Article: Training/Coaching article from ASTD

T+D Magazine of American Society of Training And Development profiles Nancy Hemmenway, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, AMB Property Corporation, San Francisco, California

I don't believe in sending people to school. I believe in on-the-job training that you can apply that day," says Nancy Hemmenway, senior vice president for HR and administration at AMB Property Corporation in San Francisco. . .

Her preferred method for honing talent within AMB is internally developed programs with a strong coaching component. "In the years that I've been involved in learning and development, I've found that learning opportunities combined with coaching make a huge difference," she says.

How so? "Coaching helps people make the transition between the learning and work environments. It helps them connect the dots and find real-time applications for the learning."

Hemmenway admits that coaching can be an intimidating-and sometimes intense-experience. She knows how people feel when they're asked to enter a new coaching relationship, saying that the first time she was coached, "I was scared to death."

Why do people find coaching frightening? . . .

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Thanks to Terry A. Maugeri for this article as posted in Coachtalk-1.