Executive Coaching - A Guide For The HR Professional.pdf

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5. Share all the relevant data, including the client’s future
potential, with the coach. Relevant data can include many
different things such as information pertaining to the client’s
past history and future potential in the organization, observations
of the client’s behavior from yourself and others, and
data from corporate opinion surveys. In short, anything that
may provide insight to the coach concerning the client’s
character, current situation in the organization, or career trajectory
will be important for you to share with the coach.
In your HR role you may be privy to succession planning
information related to the possible next steps in the client’s
career. If the client is viewed as having high potential, then
there may be some plans already in place for the next several
assignments. If the client must successfully navigate the
coaching intervention for career progression to occur, then
this fact should be communicated to the coach as well.
6. Discuss with the coach how the assignment will be
managed—what has to be shared, with whom, when. You
will maximize the effectiveness of the coaching process if
communications to relevant members within the organization
are planned and coordinated with the phases of the contracting
process. Your role in the management and communication
of the coaching assignment is very important. How the
coaching is perceived by the organization is critical to the
success of the effort. Together with the coach, you will want
to give some thought to the language that is used, the timing
of the communications, and the appropriateness of the persons
with whom the information is shared. You will want to
be proactive in your role and check in with the coach periodically
to see how things are progressing.
7. Help the client gain access to other sources of information, as
appropriate. In your role as the bridge between the client and
the rest of the organization, you may be in a position to have