L Baron, L Morin Human Resource Development Quarterly 2009
Numerous authors have suggested that the working relationship between coach and coachee constitutes an essential condition to the success of executive coaching. This study empirically investigated the links between the coach-coachee relationship and the success of a coaching intervention in an organizational setting. Data were collected f...
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G Dai, MKP De, G Hallenbeck, R Lee SIOP Conference 2010 2010
There is a lack ofconsensus among professionals regarding how to evaluate executive coaching. This paper examines seven areas that will impact the way researchers evaluate coaching effectiveness and the conclusions they draw from their studies. Clarification on these areas will guide the future ofcoaching evaluation research and practice.
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A Day, de Haan. E., C Bertie, C Sills International Coaching Psychology Review 2010
Purpose: In this study descriptions of critical moments of coaching as experienced by both executive coaches and their clients are analysed and compared, to find out more about what works in coaching conversations.
Design/Methodology: This is a real-time direct-comparison study of coaches’ and clients’ critical-moment experiences with...
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de Haan. E., A Duckworth The OMC Coach and Mentor Journal 2010
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de Haan. E., V Culpin, J Curd Personnel Review 2011
Purpose – Executive coaching is gaining in popularity, both as part of personal or organisational development programmes and as a tailored form of individual consulting. The purpose of this study is to examine how various aspects of the executive coaching intervention make a difference to the clients of coaching themselves.
Design/meth...
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de Haan. E., A Duckworth, D Birch, C Jones Consulting Psychology Journal 2013
This article argues for a new way of studying executive-coaching outcomes, which is illustrated with a study based on data from 156 client– coach pairs. The argument accepts that we are unlikely to get robust data on coaching outcomes in the near future but assumes that we can expect similar effectiveness for coaching as that demonstrated...
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G Dai, MKP De Korn/Ferry Institute 2009
While executive coaching has increased markedly during recent years, the professional application of coaching, our understanding of when to use coaching, and the evaluation of its effectiveness has lagged far behind. The purpose of the current study is to review empirical studies on executive coaching in the literature, synthesize their f...
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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 ...
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A Grant John Wiley & Sons 2006
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D MacKie Consulting Psychology Journal 2014
This study attempts to investigate the effectiveness of a strength-based coaching methodology in enhancing elements of the full range leadership model, especially transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is the process whereby leaders engage and influence their followers toward attaining a shared vision through their capac...
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B Joo Human Resource Development Review 2005
Executive coaching has become increasingly popular despite limited empirical evidence about its impact and wide disagreement about necessary or desired professional qualifications. This article examines the practice of executive coaching, investigating the useful underlying theories by reviewing previous research. It also provides a conce...
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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...
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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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G Ward, E van de Loo, S ten Have International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014
Group coaching is growing as a leadership development intervention for executives, in business
schools and organizations. Benefits include economies of scale, diversity of perspectives, and behavioural
change. We studied the psychodynamic group coaching intervention technique practiced at a global
business school. This intervention ha...
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C McComb International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013
ABC manufacturing is a large publicly listed manufacturer and distributor. The mission of the
organization is to deliver superior and sustainable returns through leading market positions in the
construction, resources and industrial markets. It recognizes that people are a distinguishing feature of
successful business and is committ...
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G Bozer, JC Sarros International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012
While executive coaching is a key means by which organisations and individuals build
executives’ capabilities, very little research has investigated how effective or beneficial this
development tool is to the individuals or the organisations in which they work. The purpose of this
study was to examine executive coaching effectiveness b...
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E de Haan, C Niess International Coaching Psychology Review 2015
Objectives: Previous studies on the effectiveness of coaching have focused on positive outcomes that clients,
coaches and organisational colleagues attribute to engaging in coaching overall. In this study descriptions
of critical moments of coaching as experienced by executive coaching clients, their coaches and their
sponsors are anal...
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OM Spaten, W Flensborg International Coaching Psychology Review 2013
Objectives: Until now, rather limited empirical research has been conducted as regards managers who coach
their employees (Crabb, 2011). The aim of this research was to investigate the managers’ challenging and
successful experience when coaching their employees and how these coaching sessions were assessed by their
employees.
Design:...
