P Ianiro, S Kauffeld Consulting Psychology Journal 2014
The quality of coaching working alliances is crucial for coaching success. Determining the ingredients that contribute to a high-quality coaching working alliance is an important question for research. Interpersonal behavior is considered to be a vital factor for a successful coach– client working alliance. This study analyzes how a coach...
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J Passmore, S Jowett, K Kanakoglou Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2012
Executive coaching is an intervention that organizations often use to enhance managers' opportunities, develop skills, promote knowledge and reflectivity, as well as improve overall performance. An effective working relationship has been considered a necessary condition for the success of executive coaching. Thus, the present study aimed ...
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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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J Passmore, T Theeboom Coaching Psychology:Meta-theoretical perspectives and applic... 2015
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J Passmore, A Fillery-Travis Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2011
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J Passmore, M Velez The Coaching Psychologist. 2012
The issue of coaching as a potential learning methodology has been highlighted by a European Union task force (HERMES, 2010) and has been the subject of a number of research papers over the past two years. This paper reports the results from a RCT study of coaching with fleet drivers based on a sample of 327 participants, and ...
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N Terblanche International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014
Knowledge sharing between employees is a critical success factor in knowledge intensive
organisations and depends on the quality of an employee’s relationships with co-workers. Relatively
little research has been done on how to incorporate relationship aspects into a coaching intervention.
This paper describes an organisational coachi...
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S Linder-Pelz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014
This paper describes a study of the development and implementation of a benchmarking
methodology within a coaching community. It asks: how robust and valid was the process used to
identify the key coaching skills and their specific behavioural indicators? It finds that the initial
identification of core coach skills was driven by a l...
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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...
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T Matthews International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013
Coaching typically takes place as a seated conversation aimed at stimulating cognitive
reflection. This study explores why some coaches are choosing to combine a physical activity with
their coaching rather than working in a more conventional manner. An IPA methodology was used,
based on a convenience sample of six coaches. Two key the...
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T Worgan International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013
The concept of hope has infused human culture for millennia and in modern times challenged
psychologists’ attempts to define and measure individuals’ level of hope. The beneficial impact of
increasing hope to improve physical and mental well-being is a tested therapeutic intervention. However,
little research has explored this matter i...
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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...
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M Adams The Coaching Psychologist 2012
This article describes the successful application of the problem-solving processes outlined in Stephen Palmer’s
PRACTICE framework to a real-life school-based organisational problem. The coach’s role and contribution
to the process is identified at each stage. A problem-solving approach in general, and the PRACTICE model
in particular,...
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D Van Laar, S Easton The Coaching Psychologist 2013
As the evidence base for coaching develops, so there is increasing expectation that coaching practitioners
evaluate their work. Coaches require relevant, valid and reliable measures. Some assessments will do more
than just measure change – they can help better understand a client’s circumstances and so assist in
identification of appro...
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J Passmore The Coaching Psychologist 2013
This paper provides a brief overview of research into coaching in one specific safety critical environment –
driving. The paper will briefly review the issues behind the research agenda, summarise the four peer-reviewed
papers which have been published and their implications for driving practice and policy, as well as for
coaching rese...
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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...
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J Passmore, H Rehman International Coaching Psychology Review 2012
Objectives: This mixed methods study reviewed the role of coaching in the driver development environment.
The study sought to explore the impact of coaching as a learning methodology and to compare this with an
instruction-based approach.
Design: The study involved a mixed methods sequential design. The first part of the study was a ra...
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E de Haan International Coaching Psychology Review 2012
Purpose: In this study the phenomenon of reflective-self function is explored in terms of its historical
understanding – just as the phenomenon of transference was explored in terms of its historical
understanding in an earlier instalment (De Haan, 2011). As will be shown, reflective-self function is not
only demonstrably linked to sec...
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J Passmore, L Mortimer International Coaching Psychology Review. 2011
Objectives: This preliminary study sought to explore the experiences of UK Approved Driving Instructors
(ADIs) in using coaching as a method for novice driver learning, as part of a wider research agenda into
the use of coaching in driver instruction.
Design: The qualitative method of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used t...
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W Madden, S Green, AM Grant International Coaching Psychology Review 2011
Objective: This pilot study examines the impact of an evidence-based strengths coaching programme on
male primary school students’ levels of engagement and hope.
Design: In a within-subject design study, 38 Year Five male students (mean age 10.7 years) participated
in a strengths-based coaching programme as part of their Personal Devel...
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M Duffy, J Passmore International Coaching Psychology Review 2010
Objectives: This paper explores the process of ethical decision making in coaching psychology. The paper
seeks to develop a suitable model for application in coaching psychology to complement existing codes of
practice. The model of course can be adjusted for use by coaching practitioners.
