Leadership Coaching: Research Results
As coaching has become more common in executive development, research is starting to explore the impact on business results, in comparison to other developmental methods.
A study in 2007 conducted by Bersin And Associates of over 750 corporations, revealed that coaching had the highest impact of 62 different actions that organizations can take to improve their talent management processes.
For more details, see www.bersin.com
In a different study, Manchester, Inc. studied 100 executives of Fortune 1000 companies in 2001. Leaders who received coaching reported the following benefits:
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Improved relationship with direct reports 77%
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Improved relationship with stakeholders 71%
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Improved teamwork 67%
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Improved job satisfaction 61%
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Reduced conflict 52%
Return On Investment: The majority of the 43 participants who provided a numerical estimate of ROI reported between $100,000 and $1 million as the return on their investment in executive coaching.
-The Manchester Review, 2001 Volume 6, Number1
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