người đã xác định rằng tôi cần sự giúp đỡ trước khi tôi đã làm, biết rằng ông không có kỹ năng thiết lập để giúp đỡ, nhưng biết một người có thể và được chuẩn bị sẵn sàng để tài trợ cho nó. Cũng rất quan trọng là phù hợp với cá tính với huấn luyện viên, và kiến thức của mình về môi trường tôi đang hoạt động. | 132 Executive Coaching Coaching was a huge success for me but equally importantly I tip my hat to my own manager who identified that I needed help before I did knew that he did not have the skill set to help but knew someone who could and was prepared to fund it. Also critical was the personality fit with the coach and her knowledge of the environment I was operating in. My coaching was finite but several years on now my relationship with my coach remains respectfully close. I honestly think that if I hadn t had this opportunity I would have packed and gone back to London. Howard s Story Howard is one of a half-dozen members of senior management in a closely held technology company On the surface management s concerns were simple enough get Howard to set and maintain his priorities. Howard s very significant talents were being used by everyone else in the company to their benefit but not to Howard s and not really to the organization s best interests. Howard enjoyed being included in everything. He knew he should be more focused but couldn t bring himself to work that way Howard s company is not a frequent user of coaching. His HR director pressed the case in this instance since she could so clearly see the value of the service for this very important employee. I started to work with a coach not by choice. Or rather I should be more specific and say Not by my choice. In fact coaching per se never even occurred to me I should explain. It is absolutely true that I have known about my need to get my work life organized. I have thought about using an organization consultant a few times. I even had one call me. But I never followed up on this. I didn t think it belonged on my top priority to-do list. 133 134 Executive Coaching When I look back on this now and try to remember why I resisted some simple steps two things come to mind. First of all it seemed gimmicky to me. Organization specialist consultant whatever just seemed like a waste of time. The irony is not lost .
