The field of coaching adult populations has grown dramatically over the past two decades. This volume brings together coaching scholars and experts to review this trend, examine some of the ...theoretical foundations of the field, and explore how coaching adults manifests itself in the workplace, at executive levels, and in educational and nonprofit organizations. Readers will: Gain understanding of this field of coaching adult audiences, Learn how adult development and adult learning theories undergird this work, and See applications of coaching approaches through numerous case studies. This is the 148th volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
This is the 148th volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
Background: There is a strong positive association between 1-month weight loss (WL) and longer-term WL within lifestyle interventions. This study examined whether adding phone coaching for early ...suboptimal responders enrolled in an Internet-delivered WL (IDWL) program can improve program adherence and 12-month WL. Methods: 452 adults with overweight/obesity (BMI: 34.6 ± 5.0 kg/ m2, 69.7% female) received an automated, 12-month IDWL program consisting of video lessons, self-monitoring of calories, exercise, and weight, and personalized feedback. At baseline, participants were randomized to 1 of 3 groups, such that if they had an early suboptimal response (1-month WL <4%), they would also receive either: (1) BRIEF phone coaching (3 calls, weeks 5-8), (2) EXTENDED phone coaching (12 calls, weeks 5-16), or (3) no phone coaching (CONTROL). Early responders (1-month WL>4%) received no phone coaching regardless of group assignment. Secondary analyses compared suboptimal responders with 1-month WL of <2% vs. 2%-4%. Results: Among the analyzed sample (n = 437 reported a weight at 1 month), 79% were classified as early suboptimal responders (1-month WL <2%: n = 164; 1-month WL 2%-4%: n = 182). Coaching call completion (94.3%) and 12-month retention (87.1%) rates were high. Twelve-month WL was -5.45 ± 6.68% in EXTENDED, -4.94 ± 6.12% in BRIEF, and - 3.94 ± 7.41 in CONTROL, with EXTENDED significantly greater than CONTROL (p = 0.03). In those with a 1-month WL <2%, 12-month WL was significantly greater in EXTENDED (-4.16 ± 5.58%) vs. BRIEF (-2.09 ± 5.18, p < 0.05), but no significant difference was observed among those with a 1-month WL of 2%-4% (EXTENDED: -4.56 ± 5.61% vs. BRIEF: -5.61 ± 5.69%; p > 0.05). Intervention engagement (e.g., video lessons viewed and # of days self-monitored) was greater in BRIEF and EXTENDED vs. CONTROL (p's < 0.001). Conclusions: Although coaching ended by month 4, early suboptimal responders who received phone coaching had favorable and lasting effects on intervention engagement and WL through 12 months. Moreover, extended coaching was superior to brief coaching among those with the lowest WL at 1 month.
In recent years there has been a steady increase in the racial and ethnic diversity of the playing workforce in many sports around the world. However, there has been a minimal throughput of racial ...and ethnic minorities into coaching and leadership positions. This book brings together leading researchers from around the world to examine key questions around ‘race’, ethnicity and racism in sports coaching.The book focuses specifically on the ways in which ‘race’, ethnicity and racism operate, and how they are experienced and addressed (or not) within the socio-cultural sphere of sports coaching. Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, it examines macro- (societal), meso- (organisational), and micro- (individual) level barriers to racial and ethnic diversity as well as the positive action initiatives designed to help overcome them. Featuring multi-disciplinary perspectives, the book is arranged into three thematic sections, addressing the central topics of representation and racialised barriers in sports coaching; racialised identities, diversity and intersectionality in sports coaching; and formalised racial equality interventions in sports coaching.Including case studies from across North America, Europe and Australasia, ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Racism in Sports Coaching is essential reading for students, academics and practitioners with a critical interest in the sociology of sport, sport coaching, sport management, sport development, and ‘race’ and ethnicity studies.
