By Dr. Robert P. Hewes, senior partner, Camden Consulting Group
“Just get them a coach!”
As a coaching firm, Camden Consulting Group hears this on a regular basis, but it tends to raise a potential warning flag. Often, it is a rallying cry without an accompanying desire, understanding, or readiness to seek change from the coachee—the individual receiving the training. It is critical to have a coachee who is cognizant of why he or she is getting coaching and motivated for the coaching to start.
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To increase the success rate of coaching, companies, specifically the coachee’s manager and HR department, need to accomplish four steps before the professional coach is brought onboard.