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The impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition and mental health

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 917
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Toward a profession of coaching: Sixty-five years of progress and challenges for the future.

M Cavanagh, A Grant International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2004

The coaching industry has reached a key important point in its maturation. This maturation is being driven by at least three interrelated forces: (1) accumulated coaching experience; (2) the increasing entry of professionals into coaching from a wide variety of prior backgrounds; and (3) the increasing sophistication of management and ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 426
 
Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing?.

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 266
 
The goal-focused coaching skills questionnaire: Preliminary findings.

M Cavanagh, A Grant Social Behavior and Personality 2007

Goal-focused coaching is increasingly being used to help people set and reach personal and workplace goals. However, coaches’ coaching skills are rarely measured. This exploratory study reports preliminary findings on the initial development and validation of a self-report measure, the Goal-focused Coaching Skills Questionnaire (GCSQ). So...

Cites in Google Scholar: 120
 
Key characteristics of the commercial Australian executive coach training industry.

A Grant, B O'Hara International Coaching Psychology Review 2008

Objectives: To identify organisations who offer executive coach training and business coach training in Australia; assessment processes, cost and duration of courses; the delineation between coaching and counselling; marketing claims made; and the qualifications of the owners and trainers. Design: A qualitative process of emergent them...

Cites in Google Scholar: 18
 
Is it time to REGROW the GROW model? Issues related to teaching coaching session structures.

A Grant The Coaching Psychologist 2011

Although models of how to structure coaching sessions are widely taught in coach training programmes there has been little or no debate in the literature about the use of session structures, the teaching of them, or the relative advantages or disadvantage of different specific session structure frameworks, and there have been few links...

Cites in Google Scholar: 190
 
Choosing an executive coach: The influence of gender on the coach-coachee matching process.

D Gray, H Goregaokar Management Learning 2015

Coaching has enjoyed substantial commercial growth, but empirical support for its effectiveness is limited. Nowhere is this more so than in the matching process between coach and coachee. This study describes the results from a coaching programme in which coachees were asked to reflect on and justify their choice of coach. Initial, qualit...

Cites in Google Scholar: 79
 
Advances in research on coaching outcomes.

S Greif International Coaching Psychology Review 2007

The review gives a theoretically grounded overview over new advances of research on coaching outcomes. In the first part general standard outcome measures and different specific methods are presented. The second part summarises studies that investigate coaching outcomes as the result of changes in pre-requisites or preconditions for co...

Cites in Google Scholar: 166
 
Evaluating the effectiveness of executive coaching: Where are we now and where do we need to be?

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 152
 
The impact of an online evidence-based coaching program on goal striving, subjective well-being, and level of hope

M Poepsel 2011

The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of an online evidence-based coaching program in terms of goal attainment, subjective well-being and level of hope. Both the coaching industry and use of the Internet have grown dramatically, and some coaches have added online communication to traditional face-to-face and telephone...

Cites in Google Scholar: 53
 
GAS powered coaching: Goal Attainment Scaling and its use in coaching research and practice.

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 131
 
Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context.

T Theeboom, B Beersma, AEM van Vianen The Journal of Positive Psychology 2014

Whereas coaching is very popular as a management tool, research on coaching effectiveness is lagging behind. Moreover, the studies on coaching that are currently available have focused on a large variety of processes and outcome measures and generally lack a firm theoretical foundation. With the meta-analysis presented in this article, we...

Cites in Google Scholar: 1138
 
An Integrated Model of Goal-Focused Coaching: An evidence-based framework for teaching and practice

A Grant International Coaching Psychology Review 2012

There is a considerable body of literature on goals and goal setting in the psychological literature, but little of this has found its way into the scholarly coaching literature. This article draws on the goal-setting literature from the behavioural sciences. It discusses a range of approaches to understanding the goal construct, prese...

Cites in Google Scholar: 368
 
Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: A randomised controlled study

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 911
 
Coaching Psychology Handout: Putting the Psychology into Coaching and the Coaching into Psychology: Lessons from the Road (Less Traveled)

A Grant 2015

• Coaching psychology, as relatively new discipline, challenges aspects of more traditional professional and academic psychology, as well as aspects of the coaching industry itself. As a result some important questions emerge for us:emerge for us: • Can we really differentiate coaching from clinical, organisational or counselling ...

