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Executive and leadership coaching: what firms are buying, what they pay for it, and who is winning the contracts.

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How a Business Coach Actually Helps Your Business

LONDON—Most descriptions of business coaching are too vague to be useful. Here is the concrete version: what a coach does in the room, what changes as a result, and the four situations where one is genuinely worth the money.

Marta Vieira·Coach Affairs·7 min

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The Chemistry Call Is a Bad Interview

The Chemistry Call Is a Bad Interview

Almost every executive coaching engagement begins with a conversation designed to test rapport. Rapport is the one thing that was going to be there anyway, and the one thing that predicts nothing about whether the work will land.

Ade SalamiCorrespondent4 min