This study addresses three coach behaviours’ effects (warmness behaviour (WB); stimulating action (SA) and planning and structuring activities (PSA)) in two dimensions of coaching outcomes (coachee’s performance (CP) and the quality of the coach–coachee relationship (QCCR))....

Play and playfulness have been seminal to human culture for millennia. Twentieth-century scientific enquiry was largely concerned with their evolutionary benefits, though humanistic psychology, and later positive psychology came to view them as attached to greater human values and meaning creation....

The rapidly growing field of coaching has permeated a variety of social science disciplines over the last 40 years, including social work....

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself: I am large, I contain multitudes.  -- Walt Whitman...

What if change has more to do with deepening our presence in the moment than developing our plans over time? What if people could more easily transfer what they learn in coaching into their life and work? This webinar provides an introduction to attachment theory and applied mindfulness as resources you can use to coach....

Coaches who talked more about goals in their coaching sessions helped clients achieve their goals.  This research was conducted and reported by an IOC Sponsor, COACH A. 

The new Sage Handbook of Coaching (2017) offers an excellent overview of current issues and practices, as well as mapping out where the discipline is going.  The Handbook is organized into six thematic sections:...

An Interview with Sir John Whitmore Dear John,...

Through advances in neuroscience we can now see inside the brains of people when they are experiencing different emotions. What is so astounding is the dramatically different ‘brain landscape’ that shows up in fear and distrust states versus states of joy, happiness and trust....

A book review of Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text