Design: The study used a semi-structured inter...
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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...
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S Sonesh, C Coultas, S Marlow, C Lacerenza, D Reyes, E Salas Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2015
Although executive coaching has been shown to be effective, few research initiatives have attempted to understand the importance of the emergent relationship between a coach and coachee. This article explores the factors that influence coaching outcomes from both the coach and coachee’s perspective and presents the results of the mediatin...
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D MacKie International Coaching Psychology Review 2015
Objectives: The objective of this research was to investigate the use of multi-source feedback in assessing the
effectiveness of a strength-based coaching methodology in enhancing elements of the full range leadership
model. It also investigated the effects of self-other rater alignment on leadership outcomes after coaching.
Design: A ...
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M Ricciardi, J Schaller, D Garcia, T Archer The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching: Publish... 2015
There is a continuous need for empirical evidence regarding the impact and experience
of coaching leadership. The purpose of this study was to describe the effects from a
coaching leadership program. The results indicated that the majority of the participants
in the program used the skills acquired during the program (e.g., communicati...
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S Timson The Coaching Psychologist 2015
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study exploring clients’ perspectives of the impact and helpfulness of a brief coaching programme designed to increase individual resilience during a period of organisational change.
Managers in a UK public sector organisation participated in a three-session resilience coaching programme...
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A Grant International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016
There has been an almost exponential growth in the amount of coaching-specific and coaching-related research over the past ten years. At the same time there has been considerable interest in the development of evidence-based approaches to coaching, and many coaching practitioners have incorporated the phrase into their terms of reference...
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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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R Kilburg Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2016
In this article, executive or leadership coaching is considered within a broad context of the history of general applied psychology. Executive coaching is briefly explored in its major applications. Advocacy of the randomized controlled trials approach to advance the science base of the field is questioned. The current scientific and conc...
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G Barody International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016
There has been a significant increase in the number of paramedic practitioners leaving the profession, in relation to the increased anxiety and stress associated with the evolving, diverse role, and increased workload. The ambulance services are struggling nationally to recruit the numbers of staff required to support the current healthca...
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A Mouton International Coaching Psychology Review 2016
The purpose of this paper is to explore performance coaching in sport, music, and business. The paper begins by describing some of the popular, lay methods used by coaches in each field, many influenced by The Inner Game books of Timothy Gallwey. Next, the paper discusses the scientifically grounded theories, principles, and methods that ...
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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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S Gessnitzer, E Schulte, S Kauffeld Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2016
Despite growing research on coaching and its positive impact on clients’ self-efficacy and goal-attainment, to date, there is hardly any empirically based knowledge on which communicative strategies cause these improvements. To address this research gap and examine the role of clients’ self-efficient statements for coaching success, coach...
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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 Lopez International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
Vague definitional descriptors of the Coaching Alliance Common Factor measurement threaten construct validity in coaching research. Further, differing coach and client perceptions of the helping relationship, and coaching and therapeutic client dissimilarities compound the risk. Ten clients representing a global leadership coaching practi...
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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...
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A Fields The Coaching Psychologist 2017
Purpose: Research has identified the problem of workplace intimidation and its impact, both on individuals and organisations. However, a gap exists in the research literature regarding effective solutions for targets of workplace intimidation, or how executive coaching may be used as an intervention in such circumstances.
Design: A qua...
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T Erodes EMCC Mentoring and Coaching Research Conference 2017
What do we know from qualitative research in coaching and mentoring about client attributes that may be important to effectiveness?
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O Spaten, A O’Broin, L Løkken Coaching Psykologi 2016
In the coaching context of an ongoing search for evidence-based research, and increasing interest in the ‘active ingredients’ of coaching the impetus for ‘the coaching relationship – and beyond’ was the quest for deeper understanding of the coaching relationship as well as its influence on the outcomes of coaching. It is a presentation, o...
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A O’Broin Coaching Psykologi 2016
The advent of the current stage of coaching research seeking to identify how coaching works, or the ‘active ingredients’ of coaching has taken coaching relationship research into a more prominent position. In exploring the questions of what we know about the coaching relationship and its role in coaching and coaching outcomes, and how we ...
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S Jordan, S Gessnitzer, S Kauffeld Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017
The majority of the numerous train-the-coach courses in the growing coaching market are not evidence-based and evaluate neither the personal development of coaches during these courses nor their effects on clients’ subsequent coaching success. The aim of our study was to investigate the development of coaches’ career-related variables dur...
