Coaching for Development
Development coaching prepares executives for their next role by providing intense focus on leadership capability and competencies. With direction from a sponsoring executive, coach and client work together to evaluate needs, establish goals, and implement a process for fast-paced development. Competency development areas include:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Influencing others
- Managing client relationships
- Financial and business acumen
- Strategic vision
- Innovation and creativity
- Coaching and training
Case Study: Growing a Leader from a Functional Role
A consumer products company appointed a senior research fellow to head its entire research and development division. Could the company’s top scientist and academic researcher, who had never managed a staff of more than 20, make the transition to effectively manage hundreds of people in his division?
