Human Resource Professionals and Coaching Sponsors

Benefits of Executive Coaching to the Organization

• Maintain loyalty and commitment of key employees.
  
• Foster respect for those of diverse backgrounds
  
• Teach communication and relationship building skills.
  
• Enhance the executive's flexibility and responsiveness.
  
• Help the executive to cope with stress and life balance issues.
  
• Assure effectiveness of company objectives, incentives, and feedback.

Hiring the Right Coach

• Before you hire a coach for an executive in your organization, it's important to qualify both the coach and the executive to make sure there will be a good fit.
  
  Coaching works best when the executive is highly motivated to change and has clear intentions of what he or she would like to accomplish by working one-on-one with a mentor.

Qualifying Your Executive

• Is the executive highly motivated?
  
• Is the executive committed to changing his or her behavior?
  
• Is the executive open to new problem solving approaches and constructive feedback?
  
• Has an important goal or need been identified?
  
• Is the executive valuable enough to the organization to justify the cost?

Qualifying Your Coach

• What are the coach's education and certification?
  
• What industry experience and references does the coach have?
  
• What type of ROI has the coach gotten with similar clients?
  
• Do the coach and the executive have personal chemistry for working together?
  
• How perceptive and insightful does the coach seem?
  
• What assessment and tools does the coach use to facilitate awareness?
  
• How does the coach manage and resolve conflicts?