Employee Development | Overcoming the seven challenges to realising the full ROI from coaching

Earlier this month we published our Worklife Coaching Report 2022 – a global study of the state of workplace coaching and what HR needs to do next to realise the maximum ROI from this powerful development intervention.

It’s no surprise that we found that retention was the highest talent priority for UK businesses. What is concerning is that 45% of employees say they will “definitely” or “probably” move to another organisation this year.

However, 87% of employees who want to change roles would prefer to stay with their current employer – and coaching could be a powerful way of engaging and retaining them. Traditionally, coaching has been cost prohibitive to offer to large populations at all levels across the workforce, but our report reveals how you can overcome the challenges that might be holding you back from making this a real possibility.

Several of these challenges relate to the exclusionary nature of conventional coaching models and pricing. Employers need to consider how they can deliver the benefits to all. For example, almost two thirds of organisations claim to offer coaching at all levels, but only 27% of employees at these organisations believe it is available to all.