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E Leonard-Cross International Coaching Psychology Review 2010
Objectives: To contribute to research on the return on investment and business benefit of workplace
coaching by using a quasi-experimental design. Specifically, to investigate the impact that in-house coaches,
using developmental coaching approaches, had on levels of coachee self-efficacy.
Design: The study used action research (Lewin,...
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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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A Levenson Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2009
This article addresses the conceptual and methodological issues involved in measuring the business impact of executive coaching. A framework is introduced for identifying the business impacts of coaching. An application of the framework is presented using exploratory study data from 12 matched coach-coachee pairs showing varying degrees o...
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E Pavur Jr Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2013
This article notes the growing volume of work on leadership coaching, and the continued
scarcity of comparative research. The key question posed in this article is: What, from
the client’s perspective, drives the need for coaching? Examination of a practice that
“just grew,” revealed 3 major needs, which gave rise to 3 categories of co...
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E de Haan Open University Press 2012
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M Correia, N dos Santos, J Passmore International Coaching Psychology Review 2016
Objectives: There is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of how coaching processes psychologically operate. This paper presents the findings from a study aimed to characterise the coaching process experience and to identify how specific experiences contribute to coaching outcomes.
Design: A qualitative design was adopted. Dat...
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N Koroleva International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016
The existing literature lacks theoretical and empirical research when exploring the phenomenon of sustainable change as a result of executive coaching. Despite the rapid growth of executive coaching, there is a disconnection between practice and academic research in assessing sustainable change. This means that reflective practitioners fa...
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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...
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B Schlosser, D Steinbrenner, E Kumata, J Hunt International Journal of Coaching in Organizations 2006
When the topic of the return on investment (“ROI”) of coaching comes up among coaching professionals, there is often skepticism about its ultimate usefulness. this may be rooted in the notion, held by some, that it is essentially impossible to accurately measure ROI. this paper reports on our efforts to develop a meaningful methodology fo...
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W Hofmans 2015
The evaluation of the exact impact of executive coaching on both individuals and organisations is lagging behind. This has been demonstrated by the few empirical studies which link coaching to improved outcomes. This particular research project focuses on the coaching of leaders in organisations. It draws on resources from the fields of L...
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P Henriques, C Curado, P Matos Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017
This study addresses three coach behaviours’ effects (warmness behaviour (WB); stimulating action (SA) and planning and structuring activities (PSA)) in two dimensions of coaching outcomes (coachee’s performance (CP) and the quality of the coach–coachee relationship (QCCR)). The paper argues that coaching is a helpful tool to achieve grea...
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B Crompton 2012
This thesis aims to address the principal question of whether business coaching directly or indirectly enhances firm financial performance and growth. The present thesis incorporates four comprehensive and inter-related studies designed to investigate the contribution of business coaching to firm growth in cohorts of start-up companies an...
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M Schalk, J Landeta Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017
The purpose of this paper is to show the advantages and disadvantages of internal and external executive coaching. To this end, it offers a thorough review of the literature and an exploratory study based on the Delphi method with 40 selected experts, who gave answers based on their own experience. The results indicate that the decision o...
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D Burt, Z Talati International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
Methodology and research supporting coaching’s effectiveness has not kept up with its growth and demand. The current literature on coaching is lacking sufficient empirical rigour and does not meet the standard required for mixed methods design. This metaanalysis investigated the outcomes of coaching, and potential moderating effects of ot...
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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...
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J Williams, R Lowman Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2018
Using random assignment and a switching-replications design in a corporate setting, this study compared the effectiveness of two approaches to executive coaching: goal-focused and process-oriented. Goal-focused coaching is based on goal-setting theory, which concentrates on identifying a task to be accomplished, whereas process-oriented c...
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A Myers, T Bachkirova Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2018
Research into work-based coaching has been prompted by the need of a new discipline to demonstrate its effectiveness, often assuming that coaching is a homogeneous activity. The multifaceted and multipurposeful nature of coaching now requires the development of meaningful typologies that reflect this diversity and are grounded in the anal...
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Z She, B Li, Q Li, M London, B Yang Human Resource Development Quarterly 2019
Attention to the effects of managerial coaching usually focuses on subordinates. However, knowledge of the impact of coaching on the coaches is limited. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, this study examined the extent to which coaching has benefits and costs for managers who spend time and energy coaching their subordinates. ...
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