Guest post by Dr. Kerryn Griffiths I have often observed in ReciproCoach supervision groups, a common desire among coaches to be able to ‘get out of the story’ when working with clients. And so when I read Martin Vogel’s “Story Matters: An inquiry into the role of narrative in coaching” in the latest issue of the International Journal of Evidence …

Erik de Haan’s (2008) research into “The inherent conflicts arising in the professional development of coaches” encourages us, as coaches, to become “simultaneously thicker and thinner skinned.” Through his research with 60 coaches, he examined 69 critical moments, that is, “turning points” and “dilemmas” (p. 529), moments when coaches “did not quite know what to do” (p. 529). Through analysis, …

In the light of the current drive to generate more evidence on which to base a profession of coaching, it was with interest that I read David B. Drake’s recent (2011) paper, What do coaches need to know? Using the Mastery Window to assess and develop expertise (Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, Vol.4, No.2, September 2011, …

“Factors that Contribute to the Effectiveness of Business Coaching: The Coachees Perspective (2006, Blackman, A. The Business Review, Cambridge 5.1, Sep, pp.98-104) attracted my eye. Whether we’re business coaches or not, we can all benefit from being aware of these contributing factors to coaching efficacy. In addition, it’s so valuable to take some time to see the coaching process through …

Whether you’re an executive coach or not, Rosanne Scriffingnano’s paper “Coaching within organisations: examining the influence of goal orientation on leaders’ professional development” (Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 2011, 20-31) provides some essential considerations about the impact of clients’ goal orientation on their development. Given the prevalence of the goal setting …

Coaching as a profession – are you ‘in’ or ‘out’? In David Gray’s recent paper, “Journeys towards the professionalisation of coaching: dilemmas, dialogues and decisions along the global pathway” (Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, Vol 4. No. 1, March 2011, 4-19),  he referred to Grant and Cavanagh’s argument that “creating a profession means making decisions about …

Coaching Research in Practice – Group Coaching – Are you really doing it? Posted with permission from ReciproCoach. While the title of this month’s Coaching Research in Practice, From GROW to GROUP: theoretical issues and a practical model for group coaching in organisations, suggests that its biggest contribution is a new acronym based model for group coaching, even more useful …