executive coaching

one-on-one, customized counseling and feedback provided to managers in an organization to develop their interpersonal and other managerial skills and enhance their ability to achieve short- and long-term organizational goals. Executive coaching is provided by external consultants or similar professional coaches, rather than by managers, peers, or human resources personnel within the organization. See management development.

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Psychology term of the day

July 27th 2024

analogies test

a test of the participant’s ability to comprehend the relationship between two items and then extend that relationship to a different situation: For example, paintbrush is to paint as pen is to ___.