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Self-efficacy: The exercise of control

A Bandura Freeman 1997

Coaching from a systemic perspective: A complex adaptive conversation.

M Cavanagh John Wiley & Sons 2006

Evaluating leadership coaching: A review and integrated framework.

L Boyce, K Ely, J Nelson, S Zaccaro, G Hernez-Broome, W Whym... The Leadership Quarterly 2010

Leadership coaching reflects an evolving dynamic between the client and coach that is qualitatively different from most approaches to leadership development and therefore holds particular challenges for evaluation. Based on reviews of academic and practitioner literatures, this paper presents an integrated framework of coaching evaluation...

Goal and Implementation Intentions and their Complex Transfer into Practice

S Greif 2011

Building the coaching alliance: Illuminating the phenomenon of relationship in coaching.

T Kemp Jossey-Bass 2011

Creating a coaching culture: Developing a coaching strategy for your organization

P Hawkins McGraw-Hill International 2012

Coaching Supervision: Maximising the Potential of Coaching

P Hawkins, G Schwenk Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 2006

The coach's coach: Personal development for personal developers

A Hardingham CIPD Publishing 2004

The reflective coaching practitioner model

F Campone Kogan Page 2011

The integration of mindfulness training and health coaching: An exploratory study

GB Spence, MJ Cavanagh, A Grant Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2008

Coaching has attracted much attention from health professionals interested in collaborative, person-centred approaches to motivating behaviour change. Whilst initial research supports the efficacy of coaching in health contexts, more theoretical and empirical work is needed. Based on recent work demonstrating the important role that mindf...

Sensory awareness mindfulness training in coaching: Accepting life’s challenges

P Collard, J Walsh Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy 2008

Sensory Awareness Mindfulness Training is a new set of skills to help clients approach a better life/work equilibrium by balancing cognitive and emotional brain activities. This is achieved through regular connection with one’s senses and focusing non-judgementally on the ‘here and now’ experience of life. The exercises are neither diffic...

A cognitive developmental approach for coach development

T Bachkirova, E Cox Routledge 2007

Behavioural coaching: The Grow coaching model

G Alexander Kogan Page 2006

A bridge over troubled water: bringing together coaching and counselling

T Bachkirova, E Cox The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching 2004

This article addresses the issue of forced estrangement between coaching and counselling. The separation between the two fields is explored and the consequences of this for coaching in particular as a newly established profession are discussed. It will be suggested that the source of differences and similarities between various types of ‘...

Coaching with emotion in organisations: investigation of personal theories

T Bachkirova, E Cox Leadership & Organization Development Journal 2007

Purpose – The aim of this study is to investigate personal theories of emotion that coaches have and how these theories are translated into strategies of working with clients' emotions. Design/methodology/approach – The approach to the study is phenomenological. A questionnaire method based on specifically designed stem sentences was...

What is coaching?

F Bresser, C Wilson Association for Coaching 2010

Facilitating reflective learning through mentoring and coaching

A Brockbank Kogan Page Publishers 2006

Coaches as Phenomenologists: Para-Ethnographic Work in Sport

G Downey Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Asso... 2008

If performance studies is to explore sports from the perspective of athletes, coaches form a potential pool of allies as they are engaged in their own ‘para-ethnographic’ studies of athletes’ performance. This paper examines developmental coaching, that is, the teaching of skills, as a form of applied phenomenology, drawing on examples fr...

Narrative coaching

DB Drake Sage 2010

What story are you in? Four elements of a narrative approach to formulation in coaching

DB Drake Karnac Books 2010

Coaching for change

J Bennett, M Bush Routledge 2014

Researching Coaching

E Cox, A Fillery-Travis Sage 2014

Coaching and Human Resource Development Examining Relevant Theories, Coaching Genres, and Scales to Advance Research and Practice

AD Ellinger, S Kim Advances in Developing Human Resources 2014

The Problem Coaching is a pervasive form of development that has garnered significant attention among scholars and practitioners. Although interest in coaching has grown considerably in recent years, coaching has been criticized as being opinion- and best-practice-based, as well as atheoretical. It has been critiqued as being an under-exa...

Pluralistic coaching? An exploration of the potential for a pluralistic approach to coaching

A Pendle International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

The pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy (Cooper & McLeod, 2011) has created controversy in the therapy world but has yet to be explored as a coaching approach. This paper examines coaches' attitudes towards its potential for coaching. Practicing coaches were given a stepped introduction to the approach. Semi-structure...

