Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching

The evidence-base for the practice of coaching continues to flourish, despite the fact that very little is known about the practitioners (i.e. the coaches) themselves. It is of value to understand how coaches perceive their practice. Such information can be utilized to create a common knowledge-base...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Courtney Newnham-Kanas, Don Morrow, Jennifer D. Irwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Brookes University 2012-02-01
Series:International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Subjects:
Online Access:https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/df785ede-4121-40e5-841e-6df43d2e08f1/1/vol10issue1-paper-04.pdf
_version_ 1827391431978778624
author Courtney Newnham-Kanas
Don Morrow
Jennifer D. Irwin
author_facet Courtney Newnham-Kanas
Don Morrow
Jennifer D. Irwin
author_sort Courtney Newnham-Kanas
collection DOAJ
description The evidence-base for the practice of coaching continues to flourish, despite the fact that very little is known about the practitioners (i.e. the coaches) themselves. It is of value to understand how coaches perceive their practice. Such information can be utilized to create a common knowledge-base about coaches that can be used, in turn, to track trends and forward research that evaluates coaching services. As the use of Co-Active coaching in facilitating behaviour change continues to rise it becomes important to learn more about Certified-Professional Co-Active Coaches (CPCC). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate what CPCCs enjoy about being coaches. These results were contained within a larger survey. A total of 390 CPCCs who were over 18 years of age, could read English, and had access to the Internet participated in the current study. Findings included: that witnessing clients change their lives; the sense of satisfaction and fulfillment from coaching; the collaborative relationship with clients; the autonomy and flexibility of the profession; and the gratification received from using their skill set were the main reasons CPCCs enjoyed coaching. This paper elaborates on these findings and makes suggestions for future research.
first_indexed 2024-03-08T17:10:50Z
format Article
id doaj.art-550b033471d64fac8544f222cfbba771
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn XXXX-XXXX
1741-8305
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-08T17:10:50Z
publishDate 2012-02-01
publisher Oxford Brookes University
record_format Article
series International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
spelling doaj.art-550b033471d64fac8544f222cfbba7712024-01-03T22:11:18ZengOxford Brookes UniversityInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and MentoringXXXX-XXXX1741-83052012-02-011014856Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy CoachingCourtney Newnham-Kanas0Don Morrow1Jennifer D. Irwin2University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe evidence-base for the practice of coaching continues to flourish, despite the fact that very little is known about the practitioners (i.e. the coaches) themselves. It is of value to understand how coaches perceive their practice. Such information can be utilized to create a common knowledge-base about coaches that can be used, in turn, to track trends and forward research that evaluates coaching services. As the use of Co-Active coaching in facilitating behaviour change continues to rise it becomes important to learn more about Certified-Professional Co-Active Coaches (CPCC). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate what CPCCs enjoy about being coaches. These results were contained within a larger survey. A total of 390 CPCCs who were over 18 years of age, could read English, and had access to the Internet participated in the current study. Findings included: that witnessing clients change their lives; the sense of satisfaction and fulfillment from coaching; the collaborative relationship with clients; the autonomy and flexibility of the profession; and the gratification received from using their skill set were the main reasons CPCCs enjoyed coaching. This paper elaborates on these findings and makes suggestions for future research.https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/df785ede-4121-40e5-841e-6df43d2e08f1/1/vol10issue1-paper-04.pdfLife CoachesCo-Active CoachingCoach TrainingSurvey
spellingShingle Courtney Newnham-Kanas
Don Morrow
Jennifer D. Irwin
Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching
International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Life Coaches
Co-Active Coaching
Coach Training
Survey
title Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching
title_full Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching
title_fullStr Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching
title_full_unstemmed Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching
title_short Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching
title_sort certified professional co active coaches why they enjoy coaching
topic Life Coaches
Co-Active Coaching
Coach Training
Survey
url https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/df785ede-4121-40e5-841e-6df43d2e08f1/1/vol10issue1-paper-04.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT courtneynewnhamkanas certifiedprofessionalcoactivecoacheswhytheyenjoycoaching
AT donmorrow certifiedprofessionalcoactivecoacheswhytheyenjoycoaching
AT jenniferdirwin certifiedprofessionalcoactivecoacheswhytheyenjoycoaching