Being able to measure and communicate return on investment (ROI) in executive coaching is crucial to the success of the coaching arrangement.

For the eighth year, Sherpa Coaching and its university partners are asking for your thoughts about leadership and executive coaching. You get the complete research report, first and free, when you participate. The survey is open for your response right now, through December 15th, 2012. To begin, please click the link below or copy and paste it into your browser. …

according to Kathy Toogood in her paper “Strengthening Coaching: An Exploration of the Mindset of Executive Coaches Using Strengths-Based Coaching” (International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, Special Issue No. 6, June 2012, pp. 72-87), the movement towards strengths-based coaching is growing. Read on to find out the why and how of a strengths-based approach to coaching clients. COACHING …

Sherpa’s seventh annual report on coaches’ earnings is now available here: http://www.sherpacoaching.com/survey-private.html along with their extended web-version master report for this year: http://sherpacoaching.com/2012-executive-coaching-survey-intro.html Download a PDF of the 42-page master report. (click here).

“People are getting more attention. Training budgets are rising.    It’ s    been    a    long    time    since    we’ ve    seen    such aggressive spending plans. What will be done with this flood of funds? It’s not going back to the same old places. Behind the scenes, there’s a revolution going on. Business as usual is not enough. People want more from their …

One of my clients recently asked me about what top ten books I’d recommend on coaching – for those who are coaches in businesses, organizations, or working with leaders.  Here’s the list! 1.  The Inner Game of Tennis (Tim Gallwey) 2.  Leadership and Self Deception (Arbinger Institute) 3.  The Power of Full Engagement (Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz) 4.  Smarter …

As you know, we ran an ‘ask campaign’ inviting leading coaches to post their one BIG question about business coaching.  We were blown away with the results…nearly 60 questions came pouring in, and we have analyzed and categorized them in order to be able to present them to you here, as well as on today’s Big Question Seminar.  Rather than …

Executive Coaching Firm Announces Results of its Just-Completed Survey on Leadership Leadership Unleashed, a Southern California-based firm that provides individually tailored coaching services to executives and leadership teams worldwide, today announced the findings of its recent survey. While the survey showed leaders understand that good relationships are needed for positive business results, about a third of leaders in a survey …