Transformative learning theory and coaching: Application in practice

K Sammut International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014

The aim of the research reported in this paper was to discover if and how transformative learning theory is applied in coaching. Data were collected from eight coaches through semi-structured interviews. The findings of the study revealed four emerging themes: space and context of the coaching environment; the coaching relationship; di...

Coaching: an expensive conversation or a return on investment?

J Cook International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

The Collaborative Action Coaching for Leaders model (Cook, 2011) is designed for the transfer and sustainability of learning from the coaching session to outside that experience: it is a return on investment. The model emanated from a doctoral level research study conducted with leaders from UK voluntary sector organisations: namely Ad...

Chinese culture and coaching in Hong Kong

P Lam International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Coaching is a Western concept introduced into the Hong Kong Chinese society almost two decades ago. Confucianism, the underlying Chinese cultural principles, and Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture (1980, 1997, 2001) are examined to determine the cultural characteristic of Hong Kong. This mixed methods study analyzes data collected via...

A new model of sustainable change in executive coaching: coachees’ attitudes, required resources and routinisation

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...

A shift in the room – myth or magic? How do coaches create transformational shifts in a short period of time?

J Moons International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Although transformational learning is widely acknowledged within coaching, little is known about how such learning could be achieved in practice through coaching. Even less is known about how transformation can be achieved within a short period of time. This article reports on research that explores whether transformational shifts in the ...

Can coaching paramedics help them reflect on their wellbeing and confidence and be empowered within their profession?

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...

Collaborative Action Coaching for Leaders: a way of enabling transfer and sustainability of learning for all external coaches?

J Cook International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

The Collaborative Action Coaching for Leaders model (Cook, 2011) emerged from a longitudinal doctoral study researching coaching practice, and currently it is the only empirical model for external oneto- one stand alone coaching of leaders which enables transfer and sustainability of learning. But is the model transferable to other coache...

Developing a group coaching model to cultivate creative confidence

E Fumoto International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

This paper explores a new domain of coaching: group coaching for creativity. Despite increasing research on creativity literacy, rarely do we talk about the motivation to be creative. Many people don’t believe in their creative potential and they lack the confidence to start exploring their creativity. Group coaching can cultivate creativ...

Insights into the nature and role of listening in the creation of a co-constructive coaching dialogue: A phenomenological study

P Hill International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Despite its importance, there seems to be no research into listening in coaching. Of the few texts that explore it, only Cox (2013) presents a theoretical foundation. In contrasting coaching’s constructivist nature with therapy’s reconstructive disposition, Cox suggests that misunderstandings are key, causing coach and client to review th...

Exploring the evolution of coaching through the lens of innovation

M Abravanel, J Gavin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

In this paper, we examine coaching’s innovativeness through a comparison of its approaches and methods with those of more established helping professions. Using extant literature, we consider the nature of innovation before going on to examine coaching’s core beliefs and values, theoretical paradigms, and its goals, techniques, and method...

What is the perceived contribution of coaching to leaders transitioning to more senior roles in the NHS?

A Gill International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

This case study explores the contribution of coaching in addressing the adaptive challenges of senior leadership transitions from the perspective of leaders who have recently transitioned to more senior roles in the NHS. The findings reveal a clear perception from participants that coaching helped them through the critical phases of their...

How coaching adds value in organisations – The role of individual level outcomes

P Sharma International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

This paper explores the value of coaching in organisations. Assessing the impact of coaching through typical effectiveness measures may identify measurable outcomes, but risks missing the contribution of intangible and unplanned outcomes. Using grounded theory methodology, this qualitative study amalgamated perspectives on the value of co...

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?

How Individual Coaching Adds Value In Organisations: The Role Of Intangible Personal Outcomes

P Sharma EMCC Mentoring and Coaching Research Conference 2017

This paper explores the value of coaching in organisations. Assessing the impact of coaching through typical effectiveness measures may identify measurable outcomes, but risks missing the contribution of intangible and unplanned outcomes. Using grounded theory methodology, this qualitative study amalgamated perspectives on the value of co...

Re-Conceptualising Coach Education from the Perspectives of Pragmatism and Constructivism

T Bachkirova, P Jackson, J Gannon, I Iordanou, A Myers Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2017

The aim of this paper is to offer a coherent philosophical position to underpin the task of the education of coaches. Our argument builds from an analysis of the specificity and issues concerning the development of coaches. We provide a potential explanation of these issues by identifying a significant discrepancy between two typical conc...

