dependencies......Page 155 Self-Coaching......Page 156 Coaching Highlights......Page 157 Practice Standardization......Page 158 New Forms of Coaching......Page 159 Coaching through Technology......Page 162 Industry Trends......Page 163 Closing Thoughts......Page 164 Coaching Highlights......Page 166 Coaching Program Design Checklist......Page 168 Afterword......Page 180 Notes......Page 182 About the Authors......Page 184 About the Contributors......Page 188 B......Page 204 C......Page 205 F......Page 207 I......Page 208 M......Page 209 P......Page 210 S......Page 211 T......Page 212 W......Page 213 The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. But how can you make the best use of coaching within your organization? Executive Coaching for Results helps this critical leadership development method come of age. This is not a “how-to-coach book”—there are already plenty of those—but rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. Underhill, McAnally, and Koriath draw on their rigorous original research (through Executive Development Associates) with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Disney, IBM, UBS, Unilever and many others, and combine that with their years of industry experience to advance the state of the art. Executive Coaching for Results includes topics such as:Integrating coaching into your organization's overall leadership development strategyLocating and screening coaches worldwideDeveloping an internal coaching programDeciding which coaching assessments and instruments are appropriate to your situationMeasuring the impact and ROI of coachingFollowing up after coachingThroughout, the authors provide numerous examples from major organizations such as Dell, Johnson and Johnson, Intel, and Wal-Mart. Offering practical learning, best practices, and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment. The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. But how can you make the best use of coaching within your organization? Executive Coaching for Results helps this critical leadership development method come of age. This is not a how-to-coach bookthere are already plenty of thosebut rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. Underhill, McAnally, and Koriath draw on their rigorous original research (through Executive Development Associates) with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Disney, IBM, UBS, Unilever and many others, and combine that with their years of industry experience to advance the state of the art. Executive Coaching for Results includes topics such Integrating coaching into your organizations overall leadership development strategy Locating and screening coaches worldwide Developing an internal coaching program Deciding which coaching assessments and instruments are appropriate to your situation Measuring the impact and ROI of coaching Following up after coaching Throughout, the authors provide numerous examples from major organizations such as Dell, Johnson and Johnson, Intel, and Wal-Mart. Offering practical learning, best practices, and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment. "The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. But how can you make the best use of coaching within your organization?" "Executive Coaching for Results helps this critical leadership development method come of age. This is not a "how-to-coach book"--There are already plenty of those - but rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact or coaching to bottom-line results." "Throughout, the authors provide numerous examples from major organizations such as Dell, Intel, Johnson and Johnson, and Sony. Offering practical learning. best practices, and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment."--Jacket

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