Executive Coaching

How Executive Coaching Works

The first stage of any executive coaching process is the assessment of needs i.e. to identify as clearly as possible the persons' coaching agendas whether they be business issues, leadership development or a mixture of both. Following this, an initial contract of between six and ten sessions is arranged.

Often it is a good idea for some or most of these sessions to be held off-site in order to protect the time and give the executive more opportunity to reflect on the session. From the coach's point of view, it is helpful for some sessions to be held at the manager's office in order to get a better feel for the organisational context. Each session lasts between two-and-a-half hours and half-a-day, with intervals of between four and six weeks.