COACHING IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Coaching In Leadership Development

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion4

The coaching process7

Relationship Of Mutual Trust10

Major Benefits12

Effective and constructive leadership coaching15

Coaching to learn17

Conclusion17

Appendix23

Coaching In Leadership Development

Introduction

In the last decade, executive coaching combined with 360 feedback has been one of the fastest growing executive development options within global companies. It has even become “trendy” to have one's own executive coach - similar to having a personal trainer. Businesses invest large sums of money in matching executives with the right coach, yet, to date, there has been little empirical research on the impact of coaching on leadership effectiveness and payback to the organization (Bolt,2005,168).

A helping relationship formed between a client who has managerial authority … in an organization and a consultant who uses a wide variety of behavioral techniques and methods to help the client achieve a mutually identified set of goals … within a formally defined coaching agreement.(Koonce,2004,34)

Despite the lack of hard numbers on coaching results, the literature is filled with numerous articles on the types and processes of coaching, and in the last few years many new organizations and consulting firms have sprung up to offer coaching as a service. In anecdotal conversations with executives and human resource professionals, most profess to be pleased with the results, but are hard-pressed to provide quantitative data to support their viewpoint. (Bolt,2005,168)

Discussion

Staggering interest in leadership coaching comes from the changing trend of our present-day global world. Many large firms are turning their eyes to leadership coaching as a way to provide the opportunities to their employees to continue to learn and the renew oneself. A case study is introduced to advocate the benefits of leadership coaching especially practiced in a group setting. Leadership group coaching establishes a foundation of trust, provides constructive conflict resolution, leads to greater commitment, and contributes to accountability, all factors that result in better business and improvement of efficiency for the organization. (Koonce,2004,34) Leadership group coaching creates high-performance teams through building on each other's strengths to become more effective as a team. In order to make the coaching process a success, leadership coaches are required to undergo clinical training to prepare for psychological problems that can be encountered during leadership coaching process. In addition, a clinical approach to organizational intervention is included. There is also mention about the similarities and differences between leadership coaching and psychotherapy. Adding the threats and issues related to the success or failure of the leadership coaching, I concluded with the shown and potential benefits of the leadership coaching which result in the reason why the organizations need to focus and make investments on such coaching programs. (Bolt,2005,168)

No matter the size, every organization needs a leader. Needless to mention the importance of the leader's leadership ability, it is essential for organizations to train and nurture each leader of his or her leadership skills. In this aspect, effective training and coaching programs that are usually planned and organized by human resource department have great importance. (Shipper, 2000,331) As a way of clarifying and enhancing consciousness for ...