Coaching On the Ground
Volume 1, Issue 3, March 2010
   
Appropriateness of Coaching  
by Dr. S. Sabesan

Like in the case of training, those who invest in Coaching, constantly wonder if their investment is really worth the cost and effort. They therefore search for and set up a whole host of mechanisms to measure effectiveness. What many are not aware of is that one can design for effectiveness by managing each element of the process effectively.


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Setting up a Coaching relationship – the inside story
by Ganesh Chella

Befitting the theme of this edition of the Coaching Digest – Coaching On the Ground, this article focuses on some of the ground level issues involved in setting up an effective relationship between a Coach and the Client or Coachee. At CFI we refer to this entire process as the pre- engagement phase or the phase before the actual Coaching commences.
 
Referral is an important form of Coaching
by Dr. B. J. Prashantham

This issue of the Coaching Digest focuses on a variety of “On the Ground” implementation issues in setting up Coaching engagements and making them work.

In this context, it is important for the sponsors and Coachees to be familiar with a key dimension in Coaching – referral.

 
 
To RoI or not to RoI!
by Pradipta K Mohapatra

As in every other profession, we have in the field of Coaching, the good Coaches and the not so good Coaches. It is therefore legitimate on the part of the Coachee, and more importantly, the client Organisation to ask, ‘How effective was the Coaching initiative?’ The process of measuring Coaching effectiveness is barely mature and is still undergoing a lot of experimentation.  
 
CFI’s Ethical Framework
by the CFI Team

We expect Auditors to epitomise governance, we expect Doctors to epitomise faith in healing and we expect Bankers to epitomise trust. What do we expect from Coaches? We expect them to epitomise belief in human potential. When all these professionals act in this manner, they are being true to their profession, and when they don’t, they bring disrepute, not only to themselves, but to the entire profession.
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CFI Coaching Model
CFI promotes a holistic coaching model that is coachee centric by approach, humanistic by orientation, empowering by style and eclectic by design. It prepares its coaches to be highly skillful in their coaching conversations and deeply mindful about the psychological dimensions of coaching. CFI's coaching model focuses on managing problems and developing unused opportunities.
Editorial

The power of Executive Coaching is beginning to be recognised by Organisations in India very rapidly. As a result, more and more Organisations are beginning to grapple with the need for a policy or framework to establish and offer Coaching as a developmental experience for their Executives. As they do this, several “On the ground” implementation issues and questions are beginning to surface

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The CFI Editorial Team

  • Ganesh Chella
  • Ashok Jayaram
  • Dr. S. Sabesan
  • Saumya Rastogi
  • Bhairavi Prakash
 
CFI News
The seventh edition of the CEO Coach Accreditation Programme was inaugurated with a conference call on 16th January, 2010.  
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