Chapter 5Managing Coaches

Johan Naudé and Patrick Stichelmans

If thinking about creating and managing a cadre of executive coaches reminds you too much of herding cats, we promise some help in this chapter. We share our experiences and lessons learned from a decade of managing a globally dispersed community of professional coaches, as well as the experiences of some senior talent and coaching leaders in global organizations. We start with a discussion about using internal or external coaches, and then move on to coach accreditation, selection and training, coaching supervision, orientation to the coaching work, coach matching, quality assurance, and communities of practice. We believe you will find this useful and wish you the best with your ...

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