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Publication date: 16 February 2011

Erik de Haan, Vicki Culpin and Judy Curd

Executive coaching is gaining in popularity, both as part of personal or organisational development programmes and as a tailored form of individual consulting. The purpose of this…

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Purpose

Executive coaching is gaining in popularity, both as part of personal or organisational development programmes and as a tailored form of individual consulting. The purpose of this study is to examine how various aspects of the executive coaching intervention make a difference to the clients of coaching themselves.

Design/methodology/approach

The study involved a web‐based questionnaire (163 closed and three open questions) completed by 71 executive coaching clients shortly after the beginning of their coaching contract and by 31 of those again approximately six months later.

Findings

The research found that clients' appreciation of coaching was high. In response to the research question “What determines helpfulness for clients?” a picture emerged of a client valuing the relationship with and the qualities of the coach, while making little distinction between specific interventions of that same coach. The findings support the idea that common factors are at work in executive coaching, so that helpfulness is much less predicted by technique or approach than by factors common to all coaching, such as the relationship, empathic understanding, positive expectations etc.

Research limitations/implications

For further quantitative research into the effectiveness or helpfulness of executive coaching it will become increasingly important to explore the relative effectiveness of the various common factors.

Practical implications

The findings show that professional executive coaches would do well to enhance the common factors in their work, such as the quality of their empathic understanding, the quality of the coaching relationship as perceived by the client, and the expectations of their client.

Originality/value

This research shows that a broad range of techniques are deemed helpful, and equally so. It is therefore not the preference for a specific technique that makes a difference, but rather the ability to employ many techniques, to use them well and at the right moment. This is clear support for a common‐factors perspective on executive coaching

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Personnel Review, vol. 40 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0048-3486

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Publication date: 1 June 1986

Susan Hayes and Judy Buttriss

Hard cheeses Cheese has been made in this country for at least 2,000 years. Until the middle of the 19th century, cheese was made on the farm, using the unpasteurised milk from a…

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Hard cheeses Cheese has been made in this country for at least 2,000 years. Until the middle of the 19th century, cheese was made on the farm, using the unpasteurised milk from a single herd of cows and very simple equipment. However, due to the amount of cheese consumed in Britain today, 80 per cent is now produced in creameries.

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Nutrition & Food Science, vol. 86 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0034-6659

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Publication date: 1 January 1988

Judy Buttriss

Early in 1986, the Realeat Company commissioned a Gallop poll, which indicated that 2.7% of the population (1.5 million people) regarded themselves as vegetarian, with a further…

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Early in 1986, the Realeat Company commissioned a Gallop poll, which indicated that 2.7% of the population (1.5 million people) regarded themselves as vegetarian, with a further 3.1% (1.75 million) being non‐meat eaters. There had been a growth of 11% in the number avoiding meat since 1985 and this had mainly occurred among women, particularly those aged 16–24 years. 12.5% of this age group were found to be either fully vegetarian or non meat‐eating.

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Nutrition & Food Science, vol. 88 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0034-6659

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Publication date: 1 June 1917

At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington on June 5th Councillor A. J. RICE‐OXLEY, M.D., Chairman of the Public Health Committee, brought up a report as…

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At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington on June 5th Councillor A. J. RICE‐OXLEY, M.D., Chairman of the Public Health Committee, brought up a report as follows:—

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British Food Journal, vol. 19 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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