How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Executive coaching is a popular leadership development intervention. Despite the popularity, our understanding of how executive coaching facilitates learning and development is under-researched. We addressed this research gap by exploring how business leaders interpreted their executive coaching exp...
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| description | Executive coaching is a popular leadership development intervention. Despite the popularity, our understanding of how executive coaching facilitates learning and development is under-researched. We addressed this research gap by exploring how business leaders interpreted their executive coaching experience using interpretative phenomenological analysis as the research methodology. After purposively selecting three coachees and two coaches, we conducted two semi-structured interviews with each participant. The data analysis revealed that executive coaching helped coachees to become independent learners and to coach themselves and others. These findings establish an enhanced understanding of how coaching may facilitate leadership learning and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c59bfe5a8fbd4c748fb9b618d509d70b2023-08-08T11:39:11ZengOxford Brookes UniversityInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring1741-83052023-08-01212162178https://doi.org/10.24384/ev3j-jn98How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysisDuminda Rajasinghe0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-0691Bob Garvey1Nottingham Trent UniversitySheffield Hallam UniversityExecutive coaching is a popular leadership development intervention. Despite the popularity, our understanding of how executive coaching facilitates learning and development is under-researched. We addressed this research gap by exploring how business leaders interpreted their executive coaching experience using interpretative phenomenological analysis as the research methodology. After purposively selecting three coachees and two coaches, we conducted two semi-structured interviews with each participant. The data analysis revealed that executive coaching helped coachees to become independent learners and to coach themselves and others. These findings establish an enhanced understanding of how coaching may facilitate leadership learning and development.https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/80bf448c-09a6-4bc7-acce-041c1ed3f272/1/executive coachingadult learning and developmentindependent learningself-coaching |
| spellingShingle | Duminda Rajasinghe Bob Garvey How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring executive coaching adult learning and development independent learning self-coaching |
| title | How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_full | How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_fullStr | How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_short | How experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self-coaches: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_sort | how experiencing executive coaching helps coachees feel they are independent learners and self coaches an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| topic | executive coaching adult learning and development independent learning self-coaching |
| url | https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/80bf448c-09a6-4bc7-acce-041c1ed3f272/1/ |
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