CHAPTER2Executive Coach Competencies

THIS CHAPTER IS MEANT TO HELP YOU EXPLORE THE FIRST INPUT TO YOUR PERSONAL MODEL—THE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS, INTERESTS, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES THAT YOU BRING TO EXECUTIVE COACHING. UNDERSTANDING this input requires a wide-ranging reflection on your education, professional accomplishments, career path, and other formative experiences, as well as an analysis of the qualities you have developed from those experiences.

As a framework to make your self-assessment more targeted and productive, this chapter identifies a number of key competencies that are relevant to executive coaching. While no coach will be equally strong in all these qualities, knowing which ones are strengths and which ones you struggle with ...

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