What works in executive coaching : understanding coaching outcomes through quantitative research and practice-based evidence /: understanding coaching outcomes through quantitative research and practice-based evidence. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Erik de Haan.
• Authors: Haan, Erik de
• Contents: Highlights of the book Introduction An interlude before Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Does executive coaching work? Is coaching worth the effort? Part A: Some controversies Controversy 1: how universal and generalisable are the results? Controversy 2: choice-supportive biases skewing the results towards false positives Controversy 3: if the same people are asked to measure all variables, biases will result Controversy 4: the Hawthorne effect Controversy 5: realistic settings do not satisfy lab research conditions Controversy 6: the diminishing power of statistical tests on the same data Controversy 7: nonattendance of participants in coaching and in research Controversy 8: nonrepresentative samples Controversy 9: coaching is not very sharply defined Part B: How to establish whether coaching works Part C: Overview of outcomes of coaching research with randomised control groups 1 Randomised controlled experiments in health coaching 2 Randomised controlled experiments in workplace coaching 3 Limitations of past research Part D: What it means for coaching practice An interlude before Chapter 2 Chapter 2: What works in executive coaching? What makes coaching really worthwhile? Part A: Some controversies Controversy 1: What to do with studies of a different standard than RCTs? Controversy 2: the technique versus common-factors debate Controversy 3: difficult to compare different studies when they use different constructs Controversy 4: where does ‘technique’ end and do ‘common factors’ begin? Part B: How to establish the 'active ingredients' Part C: Overview of more evidence with an eye for possible active ingredients of coaching 1 Overview of coaching outcome research I: evaluation or field studies 2 Overview of coaching outcome research II: incorporating objective outcome variables 3 Manager-as-coach research with objective outcome variables 4 Overview of coaching outcome research III: employing control groups 5 Overview of coaching research which compares conditions 6 Overview of coaching research which compares techniques of coaching 7 Overview of coaching research which compares virtual and face-to-face coaching Part D: What it means for coaching practice An interlude before Chapter 3 Chapter 3: The coaching relationship as ‘best predictor’? How does the working alliance help to achieve outcomes? Part A: Some controversies Controversy 1: does the ‘medical model’ apply? Controversy 2: does the ‘therapy model’ apply? Controversy 3: causality is still open to debate Controversy 4: the puzzle of ‘the’ relationship Controversy 5: what is core of ‘the’ relationship? Controversy 6: how to optimise the relationship factor? Part B: What we need to know about this ‘best predictor’ Part C: Overview of coaching relationship outcome research 1 A brief review of research on the coaching relationship 2 A brief review of relevant mentoring outcome research 3 Longitudinal research on the coaching relationship 4 An interpretation of these findings 5 Future research: time to think differently about active ingredients Part D: What it means for coaching practice An interlude before Chapter 4 Chapter 4: Which outcomes does coaching actually deliver? What does executive coaching work on? Part A: Some controversies Controversy 1: very high diversity of study methods Controversy 2: some contradictory findings Controversy 3: the possibility of moderation Controversy 4: it's hard to see the wood for the trees, because of many weak results Part B: How to establish different coaching outcomes Part C: Overview of what we know about outcome measures 1 Changes to objective measures 2 Changes to multi-source performance measures 3 Changes to self-rated personality measures 4 Changes to self-rated preparedness or well-being measures 5 Changes to self-rated goal-attainment measures 6 Changes for the coach rather than the coachee Part D: What it means for coaching practice An interlude before Chapter 5 Chapter 5: What perceptual biases may be at play? Can we trust a coach’s perceptions of coaching? Part A: Some controversies Controversy 1: what is so bad about the biases in self-scores? Controversy 2: what is so bad about using self-scores for research? Controversy 3: is the distinction between self- and other-scores not artificial? Part B: How to establish coaching self-perception outcomes 1 Research showing coaching changes personal ratings of performance 2 Research showing the coach’s mindset about change is an important predictor of outcomes 3 Research showing that mindsets of coach and coachee about change strengthen one another 4 Research showing that coaches develop perceptual biases in looking at their own skills Part C: Overview of what we know about perceptual biases in coaches about their own coaching 1 A brief review of research on coaching interventions 2 Research on coaching interventions using the Coaching Behaviours Questionnaire 3 Significant differences found for gender, age, job, and nationality of the coach 4 An interpretation of these findings Part D: What it means for coaching practice An interlude before Chapter 6 Chapter 6: What about negative side effects of coaching? Are there risks? Can coaching do harm? Part A: Some controversies Controversy 1: can we actually treat ‘negative’ outcomes separate from ‘positive’ ones? Controversy 2: is there an assumption that reported experiences are significant outcomes? Controversy 3: there seems to be a difference between the coaching and mentoring literature Part B: How to establish negative side effects of coaching Part C: Overview of what we know about side effects Part D: What it means for coaching practice 1 What do coaches need to know about negative (side) effects in coaching? 2 What expert advice can we give to coaches who want to do quantitative research? 3 What moral advice can we give to coaches who want to do quantitative research? References Subject Index Author Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.407124; Executive coaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000371826; 9781000371802; 9781003127055
• Related ISBNs: 9780367649425; 9780367649432
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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