{"id":33,"date":"2013-11-23T23:01:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T23:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnfcaplin.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2013-11-23T23:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T23:31:43","slug":"what-are-the-benefits-of-executive-coaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.johnfcaplin.com\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"what are the benefits of executive coaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They are as diverse as the people that are coached. That being said, a team of executive coaches from Royal Roads Coaching found that coaching &#8220;helps individuals learn and &#8220;habitualize&#8221; skills, approaches, and\/or ways of thinking that are specific to their own development opportunities, goals and needs.<\/p>\n<h2>As a result of coaching, individuals have:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Gained a broader perspective or range of options for addressing business issues<\/li>\n<li>Increased their business contribution by maximizing their strengths and compensating for any gaps in their skills<\/li>\n<li>Improved the effectiveness and results of their teams<\/li>\n<li>Gained confidence<\/li>\n<li>Recognized and moved past obstacles<\/li>\n<li>Developed their strategic capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Become more effective leaders by gaining insight and clarity to make more objective, thoughtful and confident decisions<\/li>\n<li>Clarified their priorities and remained focused on them<\/li>\n<li>Developed a renewed motivation for accomplishing their objectives<\/li>\n<li>Realized their opportunities for making a positive business impact&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>ROI:<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone considering coaching for their organization will want to consider its&#8217; return on investment (ROI). Below is a short overview of the literature in regards to Coaching ROI.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Increased Effectiveness 529% ROI (financial benefits from employee retention boosted this to 788% times ROI) &#8211; Merrill C. Anderson, Metrix Global, 2001 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrixglobal.net\/images\/pdfs\/metrixglobal_coaching_roi_briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.metrixglobal.net\/images\/pdfs\/metrixglobal_coaching_roi_briefing.pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Asked for a conservative estimate of the monetary payoff from the coaching they got, these managers described an average return of more than $100,000, or about six times what the coaching had cost&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Fortune magazine (2\/19\/ 2001)<\/li>\n<li>689% return &#8211; INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAINING VOL. 38 NO. 3 2006, pp. 122-127<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Vernita Parker-Wilkins in\u00a0<em>Industrial and Commercial Training<\/em>\u00a0Vol. 38 No. 3 lists the results of research into coaching benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The findings went as follows, senior leaders reported one or more of the eight business areas were impacted by their coaching experience:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Improved team work was cited by 58 percent of the leaders as having been impacted by through coaching.<\/li>\n<li>Team member satisfaction was identified by 54 percent of the leaders as being influenced by what they did differently as a result of their coaching experiences<\/li>\n<li>Increased retention was cited by 31 percent of the leaders as a consequence of their coaching<\/li>\n<li>Increased productivity was cited by 31 percent of the leaders as a business outcome from their coaching<\/li>\n<li>Increased quality of consulting was cited by 31 percent of the leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Accelerated promotions were cited by 19 percent of the leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Satisfaction was mentioned by 12 percent as a coaching benefit<\/li>\n<li>Increased diversity (4 percent) rounded out the list of eight benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(Vernita Parker-Wilkins. 2006\u00a0<em>Business impact of executive coaching:demonstrating monetary value,. 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