Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?

The latest trend in coaching is to help coaches and clients find each other. The degree to which these services deliver a true match creates questions about their real purpose. The value for either coaches or clients is non-existent or minimal for most of these services. Only two of these services a...

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Main Author: Rey Carr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Brookes University 2008-08-01
Series:International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
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Online Access:https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/0edfdcff-b327-4b25-8e89-505ce70bc26e/1/vol06issue2-reflections-01.pdf
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description The latest trend in coaching is to help coaches and clients find each other. The degree to which these services deliver a true match creates questions about their real purpose. The value for either coaches or clients is non-existent or minimal for most of these services. Only two of these services actually interview clients to determine their coachability and screen coaches to determine their competence; the remainder are merely warehouses or computerized databases.
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spellingShingle Rey Carr
Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?
International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
coach referral
coaching profession
client matching
title Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?
title_full Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?
title_fullStr Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?
title_full_unstemmed Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?
title_short Coach Referral Services: Do They Work?
title_sort coach referral services do they work
topic coach referral
coaching profession
client matching
url https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/0edfdcff-b327-4b25-8e89-505ce70bc26e/1/vol06issue2-reflections-01.pdf
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