Return on Investment from Coaching.

In a more recent 2006 study by Parker-Wilkens published in Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol 38, No. 3, 122 the following results were presented from a study on return of investment on coaching.

Interviewed officers identified 8 business impact areas that were influenced by their coaching:

	Improved teamwork (58%)
	Team member satisfaction (54%)
	Increased retention (31%)
	Increased productivity (31%)
	Increased quality of consulting (31%)
	Accelerated promotions (19%)
	Increased client satisfaction (12%)
	Increased diversity (4%)

Coaching produced intangible and monetary benefits for all business impact areas except diversity. Measurable R.O.I was close to 700%