Coaching is a powerful tool to help employees realize their career aspirations. Coaching skills are becoming critical management competencies as organizations prepare a new generation of leaders, using fewer financial, human, and training resources. Author, certified Full Experience Coaching founder, and chapter Past-President Sophie Oberstein explains to assembled ASTD-Philly members and guests why coaching has taken on such importance. Also included are Oberstein's debriefs of two interactive exercises in which all 55 attendees participated.