Executive Summary
With thanks to our university sponsors, the Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey is a research project
now in its sixth year. In this report, we will talk about executive coaching: the ultimate in personal development. You will discover how to make the most of coaching, as a service for your organization or as a career choice.
Managers, executives, business and organizational leaders will find the first half of the report of particular interest, all the way through the topics of coaching skills for managers and team coaching.
Those in the business of executive coaching or coach training will see that the second half of this report gives them what they need to know about their industry, from the inside out.
This year, we make extensive use of quotes and comments left by our respondents. That gives us a feeling for the current state of leadership development and allows some very articulate and passionate people to inform us all.
Training or Development?
People call it T&D. The year 2011 brings a sea change, with massive moves in money. Where’s all that money going? It’s going to development. Think “small t, BIG D”.
Small ‘t’. Training is about skills. People can have all the skills in the world, but . . . if they can’t get along with each other, can’t inspire each other, how far can their skills take them? Skills are just half the picture.
BIG D. Development is about the person behind the skills. Development is about behavior. That’s the other half of the picture. When you understand one-on-one executive coaching, you’ll know what personal development is all about.
Personal development means better business behavior. Better leaders. Better role models. There’s a ripple effect in personal development. People pass it on. When personal development is done right, people feel an obligation to pass it on. Development with a capital ‘D’. Get it right, and you’ll have a better culture and a better organization.
That brings up some critical questions:
- What is executive coaching?
- What makes a good coach?
- Who gets a coach?
The Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey is designed to answer those questions. The longest-running research of its kind, this survey is uniquely positioned to identify trends that will affect the future of almost every organization. Results are reported each year at no charge, as a service to coaching and the business public at large.
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