BUSINESS
Why hire an executive coach?
Staff Writer
Columbus CEO

According to the International Coach Federation, executives and organizations retain business coaches for a range of goals and needs:
- CEOs, executives, managers and other professionals who would like a coach
- Initiative to prevent and/or cure burnoutamong management and employees
- Support in the following:
- Strategic planning
- Process re-engineering or creating a compelling vision
- Launching and developing teams
- 360-degree reviews
- Entrepreneurs & startups
- Owners or managers of small companies
- Professionals in private practice
- Executives thinking of leaving companies and launching a business
- People in career transition
- People with a big career decision to make
- People in a corporate job or considering one
- People struggling with the decision of whether to stay in a corporate job or choose another option
- Support on the following:
- The changing expectations of employees & employers
- Trends in the workplace
- Values and issues of loyalty & security
- Specific evaluation criteria for your company, your future, and your career satisfaction
- Determining your readiness to strike out on your own or look for another career
Source: The International Coach Federation