Title: Anthony M Grant PhD
1Is Evidence-based Coaching Developing? A Brief
Look at the Extant Coaching Research Literature
Anthony M Grant PhD Director, Coaching
Psychology Unit School of Psychology University
of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia www.psych.usy
d.edu.au/coach anthonyg_at_psych.usyd.edu.au
2Some Areas of Coaching Research
- Coaching Practice
- Outcomes Goal attainment, well-being, RIO etc
- Theoretical frameworks, opinion articles
- Coaching Industry
- How organisations conduct and use internal and
external coaching, characteristics of coach
training schools, Socio-cultural commentaries on
coaching - Coaches Themselves
- Who they are, how much they charge, training
issues, CPD etc
3Total no. coaching citations PsycINFO
4Types of coaching publications
5Types of outcome study N 77
6Between-subjects outcome studies
- Only 11 randomised controlled studies
- Life coaching and workplace coaching
- 6 of these were conducted by Coaching Psychology
Unit - No randomised controlled professional executive
coaching outcome studies listed in PsycINFO
database? None at all!
7Measuring coaching success
- No standardized approach
- Happy sheets!
- Important to use validated measures
- GAS Goal attainment scaling
- DASS Depression, Anxiety and Stress
- Psychological Well-being
- Subjective Well-being
- Resilience / Cognitive Hardiness
- Quality of Life Measures
8Future Directions
- Outcomes of coaching
- Psycho-mechanics of Coaching
- Applications of coaching
- Health / Medical / Life / Workplace
- Characteristics of coachees
- Boundaries between coaching and theory
- Generalization effects of coaching
- Home life, Personal Professional identity
9Road-map of Change The Cycle of Self-regulation
10Coaches as Researchers
- Good idea in theory maybe not in practice but
- Great opportunities for partnership between
practitioners and academics - Practitioner can provide research opportunities
- Building bridges between Main St and the Ivory
Towers!
11Coaching in Academia?
- Need more university-based specialized coaching
and coaching psychology units or institutes - One in Australia
- Three in UK psychology based
- One in Demark
- One at Harvard University starting soon
- Eight university-accredited Masters degrees in
coaching psychology in UK
12Future of Coaching in Academia?
- To move academic coaching forward at university
level requires - Close alliance between industry and universities
bridges between Main St and the Ivory Towers! - Rigorous thinking
- A thick skin and determination!
13Conclusion
- As a young and optimistic country Israel has the
potential to make a great contribution - I hope to visit Israel in 2010 and met some of
you then - Please feel free to email me
- Enjoy!
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17Some Useful References
- Binstead, T., Grant, A. M. (2008). An
exploratory study of Australian executive
coaches. International Coaching Psychology
Review, 3(1), 41-54. - Cavanagh, M. (2005). Mental-health issues and
challenging clients in executive coaching. In M.
Cavanagh, A. M. Grant T. Kemp (Eds.),
Evidence-based coaching (vol 1) Contributions
from the behavioural sciences (pp. 21-36). Qld
Australian Academic Press. - de Haan, E. (2008). I struggle and emerge
Critical moments of experienced coaches.
Consulting Psychology Journal Practice and
Research, 60(1), 106-131. - Grant, A. M. (2003). The impact of life coaching
on goal attainment, metacognition and mental
health. Social Behavior and Personality An
International Journal, 31(3), 253-264. - Grant, A. M., Cavanagh, M. (2007).
Evidence-based coaching Flourishing or
languishing? Australian Psychologist, 42(4),
239-254. - Grant, A. M., O'Hara, B. (2008). Key
characteristics of the commercial Australian
executive coach training. International Coaching
Psychology Review, 3(2), 57-73. - Libri, V., Kemp, T. (2006). Assessing the
efficacy of a cognitive behavioural executive
coaching programme International Coaching
Psychology Review, 1(2), 9-20. - Lovibond, S. H., Lovibond, P. F. (1995). Manual
for the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. Sydney
Psychology Foundation of Australia. - Lyke, J. A. (2008). Insight, but not
self-reflection, is related to subjective
well-being Personality and Individual
Differences, 46(1), 66-70 - Nowack, K. (1990). Initial development of an
inventory to asses stress and health. American
Journal of Health Promotion, 4, 173-180. - Spence, G. B., Cavanagh, M. J., Grant, A. M.
(2008). The integration of mindfulness training
and health coaching an exploratory study.
Coaching An International Journal of Theory,
Research and Practice, 1(2), 145-163. - Spence, G. B., Grant, A. M. (2007).
Professional and peer life coaching and the
enhancement of goal striving and well-being An
exploratory study Journal of Positive Psychology,
2(3), 185-194. - Stober, D., Grant, A. M. (Eds.). (2006).
Evidence based Coaching Handbook. New York Wiley.