Brian O. Underhill, Ph.D. is an industry-recognized expert in the design and management of worldwide executive coaching implementations.  Brian is the author of Executive Coaching for Results: The Definitive Guide to Developing Organizational Leaders (Berrett Koehler: 2007).  He is the Founder of CoachSource, the world's largest executive-coaching provider, with over 1,000 coaches in 43 countries, and the Alexcel Group.  Additionally, he previously spent 8 years managing executive coaching operations for Marshall Goldsmith.

Brian's executive coaching work has successfully focused on helping clients achieve positive, measurable, long-term change in leadership behavior.  He has also helped pioneer the use of mini-surveys—a unique measurement tool to help impact behavioral change over time.

Brian's next article on Microsoft's coaching program will appear in the forthcoming "Coaching For Leadership, Third Edition".  He is an internationally sought-after speaker, addressing  The Conference Board, Linkage, and regional ASTD, SHRM HRPS, PCMA events.