TY  - JOUR
TI  - What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach
AU  - George, A.
AU  - Rose, S.
AB  - This study explores the virtues needed to be a good coach. In contrast to the considerable focus on competencies, there has been little discussion about what the character traits of a coach should be. We therefore explored what key stakeholders in coaching understood about the virtues of coaches. Experienced coaches and clients (predominantly from a workplace context) were interviewed and the data analysed by reflexive thematic analysis. This identified six virtues: wisdom, temperance, courage, loyalty, non-judgemental and attentive, which were made up of 22 components. This provides a helpful framework for professional reflection and the training and development of coaches, as well as future research.  
IS  - 1
JO  - International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
PY  - 2025
KW  - Coaching
KW  - coaching education
KW  - coaching training
KW  - virtue
KW  - phronesis
SP  - 6
EP  - 23
UR  - radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/c1e36fc9-9e12-457e-bbfa-6e8221c438fd/1/
VL  - 23
LA  - English
ER  -