Executive Coaching Essay

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There is evidence that executive coaching, which results to improvement in the skills and competencies of the CEOs, can in turn result in collective learning outcomes within the organisation. This needs-based approach to learning by targeting the struggling or failing CEOs can be used to improve the effectiveness of the organisation in the areas where such weaknesses exist. Bruning (2006) found that executive coaching can be customised to focus on one or more of the six dimensions, as and when required. On the same note, although Larcker, et al (2014) indicated that the average training duration was 7-12 months, it is possible to reduce this duration if a smaller number of domains are targeted by the coach. By so doing, the CEO can gain the …show more content…

This is because their influence can worsen the abilities and competence of the managers who are already struggling. Secondly, the principle of executive coaching is not an effective one, since it is the CEOs who make the decisions on when, where and how to receive the coaching. The 2013 study by Larcker, et al (2014), found that over 78% of the CEOs made the decision to enter executive coaching, while only 21% stated that it was their superiors. This means that most of the CEOs who enter the program do so based on their decision, and not whether they are performing well or not. In the same study, the outcomes of the coaching process were kept private by over 60% of the respondents, which means that there was no oversight on whether the CEOs required the training, and whether the training was effective. As a result, I concur with Kauffman and Coutu (2009) and McGovern, et al (2001) who indicated that executive coaching can solve most of the challenges that struggling and failing managers face within an organisation, as long as it is carried out in the right

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