| | MAY 2024MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM8In MyOpinionW hen I review the literature on Executive coaching or, better yet, interact with players within the coaching industry, I'll be frank and share that I find the state of the practice difficult to pin down. Being an unregulated industry makes it also impossible to compare efficacy across coaching resources or approaches. On one end of the spectrum, people can be quite negative about the methodology coaches use and doubtful of the impact of executive coaching while on the other end people are raving about the overall impact as well as the increasing need and demand for coaching within organisations. My view and experiences are that the reality is somewhere in the middle.The jury is still out on executive coaching effectivenessWhen I was following my coaching certification, I clearly remember our trainer being adamant about the fact that coaches should not provide advice in a coaching session. Respect "the methodology," I was told. I remember challenging this point of view as I believed that coachees were sometimes in need of advice and expertise. In a following discussion with my coaching supervisor (who was quite experienced in the field) I was reassured when she told me she agreed with my views and proceeded to explore with me the nuanced approach to take when I believed the coachee needed more than questions, how to approach a coaching session when a coachee is stuck and does not have the experience and/or the knowledge EXECUTIVE COACHING: IMPERFECT YET USEFULStéphane RivetBy Stéphane Rivet, VP HR, Corporate Services, Learning and Development, Intact
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