that is somewhat unique in the field. His book Building Leaders: How
Successful Leaders Develop the Next Generation,
could also place him in the
“coaching for leadership development” category.
Although Warren Bennis decided he did not want to be included in this list,
he did nominate Ken Siegel
to be in the top practitioner group. Ken’s
coaching practice is unique and very intensive. He usually works with clients over
a three-to-five-year period. He helps leaders challenge the status quo and, like
Marshall, measures the success of his work based upon impact on others, not
just self-assessment.
Bobbie Little
is a Regional Director, Executive Coaching at Personnel De-
cisions International (PDI). She has multinational leadership experience.
Bobbie works with C-level executives and sets clear metrics to document
change. Rather than view coaching as a “popularity contest,” she strives to
achieve a “return on the individual ” that is measured by other people besides her
and her coaching client.
Kim Barnes
has over 30 years of experience in the field. She is a perfor-
mance coach who helps high-potential leaders develop their skills and helps
HR managers and key staff members become great internal coaches.
Marshall Goldsmith’s nominee for the practitioner list was Howard Morgan.
Howard is one of the few coaches who has extensive experience with Fortune
500 CEOs and their management teams. He not only works with key
executives, he has also managed leadership development processes that have
been shown to have a positive impact on thousands of leaders. Luckily for
us, Howard also agreed to sign on to edit this book along with Marshall and
Linkage CEO Phil Harkins.
Career/Life Coaching
In the area of career/life coaching, the first four professionals who were
nominated were Richard Leider, William Bridges, Beverly Kaye, and
Richard Bolles. Richard Bolles declined our invitation for reasons that were
very similar to Warren Bennis ’. He was focused primarily on writing and
teaching, not coaching. The others, however, accepted our invitation.
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