D Stober, A Grant John Wiley & Sons 2006
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H Law John Wiley & Sons 2013
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P Linley, L Woolston, R Biswas-Diener International Coaching Psychology Review 2009
Positive psychology and coaching psychology share a number of common themes and fundamental assumptions. Blending positive psychology, strengths approaches and coaching psychology, our work in strengths coaching with leaders enhances both leadership and organisational capability. In this article, we explore the role of leaders as climate ...
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P Linley, R Biswas-Diener, K Nielsen, R Gillett International Coaching Psychology Review 2010
Objective: In recent years there has been a growing interest in research related to the use of strengths. Although results from past research have consistently suggested that the use of strengths is associated with higher performance and greater well-being there is, as yet, no clear theory describing how using strengths might contribute t...
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C Macdonald, M Bore, D Munro Journal of Research in Personality 2008
Within this study we used self-report measures completed by 123 undergraduate students from an Australian university to investigate the validity of Peterson and Seligman’s [Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P (2004). Character strengths and virtues. New York: Oxford.] classification system of 24 character strengths and six virtues. We also ...
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D MacKie Australian Psychologist 2007
To date there have been no universally accepted criteria for what constitutes a successful outcome in executive coaching. This has been partly a function of the range of activities undertaken within the coaching medium and partly the fact that commercial realities mitigate against controlled trials teasing out mediating and moderating var...
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D Welch, K Grossaint, K Reid, C Walker Consulting Psychology Journal 2014
There is a growing trend in which coaches are using a strengths-based approach to help leaders move from fair leadership performance toward greater capacities. Although a number of strengths assessments are popular now, there is not enough research on how strengths mature in a long-term, sustainable way. In this article a multiple case st...
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P Linley, S Harrington The Coaching Psychologist 2005
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C Kauffman Evidence based coaching handbook: Putting best practices to ... 2006
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R Stelter New York 2012
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AM Grant International Coaching Psychology Review 2006
Coaching psychology can be understood as being the systematic application of behavioural science to the
enhancement of life experience, work performance and well-being for individuals, groups and organisations
who do not have clinically significant mental heath issues or abnormal levels of distress. Although
psychologists have long act...
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DF Curtis, LL Kelly International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013
This study utilised a multiple case study design, grounded in self-determination theory, which
examined changes in motivation and psychological courage throughout an 8-week quality of life coaching
intervention. Eight nonclinical adults participated in six one-hour tele-coaching sessions. Sources of data
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A Zarecky International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014
This paper aims to show how a positive psychology strengths approach can be useful in helping
transitioning military personnel in their transition to “civvy street”. This qualitative study entailed an
action research methodology, using a strengths cards intervention based on the Values-in-Action
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M McLaughlin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013
There appears to be a gap between the behaviours of leaders and the expectations of followers
and other stakeholders. This gap may be due to an absence of brave leadership. An action research
study was designed for use with six leaders who undertook to help evolve and also be coached using a
brave leadership coaching model. The data wa...
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T Clifford International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011
Recent research largely focuses on measuring the outcomes of strengths-based coaching but fails to
consider coachees’ individual experience of the process. This study aims to deepen the understanding
of the experience of coachees when they explore their strengths and to examine what insights this
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J Liston-Smith The Coaching Psychologist 2008
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S Panchal, E Jackson The Coaching Psychologist 2007
This paper was presented at the 1st International Coaching Psychology Conference, London, December, 2006.
This paper shares a research-based model of a significant life transition experienced by individuals in their
late 20s and early 30s, termed a ‘turning 30’ transition. It reviews psychological and social drivers of this
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S Gordon International Coaching Psychology Review 2012
In sport settings developing mental toughness has become a major focus for athletes, coaches, teams and
organisations. The focus of this paper is on the principal ‘climate engineers’ of sport environments, namely
coaches, and on a strengths-based approach to mental toughness development that was facilitated by a sport
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PA Linley, G Minhas International Coaching Psychology Review 2011
Objectives: The identification of a client’s personal strengths within the coaching environment is becoming
a growing focus for coaching psychologists, driven in part by the continued growth of the positive psychology
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strengths tha...
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F Elston, I Boniwell International Coaching Psychology Review 2011
Objectives: There are several definitions of strengths within psychology, united by a common theme:
strengths are what people do best and most easily. Research shows that actively using strengths provides a
range of benefits, and suggests that strengths-based coaching is a valuable approach. This study’s purpose
was to investigate stre...
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PA Linley, N Garcea, J Hill, G Minhas, E Trenier, J Willars International Coaching Psychology Review 2010
Objectives: Many coaching psychologists use strengths approaches in their practice. The current study set
out to develop a conceptualisation of what is meant by strengthspotting, as well as to identify different
domains of strengthspotting. The aim was to develop and validate a Strengthspotting Scale that could be
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A Whybrow International Coaching Psychology Review 2008
What does it mean to be a ‘coaching psychologist’? At the turn of this century,
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conceived and infrequently used. Here, in 2008, we find an emergent profession
of Coaching Psychology and with thousands of practitioners spread across the globe, characterised by...
