Executive Coaching

Perspectives and Practices Across the Field

For leaders, coaches, development professionals, consultants, and students seeking a grounded understanding of executive coaching practice.

Unique perspectives from coaching professionals on:

establishing rapport through chemistry calls
creating effective coaching contracts
distinguishing coaching from mentoring and advising
navigating credentialing, competency, and coach development
integrating cultural humility and intersectionality into practice
responding ethically to complex or psychologically sensitive situations
cultivating self-awareness in coach and client
using assessments and digital tools thoughtfully
supporting resilience, leadership growth, and performance under pressure
measuring and communicating return on investment
exploring the future of executive coaching

Question-centered structure

Each chapter hones in on distinct professional perspectives on the foundations of executive coaching, offering a broad range of viewpoints on shared core issues.

Multiple experienced voices

Rather than a single authoritative stance, this collection brings together expert practitioners, revealing diverse perspectives and a wide range of approaches.

Theory and application together

Authors examine chemistry calls, contracting, foundational coaching approaches, credentialing, cultural humility, ethics, digital tools, resilience, leadership development, imposter syndrome, return on investment, and the future of coaching.

Synthesis across perspectives

Highlights common themes while also examining differences in emphasis, method, and philosophical orientation across contributors.

Executive coaching is a dynamic and growing field, yet it is often learned through scattered models, individual lineages, and isolated points of view. Executive Coaching: Perspectives and Practices Across the Field was created to bring a wider range of perspectives into one place.

Organized around 20 foundational questions, the book invites experienced coaches to respond from their own training, philosophy, and real-world practice. The result is a multi-voiced exploration of executive coaching that helps readers see both shared themes and meaningful differences across the profession.

This book is designed to help readers think more deeply about the work, better understand the range within the field, and approach coaching with greater clarity, discernment, and nuance.