Executive Coaching: Building and Managing Your Professional Practice

by Lewis R. Stern

Understand all the aspects of becoming an executive coach, from acquiring training to marketing your practice, with Executive Coaching: Building and Managing Your Professional Practice . Hands-on information on topics like acquiring the right training and making the transition from other fields is written in an accessible manner by a successful and experienced coach. Whether you’re a novice or an established coach looking to expand your practice, you will benefit from the step-by-step plan for setting up and operating a lucrative executive coaching practice.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published August 25, 2008

Reviews

[Greg Janicki]

4.25
Solid resource, especially for those new to coaching and new to business planning. Easy to follow steps provide clear framework for getting a practice going.

[Vasco]

The bad: nothing of note.

The good: a broad spectrum and solid book on making the shift to an executive coaching business regardless of your background (HR, management consulting, personal coach). It covers the whole process, from setting standards and a code ethics to workflows, templates, how the coaching process should go (although I do not agree 100% with the super-specific details of session duration and number, the model presented is very useful). The book is very comprehensive, touching on everything from your skillset to governance to customer relations. To re-read.