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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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R Ladyshewsky, R Taplin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
This study explored the perceptions of an employee’s manager as coach behaviour and the relationship to their perceived work engagement. The Measurement Model of Coaching Skills (MMCS) by Park and colleagues and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were used as the tools to measure this relationship. The MMCS was also validated furthe...
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D Tee, D Shearer, G Roderique-Davies International Coaching Psychology Review 2017
This pilot study builds on previous research applying the ‘active ingredients’ model to coaching psychology and seeking to identify client traits that may predict coaching efficacy. It examines the relationship between the four ‘core self-evaluation’ traits (self-esteem, generalised self-efficacy, locus of control and neuroticism) and the...
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L Kovacs, S Corrie International Coaching Psychology Review 2017
Objectives: Executive coaching is delivered within business environments that are highly complex and unpredictable. A current debate is whether novel approaches to coaching are needed to help leaders become skilled in navigating complexity. The objectives of this research were to: (i) develop a coaching framework for helping coaches work ...
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N Cunningham Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2017
Two schools of thought exist about the purpose and process of coaching. One school of thought holds the strong belief or assumption that the purpose of coaching is to change behaviour through a goal-directed approach. The counterview has the underlying assumption that coaching is a meaning-making process, a shared journey that may or may ...
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S Schiemann, C Mühlberger, E Jonas International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2018
Based on definitions of coaching, coaches support their clients with their self-determination as well as their self-congruent, self-valued goals; in other words and with regard to Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), coaches support their clients’ autonomy need. In this paper, we present an overview of three research studie...
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S Fontannaz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2018
Concerted efforts have been made to define and distinguish coaching as an emerging discipline and profession to develop confidence in the potentiality of coaching. Multiple perspectives on coaching exist, which are influenced by perceptions, expectations and experiences of coaching. This article draws on an instrumental case study situate...
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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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C Sime, Y Jacob International Coaching Psychology Review 2018
Objectives: Coaches have an unclear role and the industry shares a complex border with therapeutic practices. This study explored the nature of the relationship between coaching and therapeutic practices, how coaching professionals experience, navigate and manage this boundary, and sought to identify what roles they adopt.
Design: Seve...
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M Mattar, C van Nieuwerburgh, M Barr, Y Jacob International Coaching Psychology Review 2018
Objectives: This study aimed to explore how eight female leaders from four Arab countries experienced their leadership journey, and to consider a potential role for coaching in that developmental journey.
Design and Method: A qualitative design was applied to explore the participants’ experiences. Data collection was through semi-struc...
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K Payne 2017
The purpose of this capstone is to explore four qualities considered essential to professional coaching: authenticity, coaching presence, empathy, and openness. Through research in psychology and coaching literature, as well as interviews with experienced coach practitioners, this study first deconstructs each quality, and then creates a ...
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K Gyllensten, C Henschel, G Jones International Coaching Psychology Review 2020
Introduction: The aim of this study was to explore managers’ experiences of participating in executive group coaching in a municipality in Sweden.
Methods: A qualitative methodology was used in the study. Managers that had participated in executive group coaching were invited to participate. Individual interviews were used to collect the...
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A Barosa-Pereira 2020
Limited published research has examined team coaching function processes. Through an extensive systematic literature review, this research explores team coaching knowledge and proposes a new construct by adding the Dynamic Team Leadership meta-theory (Kozlowski, Watola, Nowakowski, Kim and Botero, 2009). The concept of Dynamic Team Leader...
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N Terblanche, J Passmore, J Myburgh South African Journal of Business Management 2021
Purpose: More context-specific research regarding the praxis of organisational coaching was
needed for increased understanding of this emerging profession. Whilst progress was being
made internationally, African coaching practice research was sparse, leading to potentially
false assumptions about local praxis based on international tre...
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S Diller, J Passmore Frontiers in Psychology 2023
The term ‘digital coaching’ is widely used but ill-defined. The present study therefore investigates how digital coaching is defined and how it differentiates from face-to-face coaching and other digital-technology-enabled (DT-enabled) formats, such as digital training, digital mentoring, or digital consulting. A qualitative inductive a...
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J Passmore, W Woodward International Coaching Psychology Review 2023
In this article we argue that coach education has been through three distinct phases of development over the past three decades: 1990-2020. These phrases reflect changes in the coaching industry, which itself has seen significant change over the same period. These phases include ‘pre-profession’, reflected in ad hoc and non-qualification ...
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L Steyn, A Barnard International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2024
This study employed a qualitative, hermeneutic phenomenological approach to explore personal transformation and how it manifests in the coaching process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven senior leaders who had previously engaged in a coaching programme of at least six sessions. The findings describe personal transforma...
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