What is the role of the executive coach?
The role of the executive coach is to accelerate a leader's development so they can meet the current and emerging demands of their role and organization. This involves being both a supportive ally and a candid challenger.
Key aspects of the role:
Mirror: Reflecting back how the leader is perceived and how their behavior affects others.
Guide: Offering frameworks and tools for managing people, decisions, and complexity more effectively.
Accountability partner: Holding the leader to the commitments they make to themselves and their organization.
Executive coaches do not:
Take over line management responsibilities or make decisions for the leader.
Replace performance management or HR processes inside the organization.
In Kindred Consulting Group's work:
The executive coach role is integrated with an understanding of the broader system - strategy, structure, and culture - in which the leader operates.
This systemic view makes coaching more relevant and effective, because it addresses both the leader and their context.
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