Executive Coaching - A Guide For The HR Professional.pdf

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• Does the client have more accurate self-perceptions
and improved functioning in the areas needed?
• Is the client better able to make decisions?
• How satisfied is the client with the coaching experience?
• What business results are to be expected if behaviors
improve?
• What are the reactions of interested stakeholders such
as the boss, direct reports, and peers?
Summary
In this chapter, we have clarified the significant role played by HR
professionals as “stewards” for coaching in their organizations. You
have learned more about the three aspects of the HR professional
role as they relate to coaching: managing the overall coaching program,
supporting the start of new coaching assignments, and supporting
the coaching during and at the end of the assignment. To
help you manage your coaching resources, you have been given
some critical questions to ask yourself as you fulfill your stewardship
role. You have been advised of some the ways that you can support
the start of new coaching assignments. Finally, you have learned
about some of the most effective tasks that you may assume in order
to maintain your support during and at the end of the coaching
assignment. To help you evaluate progress toward goals, you have
been given some questions to ask regarding the client’s behavior and
its effects on the organization.
In the next chapter, you will learn more about the client’s role
to help you understand more about what the client may be experiencing
and how you can be instrumental in the client’s success.