Organizational Approaches to Coaching: Four Stages
To set the stage for what is happening in many organizations today, consider a continuum of organizational approaches to coaching that evolves from completely unstructured and ad hoc to relatively strategic and systemic (Peterson & Little, 2008; see also Clutterbuck & Megginson, 2005; Hunt & Weintraub, 2007; Underhill, McAnally, & Koriath, 2007; Valerio & Lee, 2005).
Stage 1: Ad Hoc Coaching—Driven by Individuals
At first, coaching in most organizations is driven almost exclusively by individuals, typically when a boss, HR professional, or potential coaching client decides he or she would like to find a coach. Although individual participants are likely to obtain significant value from ...
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