These executives often are too hard-charging and neglect people skills. Despite their talent and smarts, they falter as leaders because they are unpopular with their subordinates. The shy and quiet exec. These executives have the opposite problem of their Type A counterparts. Despite great ideas and skills, they are not aggressive enough to convey them.
Managers manage projects, but leaders lead people.
Like career counseling the field of executive coaching is unlicensed. Anyone can hang up a shingle and call themselves coach. Thomas Leonard estimates there are 1,000 coaches in this growing field. Coach U's enrollment has tripled in the past year to 360. While many coaches are former high-level executives, clients don't necessarily expect them to be management consultants offering solutions to business problems.