An article in Fast Company cited some interesting findings from a study on executive coaching* — a study involving 48 organizations and 86 leaders who were being coached at the time.

• Perceptions of coaching appear to be changing – from a “fix it tool” for problem leaders to a resource for helping even successful leaders improve on an already-good thing.
• For the leader with a coach: having one is now seen as a badge of honor.
• Some 43% of CEOs and 71% of the senior executives have worked with a coach.
• Coaching seems to be gaining in popularity: 63% of organizations surveyed said they would be increasing their use of coaches. And 92% of leaders that had one said they planned to use a coach again.

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(* Fast Company, “Coaching: The Fad That Won’t Go Away,” Jim Bolt, April 10, 2006)