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Article: What is executive coaching?(On Leadership)
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- Arkansas Business
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- April 25, 2005
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ABOUT HALF OF THE E-MAIL I get after one of my columns is published in Arkansas Business asks the same question: "What is executive coaching?" So this month I am presenting an overview of executive coaching through the words and impressions of Arkansans who have worked with an executive coach.
Frank McGehee, CEO of Legacy Capital Group of Little Rock, describes his work with a coach this way: "It is time away from working in your business for working on your business." He describes coaching as a process of evoking excellence--in the same manner that an athletics coach does. Frank also credits much of the growth and success of his firm and his own growth as a ...