Choosing a corporate coach!

Key questions organisations should consider when choosing a coaching provider…

1. How is the context for success created?

2. How will the success of coaching be measured?

• Be clear about the value coaching will add to the business
• Recommendations on Quantitive and Qualitative measures
• Appropriate mechanisms for capturing success criteria
• Ensure your investment is sustainable and consistent

3. What will the recommendations be to ensure coaching has the maximum impact on each;

• Individual
• Team
• Division
• The organisation as a whole

4. What are the key criteria for selecting an experienced coaching provider as a business partner?

• A specialist coaching provider rather than a generalist
• Depth and experience to meet the business objectives
• Ability to demonstrate coaching on demand
• Demonstrate best practice and leading edge techniques
• Be able to evaluate the impact of coaching

5. Where and when did the provider and the coach receive their training?

• Are able to provide testimonials and an internationally recognised accreditation

6. What are the provider’s philosophies and beliefs about people and organisational performance?

7. What are the provider’s basic coaching philosophies?

CECO will be happy to discuss all these areas and more with you prior to contracting with the organisation and each client.

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Britannia Building Society's group finance director Phil Lee's coach is Vicki Espin and he is clear about the benefits:-

"It's given me thinking time and with someone smart enough to ask the right questions. It's been very valuable and I've no doubt that I'm a better manager as a consequence. Each time I take along a key issue to discuss, although the coach encourages me to come up with my own solutions. It's not cheap but the value is far greater than the cost."