Coaching Research

Is coaching a profession? on Jul 8, 2009The term ‘profession’ derives from the Latin word ‘profiteor’ meaning to profess. It implies, therefore, that a professional is someone who possesses knowledge (theoretical and practical) about a particular field. Professionalisation, is the...

London Coaching Group on Jun 24, 2009 in London Coaching Group I've just attended my first meeting of the London Coaching Group, an event which I can highly recommend. The Group meets monthly, usually with a speaker, although last night's event was 'Open Space' in which anyone was permitted to raise an issue an...

Intuition in Coaching on Jun 15, 2009Review: Penny Mavor (2009) Intuition in Coaching: Preliminary Findings of an Exploratory Study, EMCC UK Conference, 7 April.This is a thought-provoking article, on an intriguing subject – the potential links between intuition and coaching. As human...

Mentoring teachers and trainers in Vocational Education and Training on Jun 6, 2009I'm privileged to be working at the moment with a team of international researchers on a handbook for practitioners and decision-makers involved in mentoring teachers and trainers in vocational education and training (VET). The handbook will be desi...

Choosing a business coach – the influence of gender on the coach-coachee matching process on May 22, 2009Coaching has enjoyed substantial commercial growth, but empirical support for its effectiveness is thin. Nowhere is this more so than in the matching process between coach and coachee. A study that we have just completed describes the results from...

The 'Manager as Coach' - a credible solution? on May 11, 2009According to a recent CIPD report (1), of the UK businesses that use coaching, 70 per cent of them have it delivered by line managers. That's a large percentage isn't it? But does this really offer organisations a 'coaching solution'? In my exper...

Welcome on May 8, 2009Welcome to my blog, the purpose of which is to present my own research into the theory and practice of coaching and to encourage discussion and debate on the impact of this growing profession.Coaching services (executive coaching, leadership coaching...