Introduction: State of Executive Coaching
Framing Leadership Coaching Issues
Executive coaching, as a method for developing leaders, has increased exponentially in both practice and research over the past decade. The popularity, use, and availability of coaching and coaching organizations, as well as the increasing number of publications and research focused on coaching, are commonly accepted by those in the field. Although putting concrete numbers on the coaching industry is difficult, we know that between 70 to 80 percent of companies report using coaching, with between 60 and 80 percent of the organizations reporting an increase in utilization (American Management Association, 2008; Anderson, Frankovelgia, ...
