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Guide for constructing self-efficacy scales.

A Bandura Information Age Publishing 2006

The coach-coachee relationship in executive coaching: A field study.

L Baron, L Morin Human Resource Development Quarterly 2009

Numerous authors have suggested that the working relationship between coach and coachee constitutes an essential condition to the success of executive coaching. This study empirically investigated the links between the coach-coachee relationship and the success of a coaching intervention in an organizational setting. Data were collected f...

Coaching understood: A pragmatic inquiry into the coaching process.

E Cox Sage 2013

Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice

K Glanz, B Rimer, K Viswanath Jossey-Bass 2008

Strengths-based development in practice.

TD Hodges, D Clifton Wiley and Sons 2004

What is strengths-based development, and what scientific evidence underpins its practice? To answer these questions, decades of strengths research and theory are reviewed and summarized. The impacts of several strengths-based developmental interventions from education, healthcare, faith communities, and business are reviewed. Relationship...

Coaching the multiplicity of mind: A strengths-based model.

M Moore Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

Professional health and wellness coaches are passionate about helping people learn, change, and grow. We are lifelong students of what enables humans to perform at our best. The phrase coaching the whole person is common coaching parlance; full engagement in self-care often requires that clients shift a spectrum of beliefs, motives, and p...

The Coaching Skills Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES): A validation study among a Portuguese sample.

S Palmer, D Vieira The Coaching Psychologist 2012

This study presents an instrument to evaluate coaching self-efficacy defined as the extent to which a person believes in his or her capacity to establish trusting relationships and ability to communicate effectively with others in order to facilitate their personal and professional potential. Two-hundred-and-thirty adult trainee coaches c...

A Framework for Developing Women Leaders Applications to Executive Coaching

D O’Neil, M Hopkins, D Bilimoria The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 2015

Informed by extant literature, we develop a framework of women’s leadership development that integrates the key factors affecting women’s leadership development (challenging organizational contexts, work–life integration and career/life-stage concerns) and the characteristics of women’s leadership presence. We define leadership presence a...

The Effects of Executive Coaching on Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Work/Family and Family/Work Conflict

ME Dingman Proceedings of the Third Coaching Research Symposium 2005

Development and Validation of the Coaching Skills Self- Efficacy Scale- Japanese Version

Y Tokuyoshi, S Iwasaki, D Vieira, S Palmer The Coaching Psychologist 2014

Coaching leaders in middle and executive management: Goals, performance, buy-in

S Bowles, CJL Cunningham, GM De La Rosa, J Picano Leadership & Organization Development Journal 2007

Purpose – This article aims to test the effectiveness of coaching for middle and executive level managers within a large recruiting organization. Design/methodology/approach – Participants set goals to achieve during a 12‐month coaching programme. The sample consisted of middle managers (n=30) and executive managers (n=29) involved i...

A systematic review of the literature on health and wellness coaching: defining a key behavioral intervention in healthcare

RQ Wolever, LA Simmons, GA Sforzo, D Dill, M Kaye, E Bechard... Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

Primary Objective: Review the operational definitions of health and wellness coaching as published in the peer-reviewed medical literature. Background: As global rates of preventable chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions, there has been an increased focus on strategies to improve health behaviors and associated outcomes....

A randomized trial of a telephone care-management strategy

D Wennberg, A Marr, L Lang, S O'Malley, G Bennett New England Journal of Medicine 2010

Peer coaching: a practical model to support constructivist learning methods in the development of managerial competency

R Ladyshewsky, W Varey Australian Academic Press 2005

Why good leaders can't use good advice

R Mitchell, D Rossmoore Journal of Leadership Studies 2001

How personal systems coaching increases selfefficacy and well-being for Israeli single mothers

S Bar International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014

This study explores the influence of personal systems coaching on self-efficacy and goals achievement. A mixed-methods quasi-experimental research compared single mother degree students, and included interviews and focus groups with coaches and clients. Findings showed increased selfefficacy, goal achievements and well-being and a ...

