How does executive coaching differ from consulting?
If you are a management consultant, you likely already provide coaching as part of what you do. Executive coaching is the part of the engagement where you work one-on-one with executives to encourage them to make difficult decisions, step out of their comfort zone, stop destructive behavior, embrace change, and shift performance. Andrew Neitlich writes, “For me, a long-time consultant, executive coaching is the fun part of consulting. It’s when you stop doing the analyses (and most of the time the client already knows the answer anyway), stop revising the PowerPoint presentation, and sit down face to face with the client to help them improve results. It’s the part of the engagement where the client turns to you as their objective, trusted advisor, as a colleague and confidant.
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