Insight on Coaching
Executive Coaching
Season 1, Episode 3 - Air Date: February 13th, 2006

Audio File - Length 54:07, File Size - 12.3 MB
Executive Coaching: Professional Coaching for Organization Leaders
“Executive coaching” has become a catchphrase that many people use when talking about professional coaching.
But what is executive coaching?
This show explores how professional coaching is used to grow an organization’s leaders.
Guests
- Anna Marie Valerio, PhD, President, Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC
- Alyssa Freas, Founder and CEO, Executive Coaching Network, Inc
- Lyne Desormeaux, Clinical Psychologist and Certified Professional Co-active Coach
This podcast is part of the Insight on Coaching series. For additional information, visit the Insight on Coaching Home Page.
Executive Coaching Show Highlights
The demand for executive coaching has skyrocketed in the past five years. Today's executive coach is intended to help leaders and potential leaders with the challenging road of organizational growth in today's dynamic and unstable work environment.
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The real goal of strategic executive coaching is to increase organizational performance and enhance executive lives.
Alyssa Freas
Executive Coaching: A Guide to the HR Professional is a very practical guide and really has something for everyone who's interested in executive coaching.
The topic areas in the book include things like steps in the executive coaching process, the roles involved in executive coaching, how to select an executive coach, and we also included some first-person accounts from executive coaching clients.
Anna Marie Valerio
When it comes to executive coaching, there are many areas where executive coaches are asked to helped. It could be working with someone who is in transition to a broader role.
It could be supporting an executive who has been asked to do a strategic project, startup a business, onboarding, or leading and navigating change.
The request for executive coaching can really vary.
Lyne Desormeaux
For More Information on Executive Coaching
Desormeaux Leadership Consulting
At Desormeaux Leadership Consulting, we believe in the investment and development of executives. We focus on performance, developing new competencies, enhancing leadership skills and specialize in focusing executives on achieving their business goals. From executive coaching to vocational assessment and change management to diversity, DLC’s associates are at your service.
Executive Coaching Network, Inc.
The Executive Coaching Network's mission is to help businesses achieve greater results by improving the effectiveness of their executives.
Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC
Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC is a consulting firm specializing in executive coaching, women's leadership development and team leadership development.
International Coach Federation
The International Coach Federation (ICF) is the largest worldwide resource for business and personal coaches, and the source for those who are seeking a coach. The ICF is a nonprofit, individual membership organization formed by professionals worldwide who practice business, personal, and executive coaching.