Concentration OC: Organizational Coaching

Concentration OCEC: Organizational Consulting & Executive Coaching

As a founding and board member of the Graduate School Alliance for Executive Coaching, coaching at Penn adheres to the following definition:

Organizational and Executive Coaching is a development process that builds a leader's capabilities to achieve professional and organizational goals. A leader is an individual who has the potential of making a significant contribution to the mission and purpose of the organization. This coaching is conducted through one-on-one and group interactions, driven by evidence/data from multiple perspectives, and is based on mutual trust and respect. The coach, individuals being coached, and their organizations work in partnership to help achieve the agreed upon goals of the coaching.

The Penn Coaching faculty include Bill Wilkinsky (Coaching Concentration Director), Rob Croner, Kim Miner, Rod Napier, Ruth Orenstein, Ana Reyes, Charline Russo, and Dominick Volini.

Organizational Dynamics offers two coaching pathways:

Organizational Coaching (OC) studies is for those interested in learning and developing coaching competencies and tools that integrate with other Organizational Dynamics competencies such as project management, change management and global studies. In this approach, a student selects any six (6) OC courses from among those offered and can study part-time. More information about this pathway is provided below.

Organizational Consulting & Executive Coaching (OCEC) studies is for those interested in a comprehensive and focused approach to coaching and consulting as a profession, whether working as an internal coach/consultant or as an external professional. In this approach, students form a learning cohort community, study together with a dedicated coaching faculty, and complete their degree on weekends in up to 18 months. Information about the OCEC studies pathway is provided here.

Organizational Coaching studies courses concern how organizational talent is managed through coaching and how organizational coaching can be used as a strategic business development initiative. Coaching courses address the history, models, systems, and tools of coaching; how to select and match coaches to clients; and how to evaluate coaching outcomes.

Based on an appropriate blend of documented best practices and quantitative research data, the OC studies concentration examines organizational coaching from the domains of psychology, human resources, and business management. Students for whom OC studies may be appropriate include those interested in becoming enhancing their coaching or consulting competencies or credentials; HR personnel responsible for supporting coaching within their organizations; managers and leaders who wish to apply tools of organizational coaching to their own activities, colleagues, or teams; and personnel with organizational responsibility for succession planning or talent management. Completion of the OC concentration earns a graduate certificate in Organizational Coaching Studies.

A printable Coaching Concentration flyer can be found here.

Click here for the list of recent Organizational Coaching courses.

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