Chapter One
ACTIVATING THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF LEADERSHIP COACHING
Peruse the business book selections online or in your local bookstore and you will encounter a sea of titles about coaching, executive coaching, or even life coaching. Connect with executives in organizations across the globe and ask them about their experience with executive coaching and you will undoubtedly hear positive, personal stories of how a coach helped to make a difference. Coaching has even become a status symbol: “Don’t you have a coach?” Executive coaching is hot and it matters.
The field of executive coaching can benefit from the unique contributions of psychologists. Though some executive coaches or HR professionals may ...