Two in three UK businesses fail to use coaching to directly tackle corporate objectives, according to research from Hays Senior Finance and coaching firm LeaderShape.

The survey also reports that two thirds of businesses (68%) fail to use coaching directly to address corporate objectives and they confess that outcomes are often simply referenced at a personal level.

According to the data, most coach-mentoring programmes are for individuals, with nearly three quarters (72%) deployed to develop individual talents or address personal worries.