by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 18, 2018 | Blog Posts
Below are the steps that I use in a typical executive coaching engagement: Clarify the overall objectives and metrics of the executive coaching program. Align expectations. Introduce the coaching process with the Client and, if applicable learn about the Client’s...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog Posts
Executive Coaching versus Therapy I started my career as a psychologist “treating patients” before becoming trained as an executive coach and shifting my practice to executive coaching and leadership consulting in early 2000. In the early years, I also...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog Posts
Executive Coaching versus Therapy You’re an executive coach in the middle of your third session with a new client when he shares about his history of depression over the last 10 years. He goes through periods of withdrawing from others, sleep disturbance, and...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 8, 2018 | Blog Posts
Using Role Play in Executive Coaching How many leaders struggle with having difficult conversations? Some leaders struggle with telling their manager what she doesn’t want to hear? Some struggle with giving critical feedback to a direct report? And others...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 31, 2018 | Blog Posts
Coaching is more often than not used for senior leaders and emerging leaders within an organization. It is also used regularly for leaders in the transition to a new organization or role. The purpose of the coaching assignment is to accelerate the development cycle...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 9, 2018 | Blog Posts, What is Executive Coaching
What is Coaching? Much of executive coaching is about identifying different perspectives to a problem or situation that then helps the coachee get unstuck. When we were very young, we realized that each problem has an infinite amount of solutions available to solve...
