"Executive Coaching with returns a CFO could love"

There is increasing evidence that coaching is one of the most powerful ways developing people and add to bottom line business performance.

A study in Fortune 1000 companies using coaching showed these percentages of exectuives reported the following benefits from the coaching they recieved:

• An increase in productivity by 53%
• Increased customer service by 39%
• Increased retention of senior people by 32%
• Reduction in costs by 23%
• Increased bottom line profitability by 22%

The same survey reported that individuals who recieved coaching saw inprovment in:

• Working relationships with their direct reports
• Working relationships with their managers
• Team-building - reduction in conflict
• Business relationships with clients

(Source: Manchester Review 2001: Vol. 6, 1: and "Executive Coaching - with returns a CFO could love", Fortune Magazine Feburary 19, 2001)