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Coaching for improved work performance

F Fournies Van Nostrand 1978

Maximizing the impact of executive coaching: Behavioral change, organizational outcomes, and return on investment.

J McGovern, M Lindemann, M Vergara, S Murphy, L Barker, R Wa... Manchester Review 2001

Organizational Impact of Co-Active Coaching

A Shirk 2005

Coaching for Commitment: Managerial strategies for obtaining superior performance

DC Kinlaw Jossey-Bass 1989

An ROI Method for Executive Coaching: Have the Client Convince the Coach of the Return on Investment

MB O'Neill International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2005

Skill acquisition of executive coaches: A journey toward mastery

J Bennett, KDB Rogers McColl School of Business 2011

The skill development of executive coaches remains more an art than a science. Building on the models of skill acquisition and expertise development, this qualitative, descriptive study involved 26 executive coaches, with and without formal coaching credentials. The data from the advanced beginner and expert level coaches were thematicall...

I doubt therefore I coach: Critical moments in coaching practice.

E de Haan Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2008

Business coaching international: Transforming individuals and organizations

S Stout-Rostron Karnac Books 2014

Leadership team coaching: Developing collective transformational leadership

P Hawkins Kogan Page Publishers 2014

Creating a coaching culture: Developing a coaching strategy for your organization

P Hawkins McGraw-Hill International 2012

A quantitative study on executive coaching from a learning transfer perspective

E Lord 2010

Coaching for Professional Development

J DiGirolamo 2015

Coaching can be an effective and integral component of leadership development programs. Popular among human resource professionals and clients, coaching facilitates leaders’ professional growth and helps to build a powerful team—from executives to first-line managers and team leaders. Coaching has a proven track record of success, and man...

Contracting within the business coaching relationship-a guide and a cautionary tale!

A Fillery-Travis Worldwide Association of Business Coaches 2015

In this white paper we explore the limited research available on contracting - the setting up, use and monitoring of the business coaching relationship. We do not try to develop a standard coaching contract as that would be too constraining for the majority of business coaches- each contract must be customized to the client's requirements...

Felt sense and figurative space: Clients’ metaphors for their experiences of coaching

D Britten International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

This study examines coaching clients’ metaphors for their experiences of coaching. Semistructured interviews with a specific focus on metaphor were carried out with six participants who had recently completed a cycle of coaching as a client. Interview material was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The findings su...

Coaching millennial leaders: Life stage versus the times we live in

H Franklin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

This paper presents the findings of a study focused on the experience of coaches when coaching millennial leaders (where millennials are those people born 1980-1999). Following a hermeneutic phenomenological approach using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), four coaches were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. Fi...

Using the ‘Autodidact’ Subject-Object Interview in coaching: The experience of learning to administer and score the Subject-Object Interview through self-teaching

F van Diemen van Thor International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014

The use of the in coaching is on the increase. This qualitative study discusses the experience of a coach who taught herself to conduct, analyse and score the Subject-Object Interview (SOI) (Lahey, Souvaine, Kegan, Goodman & Felix, 2011). Using heuristic inquiry the study explored what is involved in learning to conduct the SOI with th...

Team Coaching Project

A Pliopas, A Kerr, M Sosinski 2014

We conducted a literature review for studies and models used in team coaching. We surveyed our Hudson Institute Coaching community. We interviewed 11 executive coaches who currently, or in the past, have vibrant team coaching practices. And we reached our own conclusions, one of which is that much more work is needed in this area. And th...

Chinese culture and coaching in Hong Kong

P Lam International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Coaching is a Western concept introduced into the Hong Kong Chinese society almost two decades ago. Confucianism, the underlying Chinese cultural principles, and Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture (1980, 1997, 2001) are examined to determine the cultural characteristic of Hong Kong. This mixed methods study analyzes data collected via...

Peer Coaching in Government: A Set of Case Studies

W Bergquist, J Ellis, M Barratt, M Schenck International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2008

The co-authors of this article have all been involved in a major organizational coaching program in a Canadian territorial government. Governments throughout the world typically face uncertain futures with regard to the funding of innovative programs, such as organizational coaching. This uncertainty can be at least partially confronted, ...

Coaching as a Leadership Style: The Perceived Benefits of a Leader Adopting a Coach- Approach Leadership Style

A Eliadis 2016

Coaching as a leadership style has been discussed a lot in the recent years in corporations, in HR departments, and in executive training rooms. Since change is inescapable, leaders have been trying to find more effective paths to lead and manage their people. My study is focused on the perceived benefits a leader and his/her people can h...

Impact of Executive Coaching on Small Businesses and Franchisees

S Whiteside 2013

The question for this research was: Does executive coaching impact the success of franchisees? Six volunteer franchisees participated in 3-month coaching engagements, where different coaching methods and philosophies were utilized, such as co-active, facilitative, cognitive-behavioral, leadership, and positive as well as other executive c...

Coaching Competencies Deconstructed

K Payne 2017

The purpose of this capstone is to explore four qualities considered essential to professional coaching: authenticity, coaching presence, empathy, and openness. Through research in psychology and coaching literature, as well as interviews with experienced coach practitioners, this study first deconstructs each quality, and then creates a ...

The role of courage in the development and practice of coaches

C Wood, T Lomas International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

This study seeks to understand the role that courage plays in the development and practice of coaches. Courage is mentioned frequently in the coaching literature, but this research is the first study to investigate its significance. Within the precepts of constructivist grounded theory, which is appropriate for the investigation of under-...