...Nao Fukubayashi; Kei Fuji Purpose This study aims to improve the effectiveness of coaching by enhancing the quality of coaching sessions. We developed and validated a formative evaluation measurement scale to assess the quality of coaching based on coaches’ skills, attitudes, and approaches from...

...James G. Wiginton; Phillip A. Cartwright Purpose Based upon a survey of 87 companies having used the services of business coaches, this paper considers the extent to which coaching is likely to be beneficial to a leader's business success as well as that of the respective company. Design...

...Stuart Allen; Louis W. Fry Purpose Spiritual topics emerge in executive leadership coaching. However, the scholarly literature has emphasized the performance development aspects of executive coaching (EC) more than the development of executives’ inner lives, although there is some evidence...

... and prepare graduate students for leadership in contemporary complex workplaces. Building on previous research findings and recommendations, the authors suggest that leadership potential is understood and facilitated through leadership assessment, increased self-awareness and faculty coach-supported...

...Erica L. Anthony Purpose Leadership coaching has received increased popularity over the past decade; however, there is a paucity of research that has examined its impact on leader behaviors within organizations. Drawing upon transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this paper...

... of deconstruction relies here on an “heterotopia” (which literally means “a thought coming from elsewhere”) while making use of the founding tenets of traditional Chinese thought. Findings A flexible support, echoing some existing practices of coaching, mentoring and other developmental interactions, acts...

...Athanassios Mihiotis; Niki Argirou Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present coaching opportunities and applications in the workplace as well as to point out that organizations that want to leverage the benefits of coaching must be mature enough to have certain processes and practices...

...Batia Ben-Hador Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine organizational perceptions regarding the coaching process as an evaluation tool. Methodology – The research method used is a multiple case study based on the author’s work with coached executives in eight organizations...

... research question: how do external peer coaching groups – which are a form of career community – impact leadership development? The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a research study that examined one such career community focussed on providing peer coaching for managers in business...

...Geok Chew Gan; Chin Wei Chong Purpose – In order to bridge the gap and provide organizations with practical assistance in dealing with the effectiveness of executive coaching. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between coaching relationship which constitutes of rapport...

...Marcia S Hagen; Shari L Peterson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is two-fold: to identify the reliability and content validity of two popular managerial coaching scales – the Ellinger Behavioral Scale and the Park Skills-based Scale – to determine the extent to which the construct, coaching...

.../methodology/approach – As one component of the leadership development program at the Cleveland Clinic, the Physician-Leader On-Boarding Program offers newly appointed chairs a structured interaction with executive coaches with the goal of increasing self-awareness and, secondarily, developing a personal...

...Grace McCarthy; Julia Milner Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the growing practice of managerial coaching. Much of the coaching literature is set in the context of an external coach coming into an organisation. However managers are increasingly being expected to coach...

...Carla CJM Millar; Matthew Gitsham; Gil Bozer; James C. Sarros; Joseph C. Santora Purpose Executive coaching is gaining in popularity as a management developmental activity which facilitates organisational change for sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships among...

...Christopher Bond; Megan Seneque Purpose Recent debates within the literature and amongst practitioners of coaching have been focussed on defining the scope and practice of coaching as a form of organizational intervention that can facilitate organizational and individual change. The purpose...

... incorporates previously proposed process‐ and insight‐based solutions and adds a broader focus on information flow and how decision‐making behaviour is influenced and informed by the context in which it occurs. Practical implications The paper emphasises the role of a trusted, expert coach in implementing...

... from an analysis of sustainability principles. A psychological approach to conceptualizing leader responsibility as a variable in personal development is elaborated under the normative construct of generativity. A new model for coaching developing leaders and promoting leader responsibility is proposed...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts an initial warning about the way storytelling is being used, particularly by management and leadership coaches, questioning whether the term “storytelling” is an appropriate term to use for what is occurring. The notion of “storyselling” is introduced...

...Adrian N. Carr; Cheryl Ann; Cheryl Ann; Adrian N. Carr Purpose In this paper, the authors act as leadership development coaches who show that how a story is constructed, reconstructed and circulated in and through organizations make stories themselves active “players” in creating relationships...

...Adrian N. Carr; Cheryl Ann; Mervyn Conroy Purpose The aim of this paper is to show how storytelling and MacIntyre's virtue ethics theoretical schema can inform a new approach to management development and coaching. It also highlights the potentially collusive nature of a coaching relationship...