An evaluation of the measurement properties of the Mentor Self-Efficacy Scale among participants in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada Community Mentoring Programs

A Ferro, D DeWit, S Wells, KN Speechley, E Lipman International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

The measurement properties of a newly developed instrument, Mentor Self-Efficacy Scale, were examined among 249 Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) mentor, child, and parent triads. The unidimensional scale demonstrated acceptable reliability (α = 0.81) and convergent validity, with mentor self-efficacy (MSE) correlating with mentor repor...

Perceived Leadership Self-Efficacy and Coach Competence: Assessing a Coaching-Based Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale

F Moen, R Federici International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012

The first purpose of this study was to develop and test the factor structure of a multidimensional Coaching Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale (CLSES). A second purpose was to validate the CLSES through an inspection of its relation to the Coach Competence Scale (CCS). The CLSES was developed to capture important coaching leadership effica...

The Effect from Executive Coaching on Performance Psychology

F Moen, E Skaalvik International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2009

In this study, the authors explore the effects of an executive coaching programme on important performance psychology variables (self-efficacy, causal attribution, goal setting, and selfdetermination). One hundred and forty-four executives and middle managers from a Fortune high-tech 500 company participated in the experiment over a pe...

Using mentors to facilitate the delivery of a longitudinal coping intervention amongst national junior netball players

TJ Devonport, AM Lane International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2009

This study evaluates the utility of mentors in facilitating a longitudinal intervention designed to enhance the coping skills of junior national netball players (mentees). Mentors used information packs to develop five coping competencies amongst mentees including: planning and organization; goal setting; emotional intelligence; proble...

Global coaching and evidence based coaching: Multiple perspectives operating in a process of pragmatic humanism

G Abbott, P Rosinski International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2007

This article highlights relationships between the emerging practice of global coaching, described in Rosinski (2003a, 2006) and six leading ‘evidence based’ approaches to coaching (Stober & Grant, 2006). Attention is given to global coaching in the international business environment, positioning the treatment within an executive coachi...

The conclusions middle managers draw from their beliefs about organisational coaching and their coaching practices

T Misiukonis International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

This article reports on a phenomenological study that examined middle managers beliefs about organisational coaching and their coaching practices. The study also investigated middle managers’ conclusions, drawn from the relationship between these two objects. Two unstructured in-depth interviews based on participants’ coaching experien...

An exploration of the experience of self-doubt in the coaching context and the strategies adopted by coaches to overcome it

L Hindmarch International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2008

This study explores the experience of self-doubt in coaching, and strategies adopted to overcome it. A phenomenological approach is used to explore the lived experience of self-doubt with eight participants. Four of the participants are clients who have been coached in self-doubt, and four are coaches who have worked with clients in ad...

‘Cantón’s Giraffe’: A motivational strategy model applied from the perspective of coaching

E Cantón The Coaching Psychologist 2014

There is no doubt that motivational processes figure prominently in the progress and improvement of all areas of human activity, from personal to professional development. One needs to focus on the objective, develop properly the motivational force and have a base of self-confidence. Here we present a model aimed at achieving that goal...

PEAK: A model for use within performance coaching

G O’Moore The Coaching Psychologist 2012

This paper introduces ‘PEAK’, a model suitable for use within performance coaching. PEAK is an acronym formed from the four interacting domains that are considered to underpin performance; Purpose, Engagement, Ability, and Know-how. The aim is to present an overview of the model and the theory that underpins it as well as providing a b...

Does thinking about motivation boost motivation levels

J Gelona The Coaching Psychologist 2011

Motivation is key to success and well-being. The achievement of any goal depends in part on peoples’ motivation. Of considerable relevance in this context, is the issue of whether people consciously engage with the process of generating and maintaining self-motivation – particularly whether or not individuals are proactive in bringing ...

