Rosia Bay Ltd

Like other professional services, executive coaching requires planning and oversight in order to be effective. But all too often, companies leave it up to the coaches and their clients to manage the process. As a result, client companies, bosses and HR may not know how effective the coaching is, where assignments stand, when they are scheduled to conclude, and if the objectives of the coaching process are being met. Often coaching can continue for long periods of time or peter out with no substantive results for the effort. In order to enhance the long-term success of coaching and to maximize the investment in terms of time, money and resources, companies should follow a simple, four-step process. 1. Determine the need for coaching.  How many engagements begin because someone thinks "Louise needs a coach"? Hiring an executive coach without defining the reasons and the objectives is a certain path to failure. As the saying goes, if you don't know where you are