Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 2 pages
Topics:
Executives; Management development
Abstract
In this age of customization, managers are benefiting from many services tailored to specific circumstances--including the ultimate educational service for managers: the executive coach. Proactive companies such as American Express, Corning, Hewlett-Packard, Morgan Stanley, and Philip Morris have begun to offer private coaching as part of leadership development. When contacting prospective coaches, the recipient should be mindful of confidentiality concerns at the outset and ask for an agreement about what a coach will tell the employer. And don''t try this at home by yourself: Coaches discourage coaching yourself--most of us toss out the truths we most need to hear.
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Abstract
In this age of customization, managers are benefiting from many services tailored to specific circumstances--including the ultimate educational service for managers: the executive coach. Proactive companies such as American Express, Corning, Hewlett-Packard, Morgan Stanley, and Philip Morris have begun to offer private coaching as part of leadership development. When contacting prospective coaches, the recipient should be mindful of confidentiality concerns at the outset and ask for an agreement about what a coach will tell the employer. And don''t try this at home by yourself: Coaches discourage coaching yourself--most of us toss out the truths we most need to hear.