Brigitte Jaquillard, Leadership Consultant & Coach at Finders, challenges a common assumption: that coaching is most useful when something is going wrong. She offers a different perspective on when, how, and for whom it truly delivers. The session was hosted by Linda Jaquillard, Managing Director of Finders.
What you’ll take away
- Coaching works best before the problem, not after. Most organisations commission coaching once a situation has already deteriorated. The more useful question is: at what point should it have started?
- The coach’s profile determines the outcome. Not all coaching approaches are equivalent. Purely inquiry-based methods have limits, and knowing where those limits lie matters when selecting the right coach for the right situation.
- ROI is measurable, but only if you build it in from the start. Linking a coaching programme to a specific business project or stretch outcome is what transforms a development initiative into something you can actually account for.