Advancing the highest standards and best practices
of executive coaching with all members of the coaching
partnership (Executives, Coaches, HR Professionals,
and others interested in Executive Coaching).

The Executive Coaching Handbook

The Handbook provides definitions, guidelines, and standards
for executive coaching. It is intended to be used by executives, coaches,
Human Resources professionals, and others supporting
or interested in executive coaching.

Within the minimum constraints of the copyright notice in the Handbook, it is distributed here free of charge to be used and copied. Click below to read or download the new 4th edition.

To the 4^th edition we have added our Competency Model. This model is intended to help define the knowledge areas, tasks and skills sets, attributes, and abilities that are critical for executive coaches to use in their work to be successful and to create effective experiences for clients.

The Competency Model is targeted to human resources and leadership development professionals who screen executive coaches, organizational coaching practice managers who run coaching programs, executives who utilize executive coaching services, and educators responsible for training the next generation of executive coaches.