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Fri 07 Jul 2007Superior supportThe world of the executive can be lonely. The higher up the corporate ladder they climb, the more executives find themselves faced with difficult decisions and fewer colleagues around them to offer advice.Not many employees are in a position to challenge the decisions of a chief executive or a company director, or indeed to offer support. That is where executive coaching comes in, according to Peter Bluckert, business coach and founding member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.