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Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context.

T Theeboom, B Beersma, AEM van Vianen The Journal of Positive Psychology 2014

Whereas coaching is very popular as a management tool, research on coaching effectiveness is lagging behind. Moreover, the studies on coaching that are currently available have focused on a large variety of processes and outcome measures and generally lack a firm theoretical foundation. With the meta-analysis presented in this article, we...

A Guide to Third Generation Coaching

R Stelter New York 2012

Relationship Coaching

Y Ives Taylor & Francis 2011

What is Relationship Coaching?

Y Ives International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012

This paper presents an initial conceptualisation of relationship coaching for single people. The needs of singles are often ignored or misunderstood, and this paper argues that coaching offers an effective framework for helping them form and secure sustainable life-partnerships. Relationshipcoaching is here portrayed as a nuanced balanc...

Examining the Effectiveness of Executive Coaching on Coachees' Performance in the Israeli Context

G Bozer, JC Sarros International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012

While executive coaching is a key means by which organisations and individuals build executives’ capabilities, very little research has investigated how effective or beneficial this development tool is to the individuals or the organisations in which they work. The purpose of this study was to examine executive coaching effectiveness b...

Coaching with self-determination in mind: Using theory to advance evidence-based coaching practice

GB Spence, LG Oades International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

The scholarly coaching literature has advanced considerably in the past decade. However, a review of the existing knowledge base suggests that coaching practice and research remains relatively uninformed by relevant psychological theory. In this paper it will be argued that Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985) presents as...

Flourishing Youth Provision: The Potential Role of Positive Psychology and Coaching in Enhancing Youth Services

CJC Leach, LS Green, AM Grant International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

This article discusses how positive psychology and evidence-based coaching can support youth service provision in order to promote cross fertilisation between these different domains of practice. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is difficult for many young people and there is growing recognition that there should be a great...

Structured interventions in coaching: Theory-based ‘seeding’ as a coaching practice and learning paradigm

C Wood International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

This study takes a preliminary look at the use of explicit structures (seeds), such as theoretical models, as a way of facilitating the coaching engagement in general and specific client outcomes in particular. Using Heuristic Inquiry, the study examines the coach and client experiences that accompany the use of seeding. It attempts to...

Third generation coaching: Reconstructing dialogues through collaborative practice and a focus on values

R Stelter International Coaching Psychology Review 2014

Third generation coaching unfolds a new universe for coaching and coaching psychology in the framework of current social research, new learning theories and discourses about personal leadership. Third generation coaching views coaching in a societal perspective. Coaching has become important as a form of dialogue because the (hyper)com...

Linking MBA learning and leadership coaching

B Wood, S Gordon International Coaching Psychology Review 2009

This paper describes a five-day intensive leadership coaching course that was recently introduced as an Advanced Topic in Management within the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program offered by The University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School. The unit was designed specifically for those students nearing the completio...

Art-based narrative interviewing as a dual methodological process: A participatory research method and an approach to coaching in secondary education

Q Wang International Coaching Psychology Review 2016

Objectives: The purpose of this article is to discuss art-based narrative interviewing as a dual methodological process with the focus on coaching. Design: A qualitative study was designed in order to explore how secondary students view their own learning as a journey. Method: Art-based narrative interviewing was employed as an appr...

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 use of coaching strategies within the field of social work

M Burroughs, K Allen, N Huff Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

The rapidly growing field of coaching has permeated a variety of social science disciplines over the last 40 years, including social work. Because social work continues to evolve in its service to diverse populations with wide-ranging needs, its flexibility has allowed for the inclusion of a variety of progressive treatment approaches suc...

The use of coaching strategies within the field of social work

M Burroughs, K Allen, N Huff Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

The rapidly growing field of coaching has permeated a variety of social science disciplines over the last 40 years, including social work. Because social work continues to evolve in its service to diverse populations with wide-ranging needs, its flexibility has allowed for the inclusion of a variety of progressive treatment approaches suc...

Evaluating coaching behavior in managers, consultants, and coaches: A model, questionnaire, and initial findings

E de Haan, V Nilsson Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2017

This is a study of coaching behaviors both as reported by executive coaches, consultants, and managers and by the coaches’ clients. We present a conceptual model of coaching behaviors that is comprehensive, intuitive, and easily quantifiable. We then introduce a questionnaire, based on the model, that has been in use for several decades. ...

Broadening and building solution-focused coaching: feeling good is not enough

A Grant, S O'Connor Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2018

Past research has found that solution-focused (SF) coaching questions led to more positive outcomes than problem-focused (PF) coaching questions. Another body of research (Broaden and Build Theory; Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2(3), 300–319) posits that positive emotions promote...