Executive Coaching - A Guide For The HR Professional.pdf

Section III
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Special Topics
This section addresses topic areas that have special relevance
to coaching. As coaching has developed as a professional discipline,
it has begun to play a larger role in those areas in which organizations
have had a need to accelerate the employee learning process.
Chapter 9: Assimilation Coaching. Organizations need to be able to
assimilate new members quickly so that they can be as productive
as possible in as short a timeframe as possible. Assimilation coaching
helps a person adjust to a new organization by accelerating the
learning process for newly placed individuals.
Chapter 10: Executive Development and Coaching. Executive development
programs have incorporated coaching as a way to help participants
integrate the classroom experience with on-the-job
experiences.
Chapter 11: Multi-Cultural Issues. By applying cross-cultural
coaching, organizations can help their executives function more
effectively in different countries and cultures across the globe.
Chapter 12: Coaching and Diversity. Having a diverse workforce
gives an organization a competitive advantage. Coaching can be
used very effectively to accelerate leadership development for an
organization’s diverse workforce.