Coaching: A Systemic Approach

• Executive Coaching by Alyssa Freas, 6/22/97
  • Thanks for openning up topic by Charlie Seashore, 6/23/97
    • You are welcome by Alyssa Freas, 6/23/97
      
      

I, too, have a great interest in Executive Coaching. Over the last 24 years, I've found (usually the hard way) that consulting psychologists frequently get used by managers who have already decided what they are going to do with a "problem" subordinate who has been designated to be coached. In many cases, the manager is laying a paper trail in the anticipation of future litigaton. When the request for coaching from an outside professional is legitimate, it definitely needs to be part of a systemic process that includes the executive's boss and HR. Without their buy-in and commitment, the desired behavoral changes are likely to be short-lived. When I do this kind of work, I try to spend a lot of time on the front end assessing each player's degree of commitment to making it work. Thanks for letting me spout off! E-mail at: FLANICK@aol.com

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