WHO GETS COACHED

The coaching profession began as a developmental process primarily for senior leaders, and according to 43 percent of the survey respondents, this remains the case. The prevalence of individual coaching drops the further down one's position is in the organization. Midlevel managers receive coaching in the organizations of 28 percent of the respondents, and the use of coaching drops to 20 percent for frontline supervisors.

Factoring individual performance into decisions on who gets coached is also prevalent. High-potential leaders receive coaching, according to 57 percent of the respondents, whereas 31 percent of respondents said derailing leaders and managers receive coaching.

As organizations expand the use of coaching, the ...

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