Seven Steps of Effective Executive Coaching

Seven Steps of Effective Executive Coaching

Ian Hunter, Sabine Dembkowski, Fiona Eldridge

Professional Skills & Development

Overview

Key features

  • Based on an international best-practice study of executive coaching drawn from UK, Germany and US
  • Explains a new, original and easy-to-use coaching method
  • Shows how the return on coaching investment can be measured
  • Links current theories of leadership to executive coaching

Book Details

Format:
eBook
ISBN:
9781854188052
Publication Date:
2006

Content

PART ONE: Overview and introduction

ONE: Introduction

  • How to use this book

TWO: What is executive coaching?

  • What is executive coaching?
  • The growth of executive coaching

PART TWO: The seven core capabilities of effective executive coaching

THREE: Rapport building

  • What is rapport?
  • How is rapport created
  • Case study: ‘Road rage'
  • How to achieve greater rapport
  • The five rapport stages in executive coaching

FOUR: Deep listening

  • Why listening is important
  • Case study: ‘The wired team meeting – is anyone listening?’
  • What is listening?
  • How to develop listening skills
  • Advanced applications of listening

FIVE: Creative questioning

  • Why is creative questioning important?
  • Questioning techniques
  • Getting underneath the surface

SIX: Giving effective feedback

  • What is effective feedback?
  • How to give effective feedback

SEVEN: Clear goal setting

  • What is clear goal setting?
  • Six distinct qualities of a well-composed goal

EIGHT: Intuition

  • What is intuition?
  • How to hone intuition
NINE: Presence

  • What is presence?
  • How to develop presence

PART THREE: The Achieve Coaching Model® – the systematic approach to effective executive coaching

TEN: Step 1: Assessing the current situation

  • General description
  • The objectives
  • Starting points for an executive coaching assignment
  • Key behaviours of experienced executive coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case study: ‘Taking the brakes off’

ELEVEN: Step 2: Creative brainstorming of alternatives

  • Key behaviours of experienced executives coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case study: ‘The public servant on stage’

TWELVE: Step 3: Honing goals

  • Key behaviours of experienced executive coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case study: ‘Distilling the essence of desire’

THIRTEEN: Step 4: Initiating options

  • Key behaviours of experienced executive coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case Study: ‘Star of India’

FOURTEEN: Step 5: Evaluate options

  • Key behaviours of experienced executive coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case study: ‘Finding the perfect match’

FIFTEEN: Step 6: Valid action programme design

  • Key behaviours of experienced executive coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case study: ‘Stepping into the spotlight’

SIXTEEN: Step 7: Encouraging momentum

  • Key behaviours of experienced executive coaches
  • Top tips
  • From the client’s perspective
  • Case study:‘Keeping on track'

PART FOUR: Using the Achieve Coaching Model® in context

SEVENTEEN: The seven core capabilities in context

  • Assessing the current situation
  • Creative brainstorming of alternatives
  • Honing goals
  • Initiating options
  • Evaluating options
  • Valid action programme design
  • Encourage momentum

EIGHTEEN: Measuring the effectiveness of executive coaching

  • A four-level model to measuring
  • How to calculate the ROI from a coaching programme
  • The seven critical success factors for demonstrating ROI from executive coaching
  • Matching tools to the need to evaluate

NINETEEN: Future trends and outlook

  • Development of professional standards
  • Increased professionalization of the service
  • Development of organizational coaching cultures
  • Growth of internal coaching activities
  • Multiple tiers in executive coaching provision – the growth of differentiation
  • Method integration
  • Growth in group coaching activities