P Harakas Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2013
In the sphere of executive coaching, there is great need for the development of mature, refined, and nuanced theoretical conceptualizations. This review attempts to bridge the insights gained from specific areas of social, clinical, and counseling psychology with the executive coaching literature. The article reviews and discusses theoret...
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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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K Perry 2015
This dissertation explores the developmental consciousness (DC) of a sample of certified professional coaches using Kegan's (1982) constructive developmental theory as its foundation. Kegan (1994) proposes five progressively complex stages of human consciousness and his empirical work has found most in the general population to be at the ...
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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...
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G Bozer, S C., S C. Personnel Review 2014
Purpose
– Little empirical research has examined the role of coach characteristics in coaching success. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap in the literature by identifying and testing the relationships between a coach's academic background in psychology and credibility with executive coaching effectiveness as reflected in g...
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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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A Grant, M Cavanagh, S Kleitman, G Spence, M Lakota, N Yu The Journal of Positive Psychology 2012
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S Palmer Coaching Psychology International 2015
This short paper focuses on how both
coaching psychology and positive
psychology practice can be informed by
ecopsychology research. It argues that
coaching and positive psychologists can
promote relatively straightforward
ecopsychological interventions to their
client groups in order to enhance their
wellbeing
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AM Grant Wiley-Blackwell 2013
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D Gray, A Burls, M Kogan International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014
This paper presents findings from a proof of concept pilot study that explored the usefulness
of a new Salutogenic model in coaching practice. The model aligns with the positive mindset
inculcated in coaching, health, and wellbeing initiatives, and was developed and tested by three
coaches who work in executive coaching, eco-coaching...
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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 ...
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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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F Moen, R Federici International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012
The first purpose of this study was to develop and test the factor structure of a
multidimensional Coaching Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale (CLSES). A second purpose was to
validate the CLSES through an inspection of its relation to the Coach Competence Scale (CCS). The
CLSES was developed to capture important coaching leadership effica...
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E Cox, C Patrick International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012
Working with people invariably involves managing emotions. This qualitative study examines a
coaching intervention designed to help a group of retail support workers in one mobile communications
organisation in the UK to articulate and manage their emotions more effectively in order to improve
workplace relations and motivation. The p...
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D Jinks, J Dexter International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012
This article examines what appears to be a societal compulsion towards goal pursuit and target
setting within a coaching context. It explores the dissonance between coaching principles and
coaching practice and the negative consequences of such a target driven culture. Concerns are that
practitioners adopt models and ways of working th...
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GB Spence, LG Oades International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011
The scholarly coaching literature has advanced considerably in the past decade. However, a review of
the existing knowledge base suggests that coaching practice and research remains relatively
uninformed by relevant psychological theory. In this paper it will be argued that Self-Determination
Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985) presents as...
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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...
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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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AK Krum International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012
Stress remains a significant problem in contemporary society causing people to take sick leave
and early retirement. This paper explores how using ideas from the existential approach can enhance
coaching for people who experience work-related stress. It reports on an action research project
involving six participants in coaching over a...
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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...
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M Sherlock-Storey, M Moss, S Timson The Coaching Psychologist 2013
Purpose: This article outlines a small-scale exploratory study focusing upon the impact of a brief coaching
intervention on participant levels of resilience in the face of organisational change. The study sought to
pilot a brief, three-session resilience coaching programme and explore the impact upon participants’ reported
levels of re...
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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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C Lawton-Smith International Coaching Psychology Review 2015
Objectives: Resilience has grown as a topic of interest to coaches and increases in resilience as a result of specific
coaching programmes are often reported (Grant, Curtayne & Burton, 2009). However, the perspective of the
coached leaders has remained largely unexplored. This study seeks to gain the leadership perspective on two key
a...
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H Law, R Aquilina International Coaching Psychology Review 2013
Objectives: This study aims to show how a leadership coaching programme for Nurse Ward Managers may
be implemented in a general hospital with the following objectives:
● clarify the Nurse Ward Managers’ idealised leadership attributes (ILA);
● identify any perceived gaps in leadership skills;
● develop and provide a comprehensive coa...
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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 Palmer, N Heffernan Coaching Psychology International 2013
This brief paper considers the transfer of
resilience-focused skills across domains
and the relevance to coaching and
coaching psychology practice.
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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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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...
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J Beatty, A McGonagle International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016
Chronic illness is a growing issue in the workplace, and can prompt employees to reconsider their professional and a coaching intervention to help develop personal resources to stay in the workforce. The analysis of data from exit interviews suggests that coaching supports coachees’ identity work and behavioural strategies for integrating...
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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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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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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 ...
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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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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...
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S Smith International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
This research focused on the coaching practices of internal coaches in a multimedia organisation. Survey questions were sent to 135 clients who had completed the ‘Coaching Programme’ since its inception. Although a pure style of coaching proved to be most effective in enabling clients to achieve their objectives, applying a blended style ...
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C Smith International Coaching Psychology Review 2017
Objectives: Existing approaches to coaching leaders for resilience are fragmented and often drawn from the developmental or clinical context but little empirical research has investigated the leadership perspective on resilience. The objective of this study was to establish how leaders conceptualise resilience in their context in order to...
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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...
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B McBride 2013
This qualitative exploratory study examines how coaches experience the flow state, as defined by flow research pioneer Csikszentmihalyi. It further looks at the relationship between coaching competencies and coaches’ experience of flow. For this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with experienced coaches who are certified by the In...
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S Bonneywell International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017
Executive coaching is increasingly being used to develop leaders in organisations and this study explores how a coaching intervention has been used to develop female leaders in a global organisation. This case study research was undertaken from a social constructionist and interpretivist perspective and used semi-structured interviews and...
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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 ...
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S Bonneywell, E Kovacs EMCC Mentoring and Coaching Research Conference 2017
Organisations have been attempting to close the gender gap for many years, often with only limited success. GSK the global healthcare company, has implemented an innovative development initiative utilising both individual coaching and group coaching, simultaneously to support the development of female leaders. This case study research was...
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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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P Gnilka, S McLaulin, J Ashby, M Allen Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2017
This study examined the relationship between 2 dimensions of perfectionism (perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns) and burnout and the role that coping resources may play in mediating the relationship between these variables. Participants for this study included 235 employees from a large consulting firm in the Netherland...
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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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FMH Trevillion International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2018
Revenue spent on coaching globally is significant, yet data is lacking on the specific leadership behaviours it develops. This study focuses on the debate about coaching efficacy, the components of executive coaching and the leadership behaviours developed through it. The research context is a cross-government, blended, leadership program...
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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...
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L Kemp Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2019
Leader development requires learning new ways of behaving, which takes
sustained practice over time, yet organizations continue to focus their efforts in
traditional classroom style workshops, spending billions of dollars in the process.
This paper describes and interrogates a contemporary approach to leader
development, that includes...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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