Most clients see their coaches for a limited period. Typically monthly for five or six two-hour sessions. At the top of the organisational tree, though, chief executives often like to have immediate access to their trusted coach at any time.

It means they can call on them for a face-to-face or telephone session at very short notice to deal with a crisis. The potential for saving money is enormous. Making the wrong decision under heavy pressure can cost very large sums of money as well as the human cost and damage to reputation.

Of course there has to be a relationship of trust built up over a period. But a top class executive coach who knows your every weakness as well as your every strength can be the decisive factor in making a success of the job.

Some chief executives of FTSE 100 companies pay up to £100,000 a year for first-class support. The penalty on them for failure is huge, despite the so-called ‘reward for failure’ clauses which have achieved notoriety for some. Corresponding annual fees in the public sector are surprisingly low by comparison.

Three Directors of Management Futures – Jenny Rogers, Phil Hayes and Jan Campbell – are at the top of their profession and have coached many chief executives, managing directors and board members. They offer state-of-the-art executive coaching on an open access annual agreement basis.

One of the benefits of annual agreements is that the fee include access to the specialist coaches working for Management Futures. For the public service chief executive it includes media coaching for a publicity emergency, presentation coaching to address your staff or major public meeting and image advice from an expert.

The year-round service, rather than an hour-by-hour reckoning, undoubtedly increases the value a client receives not least because it generates greater trust and depth of understanding. It brings a widely experienced wisdom to your decision making process and tackles inter-linked issues in the round – skills, life issues, career, strategy.

Ring Alan Rogers on 020 7242 4030 for more information and details of fees.