NOTE: As of 2022 the Center for Executive Coaching is now accredited with the ICF as a Level 2 Coach Training Organization. The ICF has changed their language and replaced ACTP with Level 2. We were among the first group of coach training programs to receive this accreditation, after a rigorous review by the ICF.

CEC Graduate Interview: Adding coaching to a consulting, training, and speaking practice

Michael Frisina runs The Frisina Group, a rapidly growing and very well-regarded firm in the healthcare space. He runs the Center for Influential Leadership and is the author of Influential Leadership – Change Your Self, Change Your Organization, Change Health Care.

In this interview, he shares the evolution of his practice, how coaching has helped, and how the Center for Executive Coaching has fit into and supported his work. Notice how he has positioned himself as a true trusted advisor. He does keynote speeches. He writes books and articles. He runs a Center. He consults. He trains. And, of course, he coaches. The most successful professionals recognize that coaching is one of many delivery methods, and has a wide range of ways to provide value and earn trust with clients.

While the beginning of this interview talks a lot about heatlhcare, please listen until the end. You will gain some very valuable insights about success in coaching, regardless of industry focus.

Aflac

Amazon

Ancestry

Army Corp of Engineers

Ascension Health

AT&T

Bank of America

Bechtel

Best Buy

Booz Allen

Bose

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Brown University

Capital One

Caterpillar

Charles Schwab & Co.

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Cisco

Citrix

Coca-Cola

Deloitte

Dropbox

Duke Energy

Galveston Independent School District

General Atomics

General Electric

Google

Harvard Business School

Home Depot

Inland Steel

International Red Cross

Johnson and Johnson

Kaiser-Permanente

KPMG

Laser Spine Institute

Lexis Nexis

Liberty Mututal

L’Oreal

Macy’s

Mckinsey Consulting

Merck

Microsoft

MIT

NASA

National Basketball Association (NBA)

Nike

Nissan

Nvidia

Partners Healthcare

Philips

Procter & Gamble

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)

Ralph Lauren

Regeneron

Rice University

Ross Stores

Russell Reynolds Associates

Schneider Electric

Shell Oil

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Stryker

The Ohio State University

Tom’s Shoes

United Nations

University of Florida

Unum

UPS

US Air Force

US Army

US Army Medical Corps

US Marines

US Navy

USAID

Valassis

VMWare

Xerox

Zappos

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