Pinpointing Excellence: The Key to Finding a Quality Executive Coach

The executive coaching market has exploded, and it's hard to know which coaches have the expertise that's right for your business, and which ones are just nice people who have done a little time in the business world. Identifying the difference can mean a world of difference to your bottom line. Now, Pinpointing Excellence provides anyone thinking about employing an executive coach with an objective way to evaluate the candidates. Busy executives don't have time to take a course on selecting a coach; they need a quick test to determine both the quality and fit of a prospective candidate. The practical data and straightforward tools included here ensure that consumers select only high-quality coaches and generate better returns on their outlay of time, energy, and money. For the executive looking for a coach or the coach looking to fine-tune his or her services, this little book brings the realities of today's executive coaching field into clear perspective.

John Reed is an executive, adjunct MBA professor and executive coach certified by the International Coach Federation, the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches and in Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. An executive since 1979 and an executive coach since 1994, he has an AB from Dartmouth College, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, an MS from Georgia State University and a PhD from the University of Georgia. He is licensed by the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. He provides executive coaching, executive assessment and organizational development support globally for C-suite leaders, entrepreneurs and other high impact professionals and their firms in the energy, retail, financial services, real estate, legal, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, healthcare, technology, chemical, utility, food and spirits, education and not-for-profit sectors. A U.S. Navy veteran, he and his wife have four children.