@article{Brown,2026The,
abstract = {The present study examined four elements of the working relationship between professional (executive) coaches and clients that might predict the extent to which clients make progress toward their goals (as judged independently by clients and coaches): (a) coach supportiveness, (b) the extent to which coaches challenged clients to think or behave differently, (c) client engagement, and (d) the extent to which the coach helped clients envision and articulate their core values and ideal self (aspirational clarity). Unique among studies on the predictors of coaching effectiveness, this study also examined whether “actionable planning” (clients’ subjective sense of the extent to which they cocreated effective, concrete action plans with their coaches) could help explain the associations between these four factors and goal progress. Results showed that when progress was rated by clients, all four factors were related to goal progress, but only three exhibited unique predictive value when examined simultaneously. Actionable planning partially mediated these associations. However, when goal progress was rated by coaches, only client engagement levels and aspirational clarity uniquely predicted goal progress, and actionable planning was not a significant mediator of either variable. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)},
author = {Brown, R. and Reitmeier, R.},
title = {The role of actionable planning in facilitating goal progress through professional coaching.},
number = {1},
journal = {Consulting Psychology Journal},
pages = {49-65},
year = {2026},
language = {English},
url = {psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-60001-001},
volume = {78}
}