Executive Coaching - A Guide For The HR Professional.pdf

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Howard’s Story
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Howard is one of a half-dozen members of senior management in a
closely held technology company. On the surface, management’s
concerns were simple enough: get Howard to set and maintain his
priorities. Howard’s very significant talents were being used by everyone
else in the company to their benefit but not to Howard’s and not
really to the organization’s best interests. Howard enjoyed being
included in everything. He knew he should be more focused but
couldn’t bring himself to work that way.
Howard’s company is not a frequent user of coaching. His HR
director pressed the case in this instance, since she could so clearly
see the value of the service for this very important employee.
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I started to work with a coach not by choice. Or rather I should be
more specific and say, “Not by my choice.” In fact, coaching per se
never even occurred to me!
I should explain.
It is absolutely true that I have known about my need to get my
work life organized. I have thought about using an “organization
consultant” a few times. I even had one call me. But I never followed
up on this. I didn’t think it belonged on my top priority to-do list.
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