Helping you to get from here to there. Executive coaching is hot. What was once stigma (“You’re so broken you need a coach”) has become a status symbol (“You’re so valuable you get a coach”). Tiger Woods and Michael Phelps have coaches. Even President Barack Obama has a coach, If elite athletes and organizations think they need coaches, shouldn’t you have one too? Perhaps.. Every coaching engagement starts with you. What do you want to accomplish? What do you hope to gain from coaching? Coaching is not consulting. A coach may have technical expertise but he or she should not be perceived as an answer person or an extra pair of hands. S/he helps executives think through and tackle their own problems. The goal of coaching is self-reliance, not dependency,