What motivates coaching clients? A practitioner’s view

J Gelona The Coaching Psychologist 2008

Motivation is seen as a crucial ingredient to the success of any venture. It is a key element in moving people to action and in enabling them to attain valued outcomes from goals they choose to pursue. This paper explores and discusses what people in executive/business and management roles have to say about self-motivation and what mo...

To achieve, or not to achieve the goal--that is the question: Does frustration tolerance influence goal achievement in coaching clients

V Ellam, S Palmer The Coaching Psychologist 2006

A number of theories and models relating to goal achievement will be considered with a particular emphasis on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the Model of Goal Directed Behaviour and the more recent Extended Model of Goal Directed Behaviour. It is suggested that the concept of frustration tolerance taken from the rational emotive beha...

Applying goal setting theory to coaching

S Johnston The Coaching Psychologist 2005

Self-regulation coaching to alleviate student procrastination: Addressing the likeability of studying behaviours

CM Sims International Coaching Psychology Review 2014

Students who habitually procrastinate may be at risk of underachieving academically as well as putting their health and well-being in jeopardy. The current review of research on procrastination leads to the identification of four broad task likeability factors as encapsulating a range of procrastination patterns. These are: (1) perceiv...

‘The assessment needs to go hand-inhand with the debriefing’: The importance of a structured coaching debriefing in understanding and applying a positive psychology strengths assessment

B Roche, K Hefferon International Coaching Psychology Review 2013

Objectives: Despite extensive empirical evidence supporting the use of strengths, minimal research has been conducted on the practical application of strengths tools. The objective of this study was to test the impact of a structured debriefing following completion of Realise2, an online strengths assessment, in relation to strengths a...

Positive coaching with frontline managers: enhancing their effectiveness and understanding why

N Yu, CG Collins, M Cavanagh, K White, G Fairbrother International Coaching Psychology Review 2008

Coaching is increasingly being used in the health sector, with staff and patients. Despite this increase there is only a small body of empirical evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of coaching in health care settings. Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a workplace coaching programme (WCP) aimed at enhancing...

Applying sport psychology to business

L Ievleva, PC Terry International Coaching Psychology Review 2008

There has been a substantial increase in the application of sport psychology theory and practice in business settings in recent years. This paper outlines points of intersection and divergence between sport and business, and provides examples from sport that are of use in business settings. This paper also draws upon Orlick’s 2008 evid...

Assessing the impact of Motivational-Interviewing via Co-active Life Coaching on engagement in physical activity

AM Goddard, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

The purpose of this 12-week pre-post design study was to assess the impact of Motivational Interviewing via Co-Active Life Coaching (MI-via-CALC) on engagement in physical activity for 25 women between the ages of 30 and 55 years. Data on task self-efficacy, barrier-specific self-efficacy, self-esteem, physical activity (PA), body mass...

School-based mentors’ affective commitment to the mentor role: Role clarity, self-efficacy, mentor education and mentor experience as antecedents

E Lejonberg, KA Christophersen International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

Mentors’ commitment to the mentor role is assumed to affect the quality of mentoring. Although studies have examined affective commitment as a potential source of favourable outcomes in work life, not much has been written about mentors’ commitment to their role as mentors. Based on social exchange theory, this article provides additi...

"I tried so many diets, now I want to do it differently"—A single case study on coaching for weight loss

R Stelter International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and W... 2015

In this single case study, the author presented an in-depth description and analysis of a coaching intervention with focus on weight loss, conducted over 10 sessions in the course of 17 months. The client was a well-educated woman in her late 30s, who had tried many different forms of dieting over the years*with little and no lasting effe...

Personal factors of high-achieving women that contribute to the low number of executives in corporations

M Reynold 2007

There are two generations of women holding management positions in numbers in U.S. corporations. Most of the research and books have focused on the difficulties and needs of the first generation. The second generation of women leaders, born between 1955 and 1980, are better trained, more savvy and have a stronger sense of self than their ...

