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360-degree feedback with systematic coaching: Empirical analysis suggests a winning combination.

F Luthans, S Peterson Human Resource Management 2003

Wanted: High-performance work practices to gain a competitive advantage. An increasingly common answer to this desperate call is 360-degree programs; unfortunately, they have, at best, mixed reviews when empirically assessed. This study found that a way to improve the effectiveness of 360s may be to combine them with coaching focused on e...

Measuring change: A psychometric approach to evaluating individual coaching outcomes

DB Peterson Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organiza... 1993

When Does 360-Degree Feedback Create Behavior Change? And How Would We Know It When It Does?

D Bracken, D Rose Journal of Business and Psychology 2011

360-degree feedback has great promise as a method for creating both behavior change and organization change, yet research demonstrating results to this effect has been mixed. The mixed results are, at least in part, because of the high degree of variation in design features across 360 processes. We identify four characteristics of a 360 p...

Evaluating the effectiveness of executive coaching: Beyond ROI?

G Dai, MKP De, R Lee An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice 2009

The popularity of executive coaching has increased dramatically in both the practitioner world and academia during the past decade. However, evaluating the effectiveness of coaching has lagged behind. Executive coaching is a multi-disciplinary practice, and professionals from many different scholarly backgrounds provide coaching services....

Using multisource feedback coaching effectively in executive education.

R Hooijberg, N Lane Academy of Management Learning & Education 2009

Many executive education programs that are focused on leadership now use multisource feedback. Both the faculty and clients then hope that providing this feedback will lead to performance improvements. Multisource feedback research has shown, however, that the extent to which improvement occurs depends on a variety of personality variable...

Coaching on the dark side.

E Nelson, R Hogan International Coaching Psychology Review 2009

Dysfunctional personality characteristics can derail the career of an otherwise competent executive. Personality predicts both leadership effectiveness and derailment, and assessment of these characteristics is critical for effective coaching and leader development. This paper reviews the relationship between personality and leadership an...

Evidence-based answers to 15 questions about leveraging 360-degree feedback. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research

K Nowack, S Mashihi 2012

Despite the popularity of 360-degree feedback, meta-analytic findings suggest that these interventions can lead to a significant change in behavior but the effect sizes are typically modest and when done poorly may lead to both disengagement and a decline in performance. The research evidence addressing practical issues for coaches to suc...

Investigating the role of the active ingredients in executive coaching.

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...

Effective integration of 360 degree feedback into the coaching process

A McDowall, R Kurz The Coaching Psychologist 2008

This practical paper is based on a skills session as delivered at the British Psychological Society’s Special Group in Coaching Psychology Conference 2007 held in London. The first part of our paper provides a review of the extant research evidence on 360 degree feedback with focus on effects on individual development, making explicit ...

Facilitating Successful Behavior Change: Beyond Goal Setting to Goal Flourishing

K Nowack Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2017

Most successful coaching engagements encourage clients to start, increase, decrease, modify, or stop behaviors that contribute to their effectiveness and performance on the job (Fogg, n.d.). Successfully sustaining new or altered behaviors over time until they become a habit is even more difficult (Nowack, 2009). Goal intentions (e.g., “I...