El objetivo de este trabajo es el de estudiar el efecto de un programa de coaching sobre la percepción de la salud general y emocional (medido con el GHQ-12; Sánchez-López y Dresch, 2008) y el ...bienestar psicológico (medido con el EBP; Díaz et al., 2006) en un grupo de jóvenes atletas de alto rendimiento. Los resultados indican que el grupo experimental (n = 38), tras la realización del programa de coaching (con un promedio de 4 a 6 sesiones y 45 a 60 minutos por sesión), mejora su percepción de bienestar y salud psicológica. Estos cambios no se observan en el grupo control (n = 41). Se concluye que cuando una intervención en coaching aporta mejoras en la vida de la persona es posible que se favorezca su percepción de bienestar y salud psicológica.
Whereas coaching is very popular as a management tool, research on coaching effectiveness is lagging behind. Moreover, the studies on coaching that are currently available have focused on a large ...variety of processes and outcome measures and generally lack a firm theoretical foundation. With the meta-analysis presented in this article, we aim to shed light on the effectiveness of coaching within an organizational context. We address the question whether coaching has an effect on five both theoretically and practically relevant individual-level outcome categories: performance/skills, well-being, coping, work attitudes, and goal-directed self-regulation. The results show that coaching has significant positive effects on all outcomes with effect sizes ranging from g = 0.43 (coping) to g = 0.74 (goal-directed self-regulation). These findings indicate that coaching is, overall, an effective intervention in organizations.
Workplace coaching is increasingly popular as a global learning and development tool for enhancing employees’ professional capabilities. However, little is known about the role of cross-cultural ...factors in coaching and the relationships between cross-cultural factors and both coaching approach and motivation factors. Accordingly, by drawing on and integrating theories from the research areas of cross-cultural psychology, regulatory focus, and training, we propose a theoretical framework that unravels the effectiveness of different coaching approaches in different cultural and coaching contexts. We propose that chronic regulatory focus is an underlying mechanism that predicts the effectiveness of a chosen coaching approach in specific contexts of societal uncertainty avoidance (i.e., low vs. high uncertainty avoidance). Furthermore, we propose that coaching context elicits coachee situational regulatory focus, and that compatibility between coachee chronic and situational regulatory focus has a significant impact on coachee pre-coaching motivation. We conclude by discussing implications for future research and practice.
This book offers a comprehensive, practical guide to goal-focused coaching. Addressing a significant gap in the literature, Ives and Cox contextualize goal-focused coaching within the broader ...coaching framework and explain the efficacy of this approach across a number of contexts and applications.
The book draws on behavioral science, rather than humanistic psychology, to provide a well-researched, evidence-based guide that includes:
A detailed examination of the theoretical underpinnings of this approach
A discussion of the skills, models and formats for goal-focused coaching
Cutting edge insights into barriers to coaching and managing the coaching relationship
Summaries, vignettes, references, and diagrams to aid learning
Goal-focused Coaching will be of interest to students taking classes in coaching, as well as professional executive coaches.
Physician Burnout: Coaching a Way Out Gazelle, Gail; Liebschutz, Jane M.; Riess, Helen
Journal of general internal medicine,
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ABSTRACT
Twenty-five to sixty percent of physicians report burnout across all specialties. Changes in the healthcare environment have created marked and growing external pressures. In addition, ...physicians are predisposed to burnout due to internal traits such as compulsiveness, guilt, and self-denial, and a medical culture that emphasizes perfectionism, denial of personal vulnerability, and delayed gratification. Professional coaching, long utilized in the business world, provides a results-oriented and stigma-free method to address burnout, primarily by increasing one’s internal locus of control. Coaching enhances self-awareness, drawing on individual strengths, questioning self-defeating thoughts and beliefs, examining new perspectives, and aligning personal values with professional duties. Coaching utilizes established techniques to increase one’s sense of accomplishment, purpose, and engagement, all critical in ameliorating burnout. Coaching presumes that the client already possesses strengths and skills to handle life’s challenges, but is not accessing them maximally. Although an evidence base is not yet established, the theoretical basis of coaching’s efficacy derives from the fields of positive psychology, mindfulness, and self-determination theory. Using a case example, this article demonstrates the potential of professional coaching to address physician burnout.
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