The Triggering Effect of Business Coaching on Performance Psychology

F Moen, E Skaalvik International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2008

In this study, the authors investigated the effects of a business coaching program on important performance psychological variables. One hundred and twenty seven executives and middle managers from a branch leading Fortune high-tech 500 company participated in an experiment over a period of one year. Findings indicate that there are signi...

Executive Coaching and the Effect on Causal Attribution

F Moen International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2011

This article investigates the impact of a one year executive coaching experiment on intrapersonal causal attribution. The results showed that executive coaching had significant effects on the executives’ causal attributions. Causal attributions of successful achievements to strategy, ability and effort increased, whereas causal attributio...

Performance coaching in sport, music, and business: From Gallwey to Grant, and the promise of positive psychology

A Mouton International Coaching Psychology Review 2016

The purpose of this paper is to explore performance coaching in sport, music, and business. The paper begins by describing some of the popular, lay methods used by coaches in each field, many influenced by The Inner Game books of Timothy Gallwey. Next, the paper discusses the scientifically grounded theories, principles, and methods that ...

Coaching, clients, and competencies: How coaches experience the flow state

B McBride 2013

This qualitative exploratory study examines how coaches experience the flow state, as defined by flow research pioneer Csikszentmihalyi. It further looks at the relationship between coaching competencies and coaches’ experience of flow. For this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with experienced coaches who are certified by the In...

How a coaching intervention supports the development of female leaders in a global organisation

S Bonneywell International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

Executive coaching is increasingly being used to develop leaders in organisations and this study explores how a coaching intervention has been used to develop female leaders in a global organisation. This case study research was undertaken from a social constructionist and interpretivist perspective and used semi-structured interviews and...

Understanding potential career changers’ experience of career confidence following a positive psychology based coaching programme

S Archer, J Yates Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

Changes in the labour market over the last decades have led to an increase in the number of career and job changes individuals are likely to face in their working lives. Previous research indicates that a high level of confidence can help individuals to make positive career changes, yet an agreed definition of confidence is not widely acc...

The Interplay Between Organisational Learning Culture, The Manager as Coach, Self-Efficacy and Workload on Employee Work Engagement

R Ladyshewsky, R Taplin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2018

A cross sectional convenience sample of 195 MBA students answered questions which explored the impacts of managerial coaching on work engagement. Measures of organisational learning culture (OLC), self-efficacy, manager quality and workload were considered as potential influences on work engagement. Analysis was carried out using structur...

A mixed methods study of effects and antecedents of solution-focused questions in coaching

S Jordan, S Kauffeld International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2020

The coaching interaction regarding questioning is still under-researched. This study investigates clients’ behavioural responses to coaches’ solution-focused questions (SFQ), their effects on coaching outcomes, and coaches’ career-related attributes promoting SFQ. Using a mixed methods design, we applied longitudinal self-report and be...

Looking forward to going back? The experience of career decision-making for first-time mothers and the implications for coaches

H Noon, C van van Nieuwerburgh International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2020

The career penalty for professional women who become mothers is well known, while research scrutiny of career decision-making itself appears to have been largely overlooked. This study explores the experience of six London-based professional women, using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) techniques to develop insights into...

BeWell: a group coaching model to foster the wellbeing of individuals

A Nacif International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

This multi-methods study, informed by the principles of action research, presents an evidencebased model for group coaching for wellbeing. The model is primarily based on psychological wellbeing and positive psychology theories, and it was tested empirically over two group coaching interventions. Coachees’ wellbeing improved after the gro...

BeWell: a group coaching model to foster the wellbeing of individuals

A Nacif International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

This multi-methods study, informed by the principles of action research, presents an evidencebased model for group coaching for wellbeing. The model is primarily based on psychological wellbeing and positive psychology theories, and it was tested empirically over two group coaching interventions. Coachees’ wellbeing improved after the gro...