People are the new competitive advantage and Executive Coaching can help you lead, develop, and retain the most motivated and talented employees! "Exectutive Coaching is so right for the demanding 2000s as we move from the 'old economy' to the new. It puts the emphasis where it belongs--on how to coach people to achieve their best, for themselves and their company." Philip Twyman, Group Executive Director of Britain's largest insurance company, CGNU plc. Executive Coaching informs the reader on how to: manage talent, generate superior results, attract, develop and retain superior performers; and put leadership into action. Executive Coaching is the definitive guide for setting up coaching within organizations. People are the new competitive advantage and anything which can help develop and retain them demands attention. Executive coaching, the personal mentoring and support of key individuals, has proved itself again and again. Initially a technique to help 'derailed' managers get back on track, it is now used proactively to help both new and established executives with the key benefits of increased effectiveness, greater retention and enhanced ability to handle change translate directly into bottom-line results. Executive coaching is now being adopted worldwide by human resources consulting firms. The developmental approach of Executive Coaching consists of a series of one-on-one interactions between a coach and an executive that attempt to improve the latter's performance on the job. Peter Stephenson is the Managing Director of the Stephenson Partnership and has Specialized in executive coaching, career consulting and mentoring since 1990. Peter has worked in a number of company positions and was the founding Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting Group. He has also worked with many of Australia's top 100 companies on planning and implementing change and on providing career consulting and coaching for directors and executives. Read Less