![]() |
|
Coaching for business executives is a hot topic, featured recently in many well-known publications, from The Wall Street Journal to the Harvard Business Review. These stories have linked coaching to performance improvements in executive effectiveness, higher executive retention rates, and increased job satisfaction. As executive coaching becomes a mainstream leadership development approach, many have begun to ask the obvious business question “Is there a clear return on investment (ROI) from executive coaching? And if so, what is it?” Each coaching engagement is unique, every coach has their own approach and style, and every leader has their own set of issues and challenges. Business - List of business/finance/loan/mortgage resources Computers - List of computer hardware/software/peripheral resources Internet - List of webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing resources Software - List of software resources Web Design - List of web design/development resources Web Hosting - List of web hosting resources Web Promotion - List of search engine optimization/internet marketing resources Web Resources - List of other web resources Recreation - List of travel/hotel/cruise resources Casino - List of online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette resources Health - List of online pharmacy/hospital/health resources Shopping - List of online shopping/gift resources Miscellaneous - List of all other resources not stated above
There are some “fundamental truths” and patterns to coaching, however each coaching engagement becomes a unique program and experience. We beleive in the adult learning model where an individual has to be disturbed about the present state enough to want to be coached and enabled to produce a better future. A handful of studies do exist on coaching ROI. A MetrixGlobal study pegged the ROI within a Fortune 500 company they studied to be 529%; Fortune Magazine's broad coaching study came in at 570%. The benefits of a high-quality coaching program may be higher than this because of the subjective value and impact on people. In fact, one of our clients describes coaching as his secret weapon. |
|
| © Copyright 2006, innovationdigital.com |