Business Coaching Resources
Business Coaching Research Results
One executive coaching firm found that coaching programs delivered an average return on investment of 5.7 times the initial investment in a typical executive coaching assignment.
Among the benefits to companies that provided coaching to executives were improvements in:
- Productivity (reported by 53% of executives)
- Quality (48%)
- Organizational strength (48%)
- Customer service (39%)
- Reducing customer complaints (34%)
- Retaining executives who received coaching (32%)
- Cost reductions (23%)
- Bottom-line profitability (22%)
The benefits to executives who received coaching include improved:
- Working relationships with direct reports (reported by 77% of executives)
- Working relationships with immediate supervisors (71%)
- Teamwork (67%)
- Working relationships with peers (63%)
- Job satisfaction (61%)
- Conflict reduction (52%)
- Organizational commitment (44%)
- Working relationships with clients (37%)
Source: "Executive Coaching Yields Return On Investment Of Almost Six Times Its Cost, Says Study" JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001