The Science Behind Powerful Questioning: A Systemic Questioning Framework for Coach Educators and Practitioners

L Hauser Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal 2017

At the heart of the coaching process is the core competency of questioning, often referred to as powerful questioning. Coach educators and trainers diligently teach students the importance of asking questions (versus giving advice) during coaching sessions and teach them to structure questions appropriately (such as using open versus clos...

A temporal multi-stakeholder perspective on the perceptions, expectations and experiences of coaching in a team context

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...

How high potential coaching can add value – for participants and the organisation

M Taconis International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2018

This case study explores the value of high potential coaching as part of a leadership development programme. As empirical and participant-based research for coaching (effectiveness) in a talent management context is scarce, both participant and organisation perspectives were explored. This research shows that the coaching readiness of pa...

Broadening and building solution-focused coaching: feeling good is not enough

A Grant, S O'Connor Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2018

Past research has found that solution-focused (SF) coaching questions led to more positive outcomes than problem-focused (PF) coaching questions. Another body of research (Broaden and Build Theory; Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2(3), 300–319) posits that positive emotions promote...

Towards A Process-Based Typology Of Workplace Coaching: An Empirical Investigation

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...

The lived experience of self-identifying character strengths through coaching: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

AJS Fouracres, C van Nieuwerburgh International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2020

The study aimed to expand the understanding of the experience of people who self-identify their character strengths. The data came from semi-structured interviews held after a coaching intervention using strengths cards. Analysis using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) revealed four themes: Identifying strengths is instincti...

A mixed methods study of effects and antecedents of solution-focused questions in coaching

S Jordan, S Kauffeld International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2020

The coaching interaction regarding questioning is still under-researched. This study investigates clients’ behavioural responses to coaches’ solution-focused questions (SFQ), their effects on coaching outcomes, and coaches’ career-related attributes promoting SFQ. Using a mixed methods design, we applied longitudinal self-report and be...

The Chronological Development of Coaching and Mentoring: Side by Side Disciplines

R Koopman, P Englis, M Ehrenhard, A Groen International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

Interest in coaching and mentoring has increased over the past decades. However, confusion about what is meant in practice and in the literature and the lack of sound definitions makes it hard to research the antecedents and outcomes of both concepts. We show that coaching and mentoring share a lot, but they are often treated as separate...

How do coaches and clients create and experience thinking environments?

D Johnston International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

This constructivist grounded theory research explored how coaches facilitate clients to become critical in their coaching environment. Critical thinking has been described as a core competency and skill that is needed for leaders since a deficiency in critical thinking skills creates consequences for individuals as well as their organis...

The Adequacy of Competency Frameworks for Coaching Academic Deans: A Critical Review

I Nadeem, B Garvey, M Down International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

This paper explores the adequacy of existing coaching competency frameworks to address the complexities of coaching academic deans. The unit of analysis of this interpretative and evaluative case study is the coaching practice based on the core competencies as prescribed by ICF and EMCC. It uses five sources of evidence that converge to...

An integral quadrants perspective of coaching presence: A qualitative study of professional coaches

M Abravanel, J Gavin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

A multi-dimensional perspective emerged from this qualitative investigation of coaching presence pertaining to a coach's focus and behaviors during a coaching session. The qualitative methodology was informed by grounded theory and employed sensitising concepts derived from Wilber's quadrant framework. Data came from semi-structured in...

How do coaches and clients create and experience thinking environments?

D Johnston International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2021

This constructivist grounded theory research explored how coaches facilitate clients to become critical in their coaching environment. Critical thinking has been described as a core competency and skill that is needed for leaders since a deficiency in critical thinking skills creates consequences for individuals as well as their organis...

How coaching interactions transform leader identity of young professionals over time

A Hughes, C Vaccaro International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2024

This longitudinal qualitative study explores how social interactions between young professionals and their leadership coach develop leader identity. Examining eleven pairs of coaches and clients participating in a three-to-six-month leadership development programme, this exploratory research found five general interaction types that form ...

The purpose of organisational coaching : time to explore and commit

T Bachkirova International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2024

In the fast-growing field of organisational coaching many issues identified in research and practice can be traced back to the fact that the purpose of this intervention continues to be merely assumed. This paper undertakes a critical examination of the main conundrums in practice and research that arise from the lack of appropriately con...