Coaching for performance
S Whitmore Pfeiffer 1996
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Most business-based coaching concerns one of two critical junctures in the life of a manager: decision-making and performance. Yet, there is a third form of coaching in a business setting that can be quite beneficial. This form of coaching is called “alignment coaching.” This third type of business coaching is explored in this article thr...
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Women executives are aligning their work and home lives with their values in substantial numbers. Interviews with women executives found that they fell into four categories based on their level of alignment: Traditional, Aspirational, Transitional, or Aligned. Alignment coaching can support executives in each of these groups in articulati...