Senior Management - when the going gets tough......hire a coach?

What do you do when when it starts to get tough, sometimes it can be lonely and isolating in a senior role - you may be expected to come up with the goods and yet at times it might feel that you haven't anyone you can turn too?

The rise of coaching in senior management has been steady over the past two decades - in some organisations it's seen as a last ditch effort to "fix" something in others it's part and parcel of the landscape. 

Without a doubt  business coach can help you to think about issues in new ways and furnish you with tools to deal with new challenges. Harvard Business Review published this piece on coaches feedback about working with exec's. 

http://www.leadership-choices.com/news/items/hbr-on-the-realities-of-executive-coaching-10.html?file=tl_files/newsroom/Publications/HBR%2520The%2520Realities%2520of%2520Executive%2520Coaching/hbr-coaching-research-report%25202009.pdf