Executive Coaching - A Guide For The HR Professional.pdf

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Carter’s Story
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Carter is the eldest of the people who contributed stories. He was in
his late fifties at the time of coaching. The coaching assignment
shifted focus several times over about eighteen months. As you’ll
read, he elected to leave the company and make strides to take
charge of his life in its next phase—whatever that would turn out to
be. Along the way he encountered and dealt with several very personal
issues, such as his negative feelings about a place he had
thought of as “home” for thirty-five years.
Also in this story are Carter’s reactions to several “techniques”
used by his coach—the writing of “books,” which he found useful, and
the collecting of data by himself from friends, which he decided not to
do. Much of coaching is trial and error for both coach and client!
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I was at a stage of life and career when I needed to make a change. I
was leaving my company after thirty-five years and was not sure what
I wanted to do. I started meeting with my coach about six months
prior to the official sponsorship of the coaching by the company. He
was well-known in the company, had experience coaching some of
my colleagues, and had a good reputation. I did not seek a coach,
but I sought out the idea of coaching.
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