L Boyce, R Jackson, L Neal Journal of Management Development 2010
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– This paper aims to employ a conceptual model to examine the relationship processes and mediating role of client‐coach relationship between client‐coach match criteria and coaching outcomes to advance the understanding of client‐coach relationship's impact on leadership coaching.
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M Cavanagh, A Grant, T Kemp Australian Academic Press 2005
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de Haan. E., V Culpin, J Curd Personnel Review 2011
Purpose – Executive coaching is gaining in popularity, both as part of personal or organisational development programmes and as a tailored form of individual consulting. The purpose of this study is to examine how various aspects of the executive coaching intervention make a difference to the clients of coaching themselves.
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This article argues for a new way of studying executive-coaching outcomes, which is illustrated with a study based on data from 156 client– coach pairs. The argument accepts that we are unlikely to get robust data on coaching outcomes in the near future but assumes that we can expect similar effectiveness for coaching as that demonstrated...
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K Gyllensten, S Palmer International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Objectives: There is a lack of research on the coaching relationship (O'Broin & Palmer, 2006a). The current paper will present the findings from a qualitative study that explored experiences of workplace coaching including the coaching relationship.
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D McKenna, SL Davis Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Sc... 2009
We propose that I/O psychologists who coach executives have overlooked psychotherapy outcome research as a source of information and ideas that can be used to improve our executive coaching practices. This research, based on thousands of studies and many meta-analyses, has converged on the conclusion that four ‘‘active ingredients’’ accou...
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Examined the effects of executive coaching in a public sector municipal agency. 31 managers underwent a managerial training program, which was followed by 8 wks of 1-on-1 executive coaching. Training increased productivity by 22.4%. The coaching, which included goal setting, collaborative problem solving, practice, feedback, supervisory i...
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The classification of strengths presented in this book is intended to reclaim the study of character and virtue as legitimate topics of psychological inquiry and informed societal discourse. By providing ways of talking about character strengths and measuring them across the life span, this classification will start to make possible a sci...
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I Smith, B Brummel Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2013
Several factors termed the active ingredients have been shown to play a major role in the success of psychotherapy. These ingredients have been theoretically extended to executive coaching, but the impact of these ingredients on coaching success has not yet been tested. This study examined the effects of three active ingredients on compet...
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G Spence International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
As the demand for an evidence-based approach to coaching grows, so does the need for rigourous outcome measures. However, despite the fact that coaching is a goal-focused process, there has been little discussion in the coaching literature about different approaches to measuring goal attainment. Given that goal attainment represents a key...
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M Kerrin, S Palmer, L Stewart, H Wilkin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2008
Using the Five Factor Model of personality and the construct general self efficacy this study explores the relationship between coaching clients’ personality and a self-report measure of the transfer of learning from coaching to the workplace. Positive correlations are found between the application of coaching development and conscientio...
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Despite its high media profile and growing popularity there have been no empirical investigations of the impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition or mental health. This exploratory study used life coaching as a means of exploring key metacognitive factors involved as individuals move towards goal attainment. In a within-s...
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AM Grant, L Curtayne, G Burton The Journal of Positive Psychology 2009
In a randomised controlled study, 41 executives in a public health agency received 360-degree feedback, a half-day leadership workshop, and four individual coaching sessions over 10 weeks. The coaching used a cognitive-behavioural solution-focused approach. Quantitative and qualitative measures were taken. This is the first published rand...
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A Scoular, P Linley The Coaching Psychologist 2006
The study subjected two ‘sacred cows’ in coaching, goal-setting, and the use of personality instruments, to
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Presents a systems-oriented approach to the leadership development of top-level executives. A structured program is described that is designed to have a positive impact at the organizational level through focused work with the individual client. Leadership effectiveness is seen as strongly influenced by the individual's past, personal lif...
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This article explores three major problems often encountered by consultants who are engaged to coach executives and who confront difficulties related to the character of their clients: executive character as a complex adaptive system that influences the unconscious aspects of organizational life, unconscious psychological conflict as a ke...
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Outlines the 5 research-based strategies that guide one-on-one coaching by a management consulting firm: forge a partnership, inspire commitment, grow skills, promote persistence, and shape the environment. The case study of a typical targeted coaching participant (a female executive who sought to develop stronger relationships with inter...
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Provides consulting psychologists with an overview of an approach to executive coaching that took place over 3 yrs with a troubled leader. An ongoing 360-degree assessment together with numerous "loops" of feedback and developmental counseling sessions served as the baseline for coaching an autocratic and coercive but valued executive. Th...
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GB Spence, AM Grant The Journal of Positive Psychology 2007
Few studies have investigated the impact of life coaching on self-regulated behavior and well-being. A limitation of past studies has been their reliance on peer rather than professional coaches. The present randomized controlled study compared peer with professional life coaching over a 10-week period with 63 participants. Results indica...
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LL Tobias Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 1996
Describes a systems-based approach to executive coaching that attempts to maximize the consideration of contextual factors. The case study of a 44-yr-old male executive illustrates this approach. The author notes that perhaps the greatest danger in coaching individuals from organizations in which there is no ongoing consulting relationshi...
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GB Spence, MJ Cavanagh, A Grant Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2008
Coaching has attracted much attention from health professionals interested in collaborative, person-centred approaches to motivating behaviour change. Whilst initial research supports the efficacy of coaching in health contexts, more theoretical and empirical work is needed. Based on recent work demonstrating the important role that mindf...
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AM Grant, LS Green, J Rynsaardt Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2010
Teachers are in a very real sense the embodiment of leadership, providing direction, guidance, and feedback to their students in addition to acting as role models. Teachers may well thus benefit from developmental coaching that draws on theories of leadership. This study was both an experimental (randomly assigned conditions) and a quasi-...
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S Green, AM Grant, J Rynsaardt International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Objective: To extend the knowledge base on the use of life coaching as an applied positive psychology.
Studies to date have utilised community samples with participants of varying ages and most research has
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G Ladegard, S Gjerde The Leadership Quarterly 2014
In this study, we used a two-phase exploratory sequential design consisting of qualitative and quantitative research methods to assess leadership coaching as a leadership development tool. A focus group study combined with a review of theory resulted in hypotheses linking coaching to increased leader role-efficacy (LRE) and leader's trust...
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AM Grant, M Hartley The Coaching Psychologist 2014
Effective coaching skills are an essential part of contemporary leadership. All too frequently organisations
invest significant resources into ‘Leader as Coach’ development programmes only to find that, despite initial
enthusiasm, coaching skills are not applied back in the workplace. To facilitate such transfer of training we
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W Madden, S Green, AM Grant International Coaching Psychology Review 2011
Objective: This pilot study examines the impact of an evidence-based strengths coaching programme on
male primary school students’ levels of engagement and hope.
Design: In a within-subject design study, 38 Year Five male students (mean age 10.7 years) participated
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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
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settings.
Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a workplace coaching programme (WCP) aimed at
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D Good, B Yeganeh, R Yeganeh Research in Organizational Change and Development 2013
Traditional clinical psychological practices have often been adapted for the context of executive coaching. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in particular is the most scientifically supported psychological modality. CBT like other practices has been used in coaching as cognitive behavioral coaching but rarely discussed more explicitly f...
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S Gessnitzer, S Kauffeld The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 2015
The relationship between coach and client is an essential factor for coaching success. Although researchers have repeatedly called for an investigation of the actual interaction between coach and client to better understand their relationship, previous research has been based primarily on questionnaire data. We analyzed the working relati...
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