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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Executive coaching"”.
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Executive Coaching: A Cohesive Conceptual Model and the Qualitative Investigation of Executive Coaching Styles
<p>Executive coaching is a field in search of a conceptual model to tie together disparate studies and theories. While several decades of research validate ‘that’ coaching works (Athanasopoulou & Dopson, 2018), it’s been unclear is to ‘how’ coaching works. For over two decades, the field has been …
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Exploring Presence in Executive Coaching Conversations
… main factors contributing to the quality of the coaching relationship and the use of self by the coach. As such, there is a growing, opinion-based body of practitioner literature on the topic. In addition, presence is recognised by professional coaching bodies as an important coaching competence. …
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Commissioning executive coaching for directors and senior managers
Executive coaches are a relatively new and high profile addition to the supplier ranks offering development services for directors and senior managers in the UK. There is a paucity of theory about executive coaching, despite its widespread purchase and use in practice. The research and thesis …
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Obstacles to executive coaching during planned radical organisational change
There is currently limited research on either coaching in organisations or executive coaching in Planned Radical Organisational Change (PROC). The research that does exist on these subjects focuses primarily on whether coaching is considered efficacious, and there has been no research on the …
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Executive performance: a framework for executive coaching in Uganda
… using fewer resources. As such, performance of executives is core for the survival of organisations. This thesis is an ethnographic case study of corporate executives in Uganda, and what it takes to get the executives to perform. With a Ugandan culture lens, I examine the determinants and …
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Executive coaching : crafting a versatile self in corporate America
In recent years, coaching has become a major form of personal and professional development service offered to executives to help develop leadership skills, enhance performance, and remediate patterns of problematic workplace behavior. This dissertation examines the emergence and development of …
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Multiple understandings of executive coaching: an exploratory study of Irish experiences
This research study explores executives’ perceptions of factors that impede and facilitate the effectiveness of a coaching intervention designed to enhance leadership skills. It also explores research participants’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the intervention. Because research studies have …
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The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Executive Coaching on Leader Effectiveness
… in the early 1990s. Shortly thereafter, executive coaching emerged as a popular and beneficial resource to support the development of managers and leaders in organizations. The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of both phenomena on leader effectiveness. This empirical …
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From Burnout to Resilience: Executive Coaching as a Strategic Intervention in Cybersecurity Workforces
… at risk. This research investigates the role executive coaching can play as an intervention to help mitigate burnout in the cybersecurity profession. The study examines the cybersecurity work environment, organizational cultures, self-perceptions, and workplace relationships, and explores how …
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How meaningful and useful is the concept of the life space in executive coaching?
… the theory and concept of the life space are to executive coaching, and it explores the challenges of building coaching theory accordingly. From a critical realist perspective, and by using a conceptual encounter and thematic analysis research methodology, the study explicates for the first time …
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Coaching in the digital age : how is digitalisation influencing executive coaching? : a grounded theory exploration
… industrial revolution significantly impact executive coaches and the coaching industry. However, executive coaching literature has historically failed to acknowledge the impact of socio-contextual factors on the practice. Resultantly, a research gap has emerged wherein a holistic exploration …
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An exploration of women’s identity work in career choices and transitions : implications for executive coaching
Career transitions are a common topic in executive coaching sessions. It has been established that career transitions involve identity and identity work, and can be challenging. The process of identity work in career transitions can be particularly complex for women, due to sex and gender. Yet this …
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Perceived Effectiveness of Internal Executive Coaching Engagements by Participants in a High Potential Leadership Development Program
The field of executive coaching has grown in popularity as a developmental tool for leaders. With the potential for a leadership continuity gap and the desire for organizations to strengthen leadership talent pools to prepare for succession planning, there is a need for empirical research regarding …
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An exploration of the mind-body connection in executive coaching : a key feature of coaching and change?
… connection (MBC) is conceptualised in one-to-one executive coaching in organisations. This study was motivated by the need to meet the increasing demands on executive coaching at this challenging time (Bachkirova and Jackson, 2024; Cannon-Bowers et al, 2023), the need to address the lack of …
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The only person in my way is me : a multiple case study exploring the perspectives of experienced school principals regarding the perceived impact of executive coaching.
… learning. This study aimed to examine executive coaching to provide targeted, precise, and meaningful professional development to experienced principals. In exploring the problem, I conducted a multiple case study with the purpose of examining how principals with at least four years of …
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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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Exploring the common factors that contribute to an effective coaching engagement : a thematic analysis
The world of professional executive coaching is growing and being utilized by organizations around the world. Industries of all types, sizes, and functions are turning to executive coaching to enhance their employee's performance, retention, and well-being. The field of coaching relies heavily on …
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Coaching support for leader/ship identity work among senior leaders: expert coaches' perspectives
This qualitative doctoral research explores how executive coaches support Leader/ship identity work among senior leaders. Using a Narrative Inquiry methodology, the study analyses 34 semi-structured narrative interviews with international expert coaches, offering insights into coaching practices …
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Client behavioural feedback for the executive coach
While executive coaches routinely give behavioural feedback to their clients, few ask them to reciprocate. Yet, theoretical investigations suggest that client feedback – if defined as the provision of information regarding effective behaviours observed during a coaching session – may improve the …
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