Journal of Management Development: Volume 29 Issue 10

Relational coaching: taking the coaching high road

Bill Critchley

The purpose of this paper is to articulate and elaborate on the practice of “relational” coaching, and to suggest that there are significant implications for coaching practice, in…

Coaching at relational depth: a case study

Andrew Day

This paper aims to describe how organisation coaches can work at relational depth with their clients by exploring the unconscious relational dynamics of the coaching relationship…

Shame in the coaching relationship: reflections on organisational vulnerability

Simon Cavicchia

The purpose of this paper is to look at the particular human experience that is shame and its manifestations in the relationship that coaches and their clients co‐create. The…

Relating in executive coaching: a behavioural systems approach

Max Visser

In recent research the strength and nature of the relationship between coaches and executives appears as a critical success factor in successful coaching outcomes. However, little…

The use of literary techniques in coaching

Elaine Robinson

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate a reflective use of literary devices, within an over‐arching concept of narrative, in practical coaching. The paper also aims to show the…

Building successful leadership coaching relationships: Examining impact of matching criteria in a leadership coaching program

Lisa A. Boyce, R. Jeffrey Jackson, Laura J. Neal

This paper aims to employ a conceptual model to examine the relationship processes and mediating role of client‐coach relationship between client‐coach match criteria and coaching…

The relational turn in executive coaching

Erik de Haan, Charlotte Sills