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Semantics or substance? Preliminary evidence in the debate between life coaching and counselling.

K Griffiths, M Campbell Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2008

The similarities and differences between life coaching and counselling are vigorously debated in the literature and amongst practitioners. However, to date there has been insufficient empirical evidence with extensive focus on the distinctions and significantly less acknowledgement of the similarities. This paper presents findings from in...

A contemporary coaching theory to integrate work and life in changing times.

L Oades Australian Academic Press 2005

The Value of Executive Coaching

A Mulvie Routledge 2015

Coaching efficacy with academic leaders: A phenomenological investigation

D Vansickel-Peterson 2010

An Analysis of Mentoring Relationships Among Teachers: A Case Study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

A Aladejana, F Aladejana, S Ehindero International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2006

The study examined mentoring among eight pairs of university academics in Nigeria. A descriptive survey was used to assess the mentoring process among sixteen lecturers (ten males and six females). Data from a questionnaire was analysed using descriptive statistics. The results indicate that mentoring among university academics operate...

A new model of sustainable change in executive coaching: coachees’ attitudes, required resources and routinisation

N Koroleva International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

The existing literature lacks theoretical and empirical research when exploring the phenomenon of sustainable change as a result of executive coaching. Despite the rapid growth of executive coaching, there is a disconnection between practice and academic research in assessing sustainable change. This means that reflective practitioners fa...

What Communications or Relational Factors Characterize the Method, Skills and Techniques of Executive Coaching?

F Moen, R Kvalsund International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2008

This article aims to clarify executive coaching by describing the coaching process through an examination of relevant theory. Establishing a relationship based on mutuality between the coach and the coachee is central to the coaching process as we see it. For the coachee to achieve independence and greater control of his or her own learni...

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...

Perceptions of Coach Competence and Perceived Need Satisfaction: Assessing a Norwegian Coach Competence Scale

F Moen, R Federici International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2011

One purpose of the present study was to develop and test the factor structure of a multidimensional and hierarchical instrument for measuring coaches’ competence called the Coach Competence Scale (CCS). Another purpose of the study was to validate the CCS through an inspection of the relation with the three psychological needs proposed by...

The warmness seed: long-term fruits of coaching

P Henriques, C Curado, P Matos Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

This study addresses three coach behaviours’ effects (warmness behaviour (WB); stimulating action (SA) and planning and structuring activities (PSA)) in two dimensions of coaching outcomes (coachee’s performance (CP) and the quality of the coach–coachee relationship (QCCR)). The paper argues that coaching is a helpful tool to achieve grea...

The effect of business coaching and mentoring on small-to-medium enterprise performance and growth

B Crompton 2012

This thesis aims to address the principal question of whether business coaching directly or indirectly enhances firm financial performance and growth. The present thesis incorporates four comprehensive and inter-related studies designed to investigate the contribution of business coaching to firm growth in cohorts of start-up companies an...

Understanding the experience of midlife women taking part in a work-life balance career coaching programme: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

C Brown, J Yates International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2018

Midlife women currently have the highest ever presence in the workplace with many juggling work with demanding home lives. Women are reporting increased dissatisfaction with their work-life balance yet few studies exist exploring how practical interventions might help. This action-research involved five female participants, based in Londo...

Impact of coaching intervention programmes on Indian educators in Tier-2 cities : evidence from the Parevartan Ignite Project

S Sonthalia International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2024

Research on the impact of coaching interventions on Indian educators has been sparse. Therefore, this evaluative case study examines the impact of a coaching intervention programme (the Parevartan Ignite Project, supported by the International Coaching Federation Foundation) on a private school in Ghaziabad, a tier-2 Indian city. Fifteen ...