The Volta Coaching Insights Report 2021 Executive Summary

The only industry-specific survey that explores the use of coaching in law firms in the U.S.

The Volta Coaching Insights Survey is the only industry-specific survey that explores the use of coaching in law firms in the U.S. It is intended primarily for partners and firm leaders interested in the use of coaching, and for DEI and Professional Development, Talent Management and HR professionals in law firms tasked with operating coaching programs and sourcing and managing coaching services.

This is our second Coaching Insights Report. We published our first report in 2018. As with that report, this report is based on law firm responses to our Coaching Insights Survey. While our original intention was to run the survey every two years, COVID disrupted our plans in 2020. In the spirit of holding to a biennial schedule, we plan to conduct our next survey in 2023.

To the 72 law firms that responded to our latest survey, we say a big thank you. In particular, we appreciate those who took the time to respond to questions that required additional effort, either because they required some internal research or because they invited free text responses. We also want to acknowledge and thank Cooley, Mintz, Thompson & Knight and Womble Bond Dickinson for sharing details of their coaching practices presented in the miniature case studies.

We are grateful to the Professional Development Consortium for sharing our survey with its membership and giving us the opportunity to present a preview of the results with PDC members in a March 2021 webinar. In this context, we would particularly like to thank Milana Hogan as Chair of the PDC for her support.

We would also like to acknowledge and thank the International Coaching Federation for allowing us to quote from and share some of the findings of its 2020 ICF Global Coaching Study Final Report, which was published in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.