Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching: Developing Managerial Wisdom in a World of Chaos
By Richard Kilburg. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association, 2000. 272 pages, $39.95.

Kilburg's literature review examines coaching applied to athletic performance, problem behaviors, job applicant performance, and the effectiveness of human resources practitioners.

Kilburg applies a variety of psychotherapeutic principles and techniques to executive coaching. He addresses topics such as using reflective containment, working with human emotion and cognition, working with client defenses, and working with client conflicts. He reviews the pertinent seminal psychological literature, draws implications for professional practice, and employs case studies to demonstrate the application of psychotherapeutic principles to executive coaching.

Executive Coaching is well-written, extensively documented, and amplified with numerous figures and detailed charts. This book would be excellent supplemental reading in a graduate consultation skills course and should be read by executive coaches and consultants who wish to incorporate a psychotherapeutic approach into their practice.


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Review by

Mark J Safferstone. The Academy of Management Executive. May 2000. Vol. 14, Iss. 2; pg. 131,