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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring"”.
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Coaching for Brave Leadership: an Action Research Study
Even though there is a plethora of leadership training and coaching available worldwide, there appears to be a disparity between articulated best practice and some of the reported negative experiences of individuals within organisations. There appears to be a gap between the behaviours of leaders …
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The role of coaching and mentoring in transformational change, focusing on housing association mergers
Coaching and mentoring have grown rapidly in the last twenty years, reflecting increased level of interest in these fields. The widespread popularity, however, has been largely attributed to the anecdotal feedback about their effectiveness due to considerable gaps in the empirical research base. …
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Choosing your coach: what matters and when. An interpretative phenomenological exploration of the voice of the coachee
In the last 20 years, coaching has enjoyed immense growth, responding to demands from organisations and individuals. Limited research suggests that clients value coaching. In particular the coachee values the relationship with, and the qualities of, the coach in their collaborative work. To aid …
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From Alignment to emergent Academic: the Role of Coaching and Mentoring in supporting the Development of Academic Staff in a post-1992 University
… a qualitative Case Study to explore the role of coaching and mentoring in supporting the alignment of academic staff and organisational strategy. The study employed documentary data, interviews and a questionnaire to examine a four year period of a seven year change programme at a University in …
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Good question: exploring the experiences of generating questions in coaching
… to facilitate progress for clients. The coaching practitioner literature provides advice on how to employ questions in coaching sessions, but there is little empirical evidence examining how coaches generate or ask questions. Investigating my own experiences and that of other coaches, in …
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In what ways does peer coaching contribute to the academic attainment of higher education students?
Peer support interventions have been widely used within the Higher Education sector as a means to enhance student success and retention. However, much of the evidence to measure the impact of mentoring and coaching has relied on anecdotal, self-reported evidence from the participants. In addition …
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A comparison of mentor and coach approaches across disciplines
A comparison of mentor and coach approaches across disciplines Confusion surrounds the role of the mentor and coach, given the broad and sometimes conflicting definitions attributed to mentoring and coaching. This prohibits practitioners communicating clearly about their role and whether it is …
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An exploration of how newly established secondary school headteachers engage with coaching and mentoring in their first year in post.
Mentoring for secondary school headteachers in their first year in post was first proposed as a systematic strategy in the 1980s following research into the first years of headship (Weindling and Earley, 1987). Coaching and mentoring were introduced as part of a response to the concern that new …
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An exploration of coaching women towards authenticity in the workplace: A heuristic study with women in academia
This study examines three previously unconnected areas: authenticity, coaching and women. Despite the growing interest in coaching, it is still in its infancy in its academic credentials with a paucity of empirical research undertaken to date. In contrast to the extensive research that has been …
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Medical careers and coaching
Research in the medical careers field in the UK tends to concentrate on career destinations for doctors and is used as an input into workforce planning by the Department of Health. Changes to medical career pathways, introduced by the Modernising Medical Careers programme, have brought into focus …
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How can coaching improve the effectiveness of Performance Management Conversations?
… of this study was to establish how the use of coaching by managers within appraisal conversations could enhance performance at work. The motivation for the study was directed at improving performance related conversations between managers and employees. These conversations may be formal …
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The effect of coaching on the transfer and sustainability of learning: coaching for leaders, a collaborative action research study
Coaching generally remains under-researched and in particular the transfer and sustainability of learning from coaching is extremely sparse in the field of empirical research and theoretical development. This qualitative research was conducted with four leaders from UK voluntary sector …
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A ripple effect from leadership coaching: Understanding the reach of coaching in organisations
… whole organisational team for the energy, ideas and collaborative approaches that bring sustainable organisational success in an interconnected world. Leadership and organisational studies increasingly support this endeavour by considering relational and interconnected approaches. However the …
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Experiencing Coaching for the First Time: First Coaching Sessions from the Executive Client’s Perspective
Background: Executive coaching has become a mainstay of leadership development practice worldwide. Some aspects of executive coaching such as return on investment are well studied, but the client experience of coaching is underexplored. This study aims to describe how clients perceive their first …
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An exploration of executive women's experiences of coaching and mentoring : an interpretative phenomenological analysis study
… pace of women’s advancement to senior levels in organisations is an ongoing topical debate. Resolving this issue through appropriate developmental support interventions is the subject of much discussion. An understanding of the use of coaching and mentoring to address this individual, …