Advancing Executive Coaching: Setting the Course for Successful Leadership Coaching

Creating a Coaching Culture

The practice of executive coaching can be used to help establish a culture of feedback and coaching in organizations. A coaching culture is one where feedback is shared openly among members of work groups, teams, and organizations to improve or sustain high performance. In organizations that have well-developed coaching cultures, feedback flows fairly freely across levels and divisions with a goal of continuous process improvement. These organizations have invested time and training to prepare their members to give feedback effectively and receive it in an open, nondefensive manner. They also often use tools such as performance appraisals, 360 surveys, or employee satisfaction and organizational climate surveys to ...