Challenges Facing Current Client Populations
As mentioned at the start of the chapter, the recent changes in the work environment and the evolving categories of clients are creating new contexts in which coaches must help their clients successfully navigate. This section provides a client case example that illustrates some of the new challenges related to gender, life stage, level in an organization, and culture of origin.
Case Example
So, what do you do if the coachee is a forty-six-year-old American woman who is taking a high-level position in male-dominated industry? Mary, age forty-six, had been hired by a Fortune 500 company two months prior to the start of coaching and was viewed by her management as a likely candidate for the role of chief ...
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