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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....

ICF global coaching client study-Executive Summary

International Coach Federation International Coach Federation 2009

Coaching psychology coming of age: The challenges we face in the messy world of complexity

M Cavanagh, D Lane International Coaching Psychology Review 2012

Coaching people through difficult times

M Darling HR Magazine 1994

Executive coaching: it works!

FA Kombarakaran, JA Yang, MN Baker, PB Fernandes Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2008

Outcomes of this empirical study demonstrated that executive coaching is an effective method of leadership development. One hundred fourteen executives and 42 coaches were surveyed using instruments designed to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. Results indicated that executive change occurred in 5 areas: people management, re...

How executive coaching can change leader behavior and improve meeting effectiveness: An exploratory study.

RD Perkins Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2009

Business meetings are the focus of extensive executive time and effort. Research has shown that poor leadership during meetings results in negative outcomes; however, few studies have explored effective leader behaviors during team meetings. From “expert leader” observations, the author hypothesized that more effective meeting leaders ask...

Executive consulting under pressure: A case study.

A Freedman, J Perry Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2010

This consulting psychology case study describes how an initially nonvoluntary consulting engagement with an executive client in a highly complex nuclear industry organization evolved from suspicion to trust, enabling the client to achieve work-related goals. Methods used by the consultant, and reactions to those efforts by the client, are...

Facilitating intervention adherence in executive coaching: A model and methods.

RR Kilburg Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2001

A review of the recent literature demonstrated that there are virtually no articles or research papers on the subject of intervention adherence or compliance in executive coaching. This article begins to address that deficit by presenting an 8-component model of coaching effectiveness that includes such elements as the coach--and client--...

Principal time commitment and job satisfaction before and after an executive coaching workshop

TM Gravel 2006

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...

Executive coaching as an individually tailored consultation intervention: does it increase leadership?

S Kampa-Kokesch 2003

A Case Study of Executive Coaching as a Support Mechanism During Organizational Growth and Evolution.

ER Schnell Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2005

This case study follows the evolution of an executive coaching consultation provided to the leaders of an organizational system over a 5-year period. The clients were part of a community outreach center in an academic medical center, and the coach-consultant was part of an internal service group. During this extended engagement, the clien...

Executive coaching: a real world perspective from a real-life coaching practitioner

M Goldsmith International Coaching Psychology Review 2009

Executive coaching: Crafting a versatile self in corporate America

E Ozkan 2007

In recent years, coaching has become a major form of personal and professional development service offered to executives to help develop leadership skills, enhance performance, and remediate patterns of problematic workplace behavior. This dissertation examines the emergence and development of executive coaching in the United States as a ...

The impact of executive coaching on self-efficacy related to management soft-skills

L Baron, L Morin Leadership & Organization Development Journal 2010

Purpose – Executive coaching has become an increasingly common method to skill development. However, few rigorous empirical studies have tested its capacity to generate outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between executive coaching and self‐efficacy in regard to supervisory coaching behaviors. Design/method...

Managerial coaching: A review of the literature

M Hagen Performance Improvement Quarterly 2012

Managerial coaching has become increasingly popular despite limited empirical evidence of its impact on the individuals giving and receiving coaching, and its impact on the workplace overall. This article reviews the literature on the definition of practice of managerial coaching, and what managerial coaching looks like in terms of skills...

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 ...

I'm only human: The role of technology in coaching.

A Pascal, M Sass, J Gregory Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2015

Increased employee confidence: A benefit of coaching*

K Gyllensten, S Palmer The Coaching Psychologist 2014

The aim of this study was to investigate participants’ experiences and views of coaching. A qualitative design was used, the study being part of a larger piece of research on coaching and stress. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the data. A main theme that emerged from the analysis was ‘Confidence’.

Performance coaching in sport, music, and business: From Gallwey to Grant, and the promise of positive psychology

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 ...

The third ‘generation’ of workplace coaching: creating a culture of quality conversations

A Grant Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

Workplace coaching is increasingly used in organisations. Workplace coaching is conducted internally within an organisation for the purpose of helping employees, managers and leaders attain work-related goals. Workplace coaching methodologies have evolved over time. The first ‘generation’ (1990s) focused on performance management. A hallm...

The third ‘generation’ of workplace coaching: creating a culture of quality conversations

A Grant Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

Workplace coaching is increasingly used in organisations. Workplace coaching is conducted internally within an organisation for the purpose of helping employees, managers and leaders attain work-related goals. Workplace coaching methodologies have evolved over time. The first ‘generation’ (1990s) focused on performance management. A hallm...

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 ...

A Critical Review Of Qualitative Research Outcomes In Executive Coaching And Mentoring

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?

Executive coaching during organisational change: a qualitative study of executives and coaches perspectives

K Bickerich, A Michel, D O'Shea Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2018

The aim of this qualitative interview study was to explore the change-coaching process as perceived by middle management executives and coaches using an inductive approach. We interviewed both executives and coaches about their experience of organisational change, and the role of coaching as a developmental tool for executives when managi...

The experience of executive group coaching - A qualitative study

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...

Towards building theory on coachee readiness

S Van Coller-Peter, D de Vries International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2022

Lack of coachee readiness impacts negatively on the effectiveness of coaching. Despite the general awareness of the phenomena that influence coachee readiness, this concept needs better description in the coaching literature. This article reports on a Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) study of the factors that influence coachee readin...