New member paper: Coaching in virtual spaces: Video, audio and text-based
This paper is the fifth in the IES Coaching Effectiveness series which uses evidence to explore different aspects of business coaching.
Effective performance and development conversations with staff need not be ‘difficult’, says IES
IES paper suggests that HR is failing to make performance and development conversations effective. It rightly says that line managers should have better performance and development conversations with the staff that work for them, but is not yet doing what is needed to help this happen.
Being a ‘good’ coach – who you are as important as what you do
Successful coaching depends as much on who is providing the coaching as on what they do, according to IES research.
HR must find new ways to tackle change
Our Perspectives on HR report for 2015 urges employers to consider how more established ways of managing change can be replaced by evolving fluid approaches.
The impact of coaching on well-being and engagement
Within the coaching field there is a dearth of literature that empirically assesses the impact of coaching on coachees’ well-being and engagement. We therefore decided to undertake a Network research project that would provide credible and statistically robust data which could be used to explore this area. The project began in 2009 and after three years is now drawing to a conclusion, with the final report due to be published this Spring.
New coachee study reveals the barriers to effective coaching
Most existing surveys are of the views of the coach, but this study, by the College of Business, Law & Governance at James Cook University (Australia) and the Institute for Employment Studies (UK), surveyed 644 industry professionals from 34 countries, who either had received or were currently receiving coaching. The researchers found that 89 per cent of coachees found coaching to be effective, while just 11 per cent said it was of limited use.
Press release: New coachee study reveals the barriers to effective coaching
Recent research offering a rare view from the coachee perspective has confirmed that, for the vast majority of coachees, coaching is successful. Digging deeper, the study made interesting discoveries about the barriers to effective coaching. Researchers found that 84 per cent of coachees said they had faced barriers along the way, with unclear development goals or lack of agreement with their coach as the most frequently-mentioned barrier.