Executive coaching is quickly becoming the service of choice for enhancing the performance and development of leaders, and Executive Coaching: Practices and Perspectives is the first book to integrate the theory and practice of this critical emerging field. Sharing lessons learned from their successes as well as their failures, savvy and experienced executive coaches and human resource professionals present their practical, leading-edge views of this new professional arena. Contributors describe various approaches to executive coaching, detail how to create an executive coaching initiative within an organization, and offer guidance for the unique challenges of working with executives in midlife, entrepreneurs, and leaders in multicultural environments.