Professional Coaching is an ongoing professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, business or organizations. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life. (International Coach Federation)
When training is combined with coaching, individuals increase their productivity by an average of 86%, as compared to 22% with training alone.
--Denise Bane, et. al., Public Personnel Management Magazine
The top reasons organizations hire an executive coach:
- Sharpen leadership skills of high potentials (86%)
- Correct management behavior problems (72%)
- Ensure success/decrease failure of newly promoted managers (64%)
- Correct employee relations problems (59%)
- Provide required management and leadership skills (58%)
--Manchester, Inc., press release, 1/16/2001