While the increased demand for executive coaching in the marketplace has opened up, the increasing number of coaches of every type, training, and perspective has also grown (Brotman et al., 1998; Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh, & Anderson, 2001; Wasylyshyn, 2003). It is surprising that with the increased use of executive coaching and the rising number of coaches, there has not been a professional association formed to develop and monitor the standards, requirements, and competency validation solely for executive coaches (Brotman et al., 1998; ICF, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003). This need has brought reactions from executives, coaches, and clients who suggest standardized methods.
Executives have recognized the significance of executive coaching in their professional performance, both personally and organizationally (Effron et al., 2005; Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh, & Anderson, 2001; Turner, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003). During the beginning years of executive coaching, it was seen as an executive crutch to assist non-performers. Today, executive coaching is looked upon as a necessary tool and in some cases reserved only for senior executives (Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh, & Anderson, 2001; Stevens, 2005; Turner, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003). One reason for the about face attitude could be the value executive coaching brings as a "time-out" break, from the unyielding demands of the corporate world, for inner-thought, assessment, positive criticism, and a co-development of strategies (Bacon & Spear, 2003; Brotman et al., 1998; Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh & Anderson, 2001; Kilburg, 1996a; Orenstein, 2002; Stevens, 2005; Turner, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003).
One of the premier uses of executive coaching is to deliver "just-in-time" strategies for increasing one's personal performance and effectiveness by transforming weaknesses into strengths (Bacon & Spear, 2003; Kampa-Kokesh, & Anderson, 2001; Kilburg, 1996a; Orenstein, 2002; Wasylyshyn, 2003). Due to this increase in personal ROI, corporate America is enamored with executive coaching and the benefits it has brought in recent years (Bacon & Spear, 2003).
With many corporate incomes decreasing over the past few years, corporations have reevaluated their training and development practices, to include the use of external sources (Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh, & Anderson, 2001; Turner, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003). As a result, executive coaching focuses on ensuring alignment with corporate strategy (Bluckert, 2005b; Brotman et al., 1998; Edwards, 2003; Levinson, 1996; Joo, 2005; Orenstein, 2006; Peterson, 1996; Saporito, 1996; Turner, 2006). In this changing corporate setting, executive coaching must be used in a laser-focused manner, rather than a liberally used improvised solution (Orenstein, 2006). Those corporations who have identified the need and usefulness of executive coaching have created an inner coaching environment to facilitate coaching through internal coaches (Turner, 2006).
It is in the new corporate coaching culture of companies employing their own coaches (internal) where the chemistry of the coaching relationship takes a back seat to replicable measures in the coaching protocol (Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh & Anderson, 2001; Stevens, 2005; Turner, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003). The internal coach, unfortunately, finds him or herself in a dilemma of possibly losing one of his most prized outcomes, which is, assisting clients to become masters of change management (Wasylyshyn, 2003). Another downturn of this "commoditization" of executive coaching is to put a limit on the use of coaching, and to what extent, documenting the benchmarks, stages, and action steps. Doing so, realistically, diminishes the coaching process to a cookie cutter approach including a preset number of sessions and strategies rather than a co-developed strategic plan developed over the course of an ongoing relationship. (Joo, 2005; Kampa-Kokesh & Anderson, 2001; Turner, 2006; Wasylyshyn, 2003).
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