– Key findings include that participant managers consider: coaching to be critical to their success and the success of their … receive the coaching they want and need; and managers believe that they have considerable room for development in this … – Implications of this research include: organizations placing greater effort in assisting managers to develop their coaching talents …

organization, when creating and implementing an internal coaching capacity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines in … detail the design, implementation, successes, and key learning points of the creation of an internal coaching program …. Findings – Organizations can build an internal coaching capacity utilizing current talent and limited external resources to …

Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate how commercially effective business coaching can and should be implemented … Director of Coaching for a specialist coaching company, the author discusses the main obstacles to successful coaching and how … accessible suggestions for increasing the return on investment of coaching programmes. Practical implications – With these …

/methodology/approach – The paper introduces perspectives on how managers learn to be managers in organizations. And introduces Mintzberg …

coaching experience and how leadership skills can be applied to the process of personal change. Design … during the process of coaching. Reflections on this are shared here. Findings – Leadership is a role that can be taken on by … anyone when they embark on personal change and having leadership attitudes can considerably aid the coaching process …

Reports research into whether the commonly agreed dimensions of effective coaching actually relate to success and … coaching programme Huthwaite ran for a large computer company in 1991. The programme was concerned with improving sales skills …. Reports evidence showing that these dimensions do relate to effective coaching and performance improvement. Measures used were …

learning through peer coaching, leveraging the diverse and complementary skills these leaders bring to their roles. Findings …

Argues that, in the fields of team working and coaching, the metaphor of sporting excellence is overused. Considers the …

Coaching has enormous benefits for both organisations and for the individuals they employ. When good coaching is …. Individuals not only learn the new skills they are coached in, they also become better and proactive learners. For coaching to be … effective in an organisation, a supportive climate is required; one where coaching is regarded as a normal part of managing and …

use of business coaching. It also describes the use of the programme in an actual case study of business coaching. The … programme seeks to give the owner/managers of small businesses expert, practical and cost‐effective guidance on strategic and …