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Integrative health coaching and motivational interviewing: synergistic approaches to behavior change in healthcare

LA Simmons, RQ Wolever Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

As rates of preventable chronic diseases and associated costs continue to rise, there has been increasing focus on strategies to support behavior change in healthcare. Health coaching and motivational interviewing are synergistic but distinct approaches that can be effectively employed to achieve this end. However, there is some confusion...

Cites in Google Scholar: 130
 
A pilot study to assess the effects of life coaching with Year 12 students

MA Campbell, S Gardner Evidence-based coaching 2005

A pilot study was conducted to assess the effects of life coaching on Year 12 students’ personal and academic development, specifically evaluating emotional well being, problem solving ability, relationships and academic performance. Students were randomly selected from consenting students within pastoral care groups. Two control groups o...

Cites in Google Scholar: 79
 
The self-presentation of commercial Australian life coaching schools: Cause for concern

AM Grant, B O’Hara International Coaching Psychology Review 2006

Objectives: The study had four major objectives: (1) to identify the types of qualifications,certifications and accreditations offered by Australian life coaching schools; (2) to provide an overview of the advertised content and cost of life coach training courses; (3) to identify how life coaching schools differentiate between life co...

Cites in Google Scholar: 45
 
Evidence-based life coaching for senior high school students: Building hardiness and hope

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 435
 
Coaching the brain: Neuro-science or neuro-nonsense?

AM Grant The Coaching Psychologist 2015

This paper discusses some myths and misconceptions that have emerged in relation to neuroscience and coaching, and explores the notion that neuroscience provides a foundational evidence-base for coaching, and that neurocoaching is a unique or original coaching methodology. It is found that much of the insights into coaching purported t...

Cites in Google Scholar: 42
 
Life Coaching In Israel: An Overview of Israel's Burgeoning Life-Coaching Industry

O Atad, Y Galily, AM Grant International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

The aim of the study is to shed light on the process by which life-coaching has become a thriving industry in Israel. By performing an Internet search followed by website analysis, document analysis and in-depth interviews with key people in the industry, we suggest that there is a distorted notion of life-coaching, both from a profess...

Cites in Google Scholar: 8
 
Coaching the brain.

P Waring The Coaching Psychologist 2008

Described as a newly-emerging and applied sub-discipline of psychology (Green, Oades & Grant, 2006), it has been asserted that coaching psychologists are at the forefront of developments in the coaching field (Palmer & Cavanagh, 2006). This paper aims to draw attention to recent developments in psychology and neuroscience which may help u...

Cites in Google Scholar: 42
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How personal systems coaching increases selfefficacy and well-being for Israeli single mothers

S Bar International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014

This study explores the influence of personal systems coaching on self-efficacy and goals achievement. A mixed-methods quasi-experimental research compared single mother degree students, and included interviews and focus groups with coaches and clients. Findings showed increased selfefficacy, goal achievements and well-being and a ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 27
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Goal orientation in coaching differs according to region, experience, and education

S David, D Clutterbuck, D Megginson International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014

Goal-setting remains a largely unquestioned element of coaching practice. This study examined the goal orientation of 194 coaches in the U.S. and Europe. An analysis of survey results revealed differences according to region, coaching experience, and education. Specifically, coaches in the USA are more goaloriented than European coache...

Cites in Google Scholar: 36
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What is Relationship Coaching?

Y Ives International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012

This paper presents an initial conceptualisation of relationship coaching for single people. The needs of singles are often ignored or misunderstood, and this paper argues that coaching offers an effective framework for helping them form and secure sustainable life-partnerships. Relationshipcoaching is here portrayed as a nuanced balanc...

