WJG Evers, A Brouwers, W Tomic Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2006
Coaching has become an important managerial instrument of support. However, there is lack of research on its effectiveness. The authors conducted a quasi-experimental study to figure out whether coaching really leads to presupposed individual goals. Sixty managers of the federal government were divided in two groups: one group followed a ...
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A Grant International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Coaching focuses both on facilitating goal attainment and enhancing well-being. Yet there has been little work
on developing models that integrate mental health/illness issues with goal striving. This is important because
many distinctions between coaching and therapy have been based on the supposed differing levels of
psychopathology ...
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A Grant John Wiley & Sons 2006
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M Cavanagh, A Grant Australian Psychologist 2007
Coaching and coaching psychology offer a potential platform for an applied positive psychology and for facilitating individual, organisational and social change. Experts from around the world were invited to comment on the emerging discipline of coaching psychology and the commercial coaching industry. Several key themes emerged including...
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J Kofodimos Davies-black Publishing 2007
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A Liljenstrand, D Nebeker Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2008
Coaching is growing rapidly as a way to help individuals improve their professional and/or personal success. Although similar services have been offered for some time, coaching is becoming more widely available and is being offered by a more diverse set of professionals. This research was undertaken to learn more about coaches from varyin...
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M Seligman Australian Psychologist 2007
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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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A Grant, D Stober John Wiley & Sons 2006
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A Grant Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal 2003
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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R Kilburg Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 1996
A review of the literature on coaching reveals that very little empirical research has focused on the executive coaching methods used by consultants with managers and leaders in organizations. Within the framework of a 17-dimensional model of systems and psychodynamic theory, the author provides an overview of a conceptual approach to coa...
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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 Berofsky-Seyffert, R Cashman, M Seyffert Proceedings of the Fourth Coaching Research Symposium 2006
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M Darling HR Magazine 1994
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C Sue-Chan, G Latham Applied Psychology 2004
Two studies in two different continents using two different dependent variables examined the relative effectiveness of external, peer, and self-coaches on the performance of participants in two MBA programs. The first study involved MBA students in Canada (n= 30). Those who were coached by an external coach exhibited higher teamplaying be...
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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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GP Latham Australian Psychologist 2007
To date the coaching literature has been dominated by practitioner contributions, and the commercial coaching industry itself has been significantly influenced by simplistic folk psychology and pseudoscientific approaches. There has been a paucity of solid theory and empirical research. Advances in industrial/organisational psychology oft...
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L Green, L Oades, A Grant The Journal of Positive Psychology 2006
Research is in its infancy in the newly emerging field of coaching psychology. This study examined the effects of a 10-week cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused life coaching group programme. Participants were randomly allocated to a life coaching group programme (n = 28) or a waitlist control group (n = 28). Participation in the life...
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M Gattellari, N Donnelly, N Taylor, M Meerkin, G Hirst, JE W... Family Practice 2005
Background. Very little effort has been directed to enable GPs to better informed decisions about PSA screening among their male patients.
Objectives. To evaluate an innovative programme designed to enhance GPs' capacity to promote informed decision making by male patients about PSA screening.
Methods. The study design was a cluster...
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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
used adult community samples. The present study is unusual in that it examined the efficacy of an
evidence-based (cognitive-behavi...
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V Libri, T Kemp International Coaching Psychology Review 2006
Objectives: Cognitive behavioural techniques have been the mainstay of psychological treatment for many
psychologists in clinical practice. However, there is little known in relation to the efficacy of cognitive
behavioural techniques for performance enhancement within a non-clinical setting, such as those found in
organisational envir...
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K Griffiths, M Campbell International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2008
Attempts to standardise coaching and develop frameworks of accreditation for professional
coaches currently appear to be growing as rapidly as the coaching industry itself. Coach training organisations, professional associations and universities are vying to regulate the industry through the development of competencies and standards. How...
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A Feggetter International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Objectives: This paper describes a preliminary attempt to evaluate executive coaching for 10 members who
are on a High Potential Development Scheme within the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Design: A multi-method approach was taken which comprised the use of questionnaires to survey scheme
member’s perceptions, a Return on Investment (ROI)...
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C Rolo, D Gould International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Objective: To examine the effectiveness of an intervention programme in fostering hope (Snyder, 1994), athletic
and academic performance in university student-athletes participating in a mandatory structured study.
Design: A two-group (hope facilitation intervention vs. no intervention control) pre- vs. post-test design was
employed. B...
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K Gyllensten, S Palmer International Coaching Psychology Review 2006
Objectives: This paper will present the findings from a qualitative study exploring experiences of workplace
coaching.
Design: The study adopted a qualitative design. Semi-structured interviews were used and the method of
analysis was Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Jaraman & Osborn, 1999).
Methods: Two large organisa...
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