What Is Executive Coaching and Is It Worth It?
What executive coaching actually is, what it isn't, and how to know when an engagement will pay for itself.
Executive coaching is a structured, confidential partnership between a coach and a leader, focused on the leader's effectiveness, decisions, and impact, not on instruction or advice.
Done well, it produces sharper self-awareness, cleaner decisions, and a leader who develops their team instead of bottlenecking it. The ROI shows up in the leader's results and in the trajectory of everyone they touch.
Done poorly, it becomes a comfortable hour of reassurance every two weeks. The difference is in the coach's willingness to challenge, and the leader's willingness to be challenged.
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