Cites in Google Scholar: 15
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Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching

C Newnham-Kanas, D Morrow, JD Irwin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012

The evidence-base for the practice of coaching continues to flourish, despite the fact that very little is known about the practitioners (i.e. the coaches) themselves. It is of value to understand how coaches perceive their practice. Such information can be utilized to create a common knowledge-base about coaches that can be used, in...

Cites in Google Scholar: 25
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Stress management through workplace coaching: The impact of learning experiences

G Ladegård International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

The purpose of the present study is to investigate how learning experiences acquired through workplace coaching may affect stress. I identify two main learning experiences in the coaching process, insight and planning skills, and propose that these affect stress directly and also indirectly through mediators’ job demand, job control, a...

Cites in Google Scholar: 97
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Flourishing Youth Provision: The Potential Role of Positive Psychology and Coaching in Enhancing Youth Services

CJC Leach, LS Green, AM Grant International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

This article discusses how positive psychology and evidence-based coaching can support youth service provision in order to promote cross fertilisation between these different domains of practice. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is difficult for many young people and there is growing recognition that there should be a great...

Cites in Google Scholar: 21
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Discovering, applying and integrating: The process of learning in coaching

K Griffiths, M Campbell International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2009

Coaching is a rapidly expanding field with interdisciplinary roots and broad application. However, despite abundant prescriptive literature, research into the process of coaching is minimal. Similarly, although learning is inherently recognised in the process of coaching, the process of learning in coaching is little understood and lea...

Cites in Google Scholar: 151
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Understanding the experience of experience: a practical model of reflective practice for Coaching

P Jackson International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2004

Coaching is inherently a reflective process. Constructivist theories of learning are well established and greatly inform thinking on coaching. The coaching practitioner literature promotes activities and offers many tools to aid reflection. While psychology provides some very pertinent theory, a review of practitioner literature finds ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 79
 
Exploring the impact of participation in a Leader as Coach programme using the Personal Case Study Approach

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 utilised...

Cites in Google Scholar: 16
 
Can cognitive behavioural team coaching increase well-being?

U Hultgren, S Palmer, S O’Riordan. The Coaching Psychologist 2013

his paper aims to describe a model for cognitive behavioural team coaching (CBTC), derived from existing cognitive behavioural theories and individual coaching models. In an organisational context coaching a team to increase well-being, instead of separate individuals, would appear on face value to be more effective. However, it is app...

Cites in Google Scholar: 27
 
Structure and characteristics of effective coaching practice

Q Wang The Coaching Psychologist 2013

The paper reviews a range of existing coaching models published from 2000 to 2010 that have been widely used in the field of executive coaching, personal coaching and performance coaching. It has been found that these models provide a comprehensive template or pervasive structure of effective coaching practice. The structure covers sev...

Cites in Google Scholar: 39
 
Steps to Solutions: A process for putting solution-focused coaching principles into practice

AM Grant The Coaching Psychologist 2013

Solution-focused coaching is increasingly used by leaders, managers, and human resource professionals as well as professional coaches. Although the principles underpinning solution-focused coaching are simple, some people find it difficult to put those principles into practice in a systematic manner – simple is not the same as easy. Al...

Cites in Google Scholar: 42
 
The potential use of the Authenticity Scale as an outcome measure in executive coaching

I Susing, LS Green, A Grant The Coaching Psychologist 2011

Authenticity, or being true to oneself, has been identified as a key construct related to well-being and the effective performance of leaders. This paper describes the construct of authenticity in the context of existing positive psychology and coaching psychology research. We discuss the Authenticity Scale and its suggested use both a...

Cites in Google Scholar: 36
 
Life coaching: Origins, direction and potential risk--why the contribution of psychologists is needed more than ever

J Senior The Coaching Psychologist 2007

A review of life coaching was conducted using counselling and counselling psychology as a comparison to highlight potential risk of unethical practice due to inadequate research and a lack of industry regulation. The origins of life coaching and executive coaching are explored; along with current media interest which is argued may be i...

