Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach

CHAPTER10Feedback: What and How

WHILE APPROACHES TO EXECUTIVE COACHING DIFFER, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS INCLUDE INFORMATION GATHERING ABOUT THE CLIENT AND THE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETING RESULTS AND PROVIDING feedback. As you prepare to do this, it is important to bear in mind that:

Interpreting the results of self-report questionnaires, 360-degree surveys, informational interviews, and other assessment methods is a core challenge of coaching.

Offering useful feedback from those sources relies on your ability to extract meaning from the ...