Everything You Wanted to Know About Executive Coaching
with Panel

November 30, 2004

Note:  Senior Training Director Initiative sessions are targeted for training and development professionals who have a minimum of 10 years of training and development (or equivalent) experience and are responsible for developing training and development strategy. Director level professionals are also responsible for decision making in their organizations. These programs are designed to offer strategic insight and time for round table interaction with peers.

Overview

Are you or your organization:

• Thinking about using coaches to develop leaders or wanting to take your current use of coaching to the next level? 
• Working on talent management, succession planning, and performance improvement in your organization—and are curious how coaching might be a part of the mix?
• Seeking to increase the retention, transfer, and application of learning in your organization—and think coaching might help?
• Wanting to make coaching skills part of your overall management and leadership competencies and performance systems?
• Needing to help new executives and managers hit the ground running at warp speed?
• Excited by the possibility of increasing your management teams’ effectiveness by 20%?

Then this is the event for you!

This panel of experienced coaches will share their expertise about selecting, using and evaluating executive coaches in organizations as well as issues related to building a coaching-based culture and performance systems. You will learn more about:

• What's an executive coach? When might you want to use an executive coach?
• How do executive coaches contribute to the strategic direction of a company? How can executive coaches help drive strategic change? How do executive coaches become strategic partners?
• How do you select and evaluate an executive coach?
• What are the roles, responsibilities and ethical boundaries of an executive coach?
• How can you get the most out of your executive coach?
• How do you link performance measurement and development activities?
• How do you build a culture and communication systems to support coaching?
• And most important. . .have time to ask your questions of our panel of coaches!

Panel

David Drake, PhD
President, Catalyst Communications
ddrake@catalst.com

 

David helps individuals, teams and organizations create a new Story for themselves by infusing coaching skills into their work, engaging in conversations that make a difference, and leading change in an integrated manner. David has taught his coaching skills program to over 1,000 managers and professionals. He has also worked extensively with three organizations to support their move to a coaching-based culture and performance system. He is the co-director and lead trainer for the InterCultural Coaching Institute in Portland, OR. He is part of the research consortium for the International Coaching Federation and is presenting a paper at their international conference in Quebec in November. 

Randi Rosenfield
Owner, Turning Point Alliance
503-293-6928
coaching@randirosenfield.com

Randi is an executive and team coach, and owner of Turning Point Alliance. She works with senior leaders who want a more effective leadership style, so they can develop strong teams and successfully implement change in fast paced, high stakes environments. She also works with leaders to develop strategies that accelerate an executive’s entry into a new organization, cutting months off of transition time. Randi has eighteen years of experience working in corporate America. Her last position was Director of Training and Development for Nike’s Global Footwear organization. Randi has a master’s degree in Counseling, is a graduate of Corporate Coach University International and has earned the Associate Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation.

Ed Ferrigan

Ed Ferrigan is a performance coach and consultant. For over 23 years, Ed has been involved in helping executives, managers and employees reach higher levels of success through building great relationships with each other. As a certified coach, and training and development specialist, I work with individuals and companies that are not getting the results they want in their business and personal relationships and are ready to go to the next level of their career or relationship potential. 

Doug Campbell
Manager, OD, PacifiCorp
Portland, OR

Doug Campbell is manager of Organization Development for the Power Delivery Business Unit of PacifiCorp. His activities in the area of Organizational Development span more than 20 years. As an organizational consultant, Doug has assisted clients at the individual, team/departmental and the larger organizational level. He has worked as a coach and consultant to individuals in the areas of performance management, career development and leadership skills. At the team or departmental level he consults about long-range vision and strategy, organizational design and change and transition management. In the larger organization he has worked on interdepartmental issues, organizational culture changes, and talent management. Doug is a graduate of Montana State University in Bozeman, where he earned an undergraduate degree in Organizational Communication and earned an advanced certificate in ODHRM from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a professional coach through The Coaches Training Institute. Doug is also a member of Organization Development Network.

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