Cites in Google Scholar: 10
 
The development of an effective staff coaching programme for stress prevention and reduction in the Prison Service

S Talbot-Landon, S Palmer, P Flaxman The Coaching Psychologist 2007

Stress is a well known issue within many organisations and indeed many walks of life. The work of the Prison Service can conceivably be envisaged as a stressful job and this was highlighted by Cooper (1997) when being a Prison Officer was found to be the most stressful occupation. Ten years after Cooper’s research, we plan to investiga...

Cites in Google Scholar: 4
 
Workplace stress: Can it be reduced by coaching

K Gyllensten, S Palmer The Coaching Psychologist 2006

Workplace coaching is becoming increasingly popular and it has been suggested that it could be useful in tackling stress (Hearn, 2001). However, there is a lack of research investigating the effectiveness of coaching in reducing stress. Indeed this was the aim of the current study. The research consisted of three parts and two large or...

Cites in Google Scholar: 16
 
‘The assessment needs to go hand-inhand with the debriefing’: The importance of a structured coaching debriefing in understanding and applying a positive psychology strengths assessment

B Roche, K Hefferon International Coaching Psychology Review 2013

Objectives: Despite extensive empirical evidence supporting the use of strengths, minimal research has been conducted on the practical application of strengths tools. The objective of this study was to test the impact of a structured debriefing following completion of Realise2, an online strengths assessment, in relation to strengths a...

Cites in Google Scholar: 24
 
Teaching coaching psychology to undergraduates – perceptions and experiences

C Steele, J Arthur International Coaching Psychology Review 2012

Objectives: This exploratory study examines undergraduates’ perceptions and experiences of coaching psychology during a 12-week optional module. Design: Qualitative data was gathered through short interviews with students at the start of the module and personal reflective statements at the end of the module. Method: Students conducted...

Cites in Google Scholar: 12
 
Experiences of cognitive coaching: A qualitative study

K Gyllensten, S Palmer, E Nilsson, AM Regnér, A Frodi International Coaching Psychology Review 2010

Objectives: Cognitive coaching and cognitive behavioural coaching are approaches practiced by many coaching psychologists (Palmer & Whybrow, 2007). However, there is a lack of qualitative studies evaluating these approaches. The main objective of/with the present study was to investigate a number of participants’ experiences of cogniti...

Cites in Google Scholar: 47
 
Evaluating the impact of a peer coaching intervention on well-being amongst psychology undergraduate students

S Baker, G Kinman, E Short International Coaching Psychology Review 2010

Objectives: To examine the effectiveness of a peer coaching intervention on aspects of well-being in students. Design: A two-factor mixed design was employed. Method: Two groups of third-year undergraduate psychology students participated in this study. The coaching group (N=32) comprised 24 females and eight males (mean age 25.23, SD=...

Cites in Google Scholar: 80
 
Positive coaching with frontline managers: enhancing their effectiveness and understanding why

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 is only a small body of empirical evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of coaching in health care settings. Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a workplace coaching programme (WCP) aimed at enhancing...

Cites in Google Scholar: 57
 
My next client: Understanding the Big Five and positive personality dispositions of those seeking psychosocial support interventions.

KD Klockner, R Hicks International Coaching Psychology Review 2008

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether individuals who sought out psychosocial support interventions which include life, career and executive coaching, mentoring services and counselling psychology services, could be identified by a combination of the Big Five and other positive personality facets and could subseq...

Cites in Google Scholar: 45
 
Experiences of coaching and stress in the workplace: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 57
 
Developing the leader as coach: insights, strategies and tips for embedding coaching skills in the workplace

A Grant, M Hartley Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2013

This article presents some practical insights, strategies and tips about how to help organisations embed leadership coaching skills in the workplace following participation by executives and managers in ‘Leader as Coach’ development programs. Given that organisations globally are increasingly using such programs as part of leadership deve...

Cites in Google Scholar: 154
 
Development of an interview sheet based on the GF-PRACTICE model for Solution-focused coaching

Y Tokuyoshi, S Iwasaki, S Palmer Coaching Psychology International 2013

The purpose of this paper is to develop an interview sheet for use within Solution-focused Coaching (SFC), for Semi-structured interviews and Selfcoaching based on an SFC framework. This article provides a brief overview of the development of an interview sheet and then describes the GF-PRACTICE model, ...

