Executive coaching in India: finding roots in a hard business environment

Companies today have transitioned from engaging coaches a knee-jerk reaction to a business crisis to hiring them for the development of leaders and executives at senior and mid-level

George Skaria
Last Updated at August 9, 2019 16:18 IST

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Executive coaching is still in nascent in India, though it debuted some 15 years back. But today its practice and relevance to businesses and leaders are on a sharp growth curve, given the great economic volatility and complex challenges within and outside companies staring at CEOs. Under enormous pressure from shareholders, banks, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders, India’s top executives are fast realising the need to have a wider, global mindset than they had in the past.

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