This unique book, written by a trained psychologist and executive coach with decades of experience as a business executive, offers a step-by-step guide to the actual practice of executive coaching. The book begins with a case study from which an overall guiding theory is presented. Subsequent chapters adopt a descriptive rather than prescriptive approach that all well-trained practitioners can follow and unnderstand. Included is a full chapter on outcome evalution with a statistically valid and reliable methodolgy that offers the framework for empirical research. Numerous case histories and experpts are fully analyzed from the perspective of the theoretical framework, a section on practical considerations--ethics, training, and when to turn down an assignment --is included; and the book concludes by revisting the case history in the first chapter using concepts and techinques introduced throughout the book. Appendices will include intervieew and evaluation protocols, feedback report and coaching plan formats, sample of coaching interventions, and a glossary.