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Two Kinds of Presence: A Comparative Analysis of Face-to-Face and TechnologyBased Mediated Communication Methods and the Executive Coaching Experience

L Drake II 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore patterns of the executive coaching experience among clients who use both face-to-face and technology-based mediated communication methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a 24-item instrument administered to 108 female (n = 56) and male ( n = 52) participants, ranging in age from 27 to...

Coaching New School Principals during Their Professional Integration: Exploring Opportunities for Improvement

N Lauzon Journal of Education and Human Development 2015

The general objective of this study is to examine the coaching offered by Québec school boards to new school principals during their professional integration period. More specifically, it aims to study coaches’ perceptions of: 1) the positive impacts expected from executive coaching, 2) the factors that facilitate this coaching, and 3)...

Examining the Effectiveness of Executive Coaching on Coachees' Performance in the Israeli Context

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...

Assessing Leadership Readiness Using Developmental Personality Style: A tool for leadership coaching

KC Best International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2010

This article presents a conceptual application for use in executive and leader development coaching engagements. The Leadership Readiness Index uses developmental personality style theory to establish categories of leadership readiness that can be used during the assessment phase of a coaching relationship. The article begins with an...

The role of coaching in managing leadership transitions

AS Bond, N Naughton International Coaching Psychology Review 2011

The transition into a new leadership role can be extremely challenging to navigate and is one where leadership transition coaching may benefit both the individual and the organisation. This paper reviews the literature on the nature of leadership transition coaching in the workplace. It highlights commonly reported leadership transitio...

Is coaching an evolved form of leadership? Building a transdisciplinary framework for exploring the coaching alliance

T Kemp International Coaching Psychology Review 2009

Developing Senior Executives within a Coaching Psychology Framework

A Collins, S Palmer Coaching Psychology International 2011

This article explores the development of senior executives within a coaching psychology framework informed by psychological research, theory and practice. Also it highlights some of the issues surrounding coachees who may have a number of personal complex items that may need addressing in or outside of coaching

Identity construction in coaching: Schemas, information processing, and goal commitment

C Coultas, E Salas Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2015

Leadership coaching is a nearly $2 billion per year industry (International Coach Federation, 2012), and although many different theories and approaches to coaching exist, relatively little is known about the differential effectiveness of various coaching approaches. Grounded in theories germane to but that transcend coaching (e.g., socia...

Multi-stakeholder contracting in executive/business coaching: an analysis of practice and recommendations for gaining maximum value

E Turner, P Hawkins International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Multi-stakeholder contracting for coaching takes place in organisational settings worldwide. This article presents the results and implications of an international study which explored its use in executive and business coaching, with the aim of sharing best practice and achieving maximum value for all participants. Respondents (n=651) wer...

Bridging The Gap Between Higher Education And The Workforce: A Coach Approach To Teaching

H Hesseln, J Gair Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2016

There is debate in the business community around whether new entrants to the labour market are as proficient in essential skills such as communications, collaboration, and critical thinking as were their forbears. At the same time, the demand for executive coaching has increased substantially under both strong and weak economic conditions...

The unsolved value of executive coaching: A meta-analysis of outcomes using randomised control trial studies

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...

Executive Coaching: New Framework for Evaluation

K Osatuke, B Yanovsky, D Ramsel Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2017

Evaluation research has struggled to keep up with the popularity of coaching, as measures of its effectiveness are challenging to standardize, particularly when coaching executives. Similar to interpersonally based interventions in other fields such as counseling and psychotherapy, coaching takes the form of a fluid, humanistic process, w...

The Efficacy Of Executive Coaching: An Empirical Investigation Of Two Approaches Using Random Assignment And A Switching-Replications Design

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...

Coaching C-Suite Executives and Business Founders

W Berman Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2019

Founder chief executive officers and senior executives in the world’s largest companies make up a distinct, elite subset of the larger world of executives. They bring a particularly confident style, strategic way of thinking, influencing ability, and sense of authority and power that present unique challenges. When they work with a psycho...

Become the best coach you can be: The role of coach training and coaching experience in workplace coaching quality and quality control

S Diller, J Passmore, H Brown, S Greif, E Jones Organisationsberatung, Supervision, Coaching 2020

This paper explores whether coach training or coaching experience leads to better coaching quality and quality control. In two large studies, both coaches (N1 = 2267) and personnel managers who book coaches for their company (N2 = 754) answered questions about coaching quality and quality control. The results show that more coach trai...

Become the best coach you can be: The role of coach training and coaching experience in workplace coaching quality and quality control

S Diller, J Passmore, H Brown, S Greif, E Jonas Organisationsberatung, Supervision, Coaching 2020

This paper explores whether coach training or coaching experience leads to better coaching quality and quality control. In two large studies, both coaches (N1 = 2267) and personnel managers who book coaches for their company (N2 = 754) answered questions about coaching quality and quality control. The results show that more coach training...

African organisational coaching practice: Exploring approaches used, and the factors influencing coaches’ fees

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...