Afterword:
Coaching for the Coach
Now is the time to bring the lessons of Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart full circle. Coaches can most effectively maintain their role by receiving coaching themselves. Can it be any other way? Everyone needs help to stay on track in the powerful interactional fields of organizations. As I have emphasized throughout this book, coaches, like everyone else, never evolve to a state in which they are totally immune to these forces.
I stay on track in two ways. First, I often partner with another coach for live-action team coaching work. One of us is in the lead position, and the other is in a secondary position. Two pairs of eyes see more than one. By virtue of her position, the lead coach feels more strongly ...