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What is life coaching? An integrative review of the evidence-based literature

J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Life coaching as an industry fully emerged in the 1990s and has exploded to become a $2 billion global industry with nearly 50,000 certified life coaches (ICF, 2012). With the rapid growth and many different programmes and educational platforms, there is a need for defining the exact scope of what life coaching entails (Segers, Vloeberghs...

Cites in Google Scholar: 71
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A morphological and bibliological analysis of the International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 2003-2012

J Hodge International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

This article presents a bibliological and morphological analysis of the research articles in the International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring (IJEBCM). The findings highlight the most frequently referenced journals and books and the demographic of the authors. They also determine that the articles are more likely to be a...

Cites in Google Scholar: 3
 
What can Sydney tell us about coaching? Research with implications for practice from down under

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...

Cites in Google Scholar: 35
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Coaching for Emancipation: A framework for coaching in oppressive environments

H Shoukry International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

While coaching is establishing itself as an effective human development approach, there is limited understanding of the dynamics of coaching in the context of oppression. This paper summarises a study that examined the use of coaching as an emancipatory approach, and explored how oppression affects coachees, coaches and the coaching proce...

Cites in Google Scholar: 48
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Executive Coaching in Organisations: The Personal is the Professional

M Cavanagh, A Grant International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2004

Coaches sometimes make the case that executive, workplace and personal (life) coaching are substantially different coaching applications. Exploring these issues it is concluded that there are indeed considerable overlaps between the personal and the professional in relation to executive coaching in organisations. To be truly effective, ex...

Cites in Google Scholar: 35
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Approaches to Research on Executive and Organizational Coaching

D Stober International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2005

As coaching’s popularity has risen as a tool in executive and organizational development, questions of effectiveness and potential outcomes arise. Through research investigating coaching effectiveness and outcomes, different studies have fulfilled different research approaches of exploration, description, and explanation. This article dis...

Cites in Google Scholar: 29
 
Developing and evaluating a virtual coaching programme: A pilot study

U Hultgren, S Palmer, S O’Riordan The Coaching Psychologist 2016

This paper describes the process of adapting a face to face cognitive behavioural coaching (CBC) model, PRACTICE (Palmer, 2011), into a virtual self-coaching programme and presents the results from a pilot study concerning the usability of the programme. There are a lack of studies regarding effects of assisted and non-assisted cognitive ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 16
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Exploring the evolution of coaching through the lens of innovation

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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Coaching in a non-clinical setting with coachees who access mental health services

A Pendle, N Rowe, D Britten International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

This paper presents the findings from the study of a unique coaching situation. Coachees currently accessing mental health services and members of Converge (see below) were paired with undergraduate coaching students for time-limited coaching. Participants took part in semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analysed using Interpreti...

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How do novice business coaches identify the boundary between coaching and counselling?

A Eniola International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

The coaching/counselling boundary is much talked about and yet there has been little research into how novice coaches identify the boundary in practice. This article explores how novice business coaches attempt to identify the boundary in their practice. The research employs a constructivist grounded theory approach, with seven novice bus...

Cites in Google Scholar: 15
 
Solution-Focused Cognitive–Behavioral Coaching for Sustainable High Performance and Circumventing Stress, Fatigue, and Burnout

A Grant Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2017

The research suggests that solution-focused cognitive– behavioral (SFCB) coaching can enhance performance, reduce stress, and help build resilience. Thus, SFCB coaching may be a useful methodology for enhancing both performance and well-being while also serving as a preventative mechanism that can reduce the probability of stress-related ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 87
 
Experiences of cognitive coaching

K Gyllensten, S Palmer, E Nilsson, A Regnér, A Frodi Coaching Psykologi 2011

Objectives: Cognitive coaching and cognitive behavioural coaching are approaches practiced by many coaching psychologists (Palmer & Whybrow, 2007). However, there is a lack of qualitative studies evaluating these approaches. The main objective of/with the present study was to investigate a number of participants’ experiences of cognitive ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 47
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Group coaching in a large complex organisation: Lessons learnt from experience

S O’Connor International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

This article presents qualitative findings from a pilot group coaching program that was conducted within a large Australian public healthcare organisation. Using Nueman’s (2000) three phase coding system and Spector’s (1984) methodology, transcripts were analyzed for key themes (from both coachees’ and coaches’ perspectives) in response t...

