Coaching Resource Center
The Corporate University Xchange Coaching Resource Center offers information, research, tools, as well as additional reading related to coaching in all types of organizations.
The Coaching - Accelerate Leadership webinar, held Jaunary 28th, 2009, focuses on coaching best practices and how they affect employee development. If you missed out on the webinar, you can download the presentation slides here.
Coaching is acknowledged as one of the three elements of learning in corporate settings, along with formal instruction and on-the-job training. Yet, when CorpU was asked about the parameters for setting up a coaching program, we discovered that there was nothing that actually addressed key issues such as:
- Setting the program’s mission
- Deciding how participants and coaches will be chosen
- Determining the duration and frequency of a coaching engagement
- Agreeing on what measures will determine completion and success
To address that gap, CorpU conducted the Current Concepts in Coaching study and learned the how, what, who, and when of coaching programs in Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. To learn more download the executive summary or if you are a CorpU member download the entire report below.
Slideshows
Gallup: When Someone Encourages Your Development
Freescale: How Coaching Contributes to a Culture of Development
Beyond ROI
Manchester Institute study is an insightful look at what they measured and what factors contributed to the 500% ROI they experienced.
The Coaching Conundrum
A research study from BlessingWhite that reinforces the CorpU results.
CorpU Coaching Additional Resources Report 
Further reading about this critical component of successful development.
P&G Improves Coaching – By Listening
Listening well is a prerequisite to good coaching. P&G used small discussion groups as the instructional strategy to teach listening skills to middle managers and technical leaders.