Coaching In The Wild: Identifying Factors That Lead To Success

Keywords

Coach-coachee relationship; Coachee insight; Coaching; Information sharing; Working alliance

Abstract

Although executive coaching has been shown to be effective, few research initiatives have attempted to understand the importance of the emergent relationship between a coach and coachee. This article explores the factors that influence coaching outcomes from both the coach and coachee's perspective and presents the results of the mediating effect that working alliance and information sharing have on coachee goal attainment and coachee insight outcomes. The authors explored these factors in both an academic coachee sample as well as an executive field sample. Results showed that coachee motivation was significantly positively related with coachee goal attainment and coachee insight in an academic sample but not in a field sample. Moreover, working alliance and information sharing partially mediated the relationship between a coach's psychological mindedness and coachee insight in an academic, but not field, sample. Another notable result was that the difficulty of the coaching goal did not impact how successful the coaching engagement was in terms of goal attainment. Implications of these findings for both research and practice are discussed.

Publication Date

9-1-2015

Publication Title

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volume

67

Issue

3

Number of Pages

189-217

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000042

Socpus ID

84940029551 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84940029551

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