In this week's episode, Paul is joined by Andrea Dermody. Andrea is a Diversity & Inclusion consultant who held a number of senior leadership roles within the broad HR function within State Street .
In this episode, we discuss areas including:
Why bring coaching into an organisation
Aligning coaching to strategy
What to think about when bringing in external executive coaches
You can have a listen here:
What we covered:
1:15: Andrea's background
2:25: Where the coaching conversation started internally and Andrea's remit
3:25: Where coaching fit into management development
5:10: The importance of listening
5:45: Listening and coaching within the Inclusion & Diversity world
7:45: What is the business challenge and where does coaching fit?
9:00: Bringing in coaching - you've got to start with the why!
10:50: How do you 'sell' coaching to senior leadership?
12:35: How do you convince middle management to buy into coaching?
13:20: How do you manage perception around coaching?
15:30: Clarity around what executive coaching is used for (and not used for!) and where it fits as part of other interventions
18:50: How do you select and validate the work of an external coach?
20:40: Creating a cohort of external executive coaches
23:00: The external coaching market and how it has changed over the years
26:30: What are the benefits you could expect to see through setting up an external coaching programme?
28:10: Benefits of creating a coaching culture
28:40: How executive coaching enhances high potentials
30:00: Coaching grows leaders
31:20: Assuming positive intent to resolve or avoid conflict
32:45: What is the one most important piece of advice you would give to someone when it comes to setting up or refining and internal coaching programme?
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