Studies Show Success in Coaching:

Manchester Inc. found that coaching programs delivered an average return on investment of 5.7 times the initial investment in a typical executive coaching assignment - or a return of more than $100,000 - according to executives who estimated the monetary value of the results achieved through coaching.

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%)

Among the benefits to executives who received coaching were 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%)

The Center for Positive Change is a resource for people who are in transition from where they are now to where they really want to be.