Senior talent professionals find it frustrating trying to identify external executive coaches with the right mix of skills and experience. This was a key finding of a study by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) UK and the Institute of Business Consulting (IBC). Coaches must distinguish themselves with greater precision and buyers must show greater finesse in drawing up specifications for coaches and in their approach to selection and recruitment, says the report, External executive coaching: a joint study of sponsors’ experiences and perspectives, by Paula Roberts, a member...