Cites in Google Scholar: 19
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An integrative literature review on the impact of life coaching on courage, fear and anxiety

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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Coaching to enhance the mental toughness of people learning kickboxing

A Killy, C van Nieuwerburgh, P Clough International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

This pilot study investigated whether combining Positive Psychology Coaching (PPC) and kickboxing would progress the development of mental toughness compared to kickboxing alone. The data were derived from 28 participants who voluntarily took a four-week kickboxing course and completed the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48) a week bef...

Cites in Google Scholar: 16
 
The Role Of Coaching For Relationship Satisfaction, Self-Reflection, And Self-Esteem: Coachees’ Self-Presentation Ability As A Moderator

J Rank, D Gray Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2017

Although theoretical and applied work has emphasized the critical role of coachee personality in the coaching process, little empirical research has identified specific personality traits as moderating variables. Drawing from social-psychological theories, we examined coachees’ ability to modify self-presentation, a major facet of the sel...

Cites in Google Scholar: 20
 
One-to-one coaching as a catalyst for personal development: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of coaching undergraduates at a UK university

N Lancer, V Eatough International Coaching Psychology Review 2018

Objectives: This paper examines the experience of nine undergraduates who had six coaching sessions over an academic year. It is part of a wider study which explores how young people experience and understand personal growth in the context of university life. Design: A qualitative, longitudinal design was employed and semi-structured i...

Cites in Google Scholar: 32
 
Client Dropout From Business Coaching

C Schermuly Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2018

Research on client dropout in business coaching is scarce even though dropouts can have consequences for clients, coaches, organizations, and the validity of coaching research. In this article, a conceptualization and definition of client dropout are developed and justified. Client dropout is defined as the early termination of coaching b...

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The impact of peer-to-peer coaching on self-esteem, test anxiety and perceived stress in adolescents

N Warner, M Budd The Coaching Psychologist 2018

Schools are increasingly using peer support programmes to support students. This study will explore the effectiveness of peer-to-peer coaching on increasing self-esteem and reducing test anxiety and perceived stress in sixth form students. Fifty-five participants took part in the study. IGROW, a variation of the GROW coaching model, was u...

Cites in Google Scholar: 12
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Reflective practice for coaches and clients: An integrated model for learning

A Hullinger, J DiGirolamo, J Tkach Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2019

The literature on reflection, awareness, and self-regulation provides theoretical and empirical fruit for understanding self-processing mechanisms that enhance learning, growth, and performance. A literature review was conducted to explore the potential of reflection, awareness, and self-regulation as developmental tools for coaches. Fro...

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Investigating the use of speech-based conversational agents for life coaching

L Aymerich-Franch, I Ferrar International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2022

Life coaching can contribute to goal attainment, quality of life, and psychological well-being enhancement. We explored the capacity of a speech-based conversational agent coach (CAC) to deliver a coaching program for goal achievement in two studies. Participants showed a significant increase in personal growth initiative (PGI) after comp...

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Investigating the use of speech-based conversational agents for life coaching

L Aymerich-Franch, I Ferrer International Journal of Human - Computer Studies 2022

Life coaching can contribute to goal attainment, quality of life, and psychological well-being enhancement. We explored the capacity of a speech-based conversational agent coach (CAC) to deliver a coaching program for goal achievement in two studies. Participants showed a significant increase in personal growth initiative (PGI) after comp...

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The Library of Babel: Assessing the powers of Artificial Intelligence in knowledge synthesis, learning and development and coaching

J Passmore, D Tee Journal of Work Applied Management 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for knowledge synthesis, the production of written content and the delivery of coaching conversations. Design/methodology/approach – The research employed the use of experts to evaluate the outputs from ChatGPT’s AI tool in blind tests to review ...

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