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J Sparrow International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Objectives: There is increasing recognition of coaching’s situated nature. Different emphases in coaching
are being utilised in different contexts with differing performance expectations. Life coaching has witnessed
rapid growth within the last five years, primarily outside but increasingly within the workplace. The
objective of this r...
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R Govindji, P Linley International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
An emphasis of the coaching psychology and positive psychology movements has been strengths and well-
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together with organismic valuing, and their relations with subjective well-being, psychological well-being,
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S Choong, K Britton International Coaching Psychology Review 2007
Objective: To explore covariation between character strengths and psychological types as per the MBTI
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P Linley, S Harrington International Coaching Psychology Review 2006
As unlikely as it might seem, strengths have been a much neglected topic in psychology until relatively
recently. In this article, we provide an historical context for the study of psychological strengths before going
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J Austin 2013
Despite the clarion call over the past decade for greater humility in organizational
leaders, little is known about the construct as a leadership trait. And, while scholars have
engaged an energetic debate over how to define humility in an organizational context,
there is scant evidence for how humble leaders enact humility, what enabl...
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S Moradi, A Nima, M Ricciardi, T Archer, D Garcia Frontiers in psychology 2014
Background: Performance monitoring might have an adverse influence on call center
agents’ well-being. We investigate how performance, over a 6-month period, is related to
agents’ perceptions of their learning climate, character strengths, well-being (subjective
and psychological), and physical activity.
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M Pritchard, C van Nieuwerburgh International Coaching Psychology Review 2016
Objectives: The research sought to analyse the perceptual life changes and perceived quality of life (PQoL) subsequent to participating in an integrated coaching and PPI programme.
Design: A qualitative approach was employed and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was utilised to analyse the data.
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A Grant Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2016
This paper details material from 2 presentations given at the 2015 Society of Consulting Psychology Mid-Winter Conference in San Diego, California, which presented a summary of the coaching research conducted at the Coaching Psychology Unit (CPU) at the University of Sydney. The CPU was established in 1999 with a mission to enhance the pe...
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C Kauffman, W Hodgetts Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2016
The effectiveness of coaching can be enhanced if coaches are familiar with multiple psychological models, can hold these in mind simultaneously, and are able to apply them as appropriate to their clients—a capacity we refer to as model agility. To illustrate this capacity we first explore some of its ramifications and parallels to the cha...
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C Kauffman, W Hodgetts Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2016
The effectiveness of coaching can be enhanced if coaches are familiar with multiple psychological models, can hold these in mind simultaneously, and are able to apply them as appropriate to their clients—a capacity we refer to as model agility. To illustrate this capacity we first explore some of its ramifications and parallels to the cha...
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S Borie, D Eckstein International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2006
An oxymoron is defined as “a figure of speech that uses seeming contradictions ‘cruel kindness’ or ‘to make haste slowly,’” (Webster’s, 1991, p. 968). Too often “business integrity” and “business ethics” could be added to that list. the purpose of this article is to define and to illustrate the role of integrity in business-oriented clien...
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J Larcus, T Gibbs, T Hackmann Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2016
Professional coaching has expanded rapidly, and is becoming more common within higher education. Coaching programs provide support for student health and academic success but do not operate from a consistent philosophical position. This article articulates a distinct philosophical framework and approach to coaching initiatives for higher ...
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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...
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M Abravanel, J Gavin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
In this paper, we examine coaching’s innovativeness through a comparison of its approaches and methods with those of more established helping professions. Using extant literature, we consider the nature of innovation before going on to examine coaching’s core beliefs and values, theoretical paradigms, and its goals, techniques, and method...
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R Lockwood, S O’Connor Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017
Play and playfulness have been seminal to human culture for millennia. Twentieth-century scientific enquiry was largely concerned with their evolutionary benefits, though humanistic psychology, and later positive psychology came to view them as attached to greater human values and meaning creation. Due to their myriad forms and manifestat...
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J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
The demand on techniques, approaches and processes that have a positive impact on courage, fear and anxiety is very high in general population. The evidence-based and theoretical literature supporting life coaching as a successful approach building individual courage and helping with fear and anxiety is scarce. This integrative literature...
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R Stelter, V Andersen International Coaching Psychology Review 2018
Coaching is increasingly applied throughout life and work domains as a relatively new way to support the learning and development of individuals and groups. In a research project group coaching was applied and explored with menopausal women (45 to 55 years of age). The goal of the research project was to support women in their attempts to...
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J Burke The Coaching Psychologist 2018
The complementary nature of positive psychology and coaching psychology has long been recognised by both researchers and practitioners. The last decade saw a tenfold increase of articles relating to positive psychology coaching and even more literature attempting to apply some of the findings from positive psychology in a coaching practic...
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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-...
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F Moin, C van Nieuwerburgh International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021
This study explored the lived experience of four professionals who engaged in positive
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Unconscious bias training focuses on a human limitation, avoidance goals, and can result in
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S Chatterjee, A Dey, H Chaturvedi International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021
Millennials form a large proportion of the labour market in India. Therefore, organizations are
interested in knowing how to motivate them and maximize their performance. Accordingly, this study examined the relationship between mentoring and job performance among Indian
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