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Executive Coaching

"Executive Coaching is designed to enhance organizational efficiency and productivity by accelerating leaders' growth and performance. Coaching engages leaders in customized ways tailored to their individuality. It is this customization that sets executive coaching apart from other leadership development opportunities." (Schidlow and Siders, 2014)

What is Executive Coaching?

Coaching is a short-to-medium-term relationship between a manager or senior leader and a consultant (internal or external) with the purpose of improving performance (Douglas and McCauley, 1999). Coaching is not networking, mentoring or therapy.

Mentoring:

Mentors can sit at any level in the hierarchy
Ongoing relationship that can last for an extended period of time
Provides emotional support, feedback on how to improve, and other advice

Executive Coaching:

Executive Coaches are senior leaders who undergo extensive training and certification
Relationship is often shorter and generally has a set duration
Aims to stimulate the coachee to uncover innate knowledge so he/she can achieve a sustainable result

I Want to be Coached by an Executive Coach

How do I obtain an Executive Coach?

Complete the Executive Coaching Intake Form. We will be in touch shortly. We understand the sensitive nature of many of these requests; all are treated as strictly confidential. If you have any questions, please contact Allison Romanowski at [email protected].

If you wish to use a coach who is not already approved for this service through Procurement, please contact Allison Romanowski ([email protected]) and she will help to facilitate the process with the Procurement Office.
I Want to Become an Executive Coach
Applications for FY23 are closed.

As part of the University of Michigan’s leadership development efforts to develop diverse, multi-talented bench strength, Michigan Medicine launched an internal executive coaching certification program in May of 2013. This coaching program was designed to identify, train and certify internal faculty and administrative leaders across the enterprise to provide executive coaching services to leaders throughout the institution. By developing our own internal capacity and expanding to both Michigan Medicine and Campus, we will effectively and efficiently assist leaders to develop and strengthen effective competencies.

This training program is designed in partnership with University of Michigan Medical School and Summit Executive Advisory Group.

Training Commitment:

Completion of a virtual 5-Day Executive Coaching Certification Training
(All sessions are mandatory to receive a certificate of completion.)

Attend 4 monthly virtual developmental webinars

Practice coaching skills in 6 meetings with an assigned pilot client

Participate in two 1:1 meetings with a Master Coach for coaching support and feedback

Culminates with completion of a case study outlining and reflecting on your experience as a coach

The entire process will take approximately 6 months.

Qualifications:

Applicant has 5 - 7 years of progressive leadership experience

Faculty: At an associate professor level or higher

Administrative: At a Director-level role or higher for at least 2 years

Positive history of developing others (i.e. medical learners, direct reports, clients, etc.)

Demonstrated experience in facilitation

Demonstrated experience in creating diverse, equitable and inclusive spaces for others

Has received coaching of their own within the last 5 -7 years

Support from leader to provide a minimum of 30 hours of coaching per calendar year

If you have any questions, please contact Allison Romanowski at [email protected].
I Am an Executive Coach

I’m an approved Executive Coach, how will I be matched with potential coachees?

Potential coachees will complete the Executive Coaching Intake Form, which will be reviewed by our office. Our office will choose two potential coaches for the coachee to review, and ultimately, the coachee will choose the coach that they feel is the best match. Informational interviews may be conducted to further assess fit.

Coaching engagements with external coaches will be initiated by the coaching client. We do not encourage our external coaches to solicit new business opportunities with clients directly.

If the external executive coach is listed on our website as an “approved U-M vendor,” the consultant/coach should create and submit a Task Order outlining the project, timeline, and agreed to fees to the department for review and the appropriate signatures prior to the start of services. Signed Task Orders should be forwarded to Procurement for assignment of a purchase order. To find the appropriate procurement agent to forward to, see the Procurement website for these vendors. Orders should be placed via ePro requisition.

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