Two student groups, introductory psychology (n=91) and advanced neuroscience (n=34) undergraduates, were asked to malinger a head injury on Rey's 15-Item Test (FIT) and Dot Counting Test (DCT). The participants were randomly assigned to one of three motivation conditions (no motivation given, compensation, avoidance of blame for a motor vehicle accident) and to one of three coaching conditions ...

Black students are issued school discipline sanctions at rates higher than members of other racial and ethnic groups, underscoring the need for professional development that addresses this gap. In 86 secondary classrooms, a randomized controlled trial examined the effects of a 2-year teacher coaching program, My Teaching Partner Secondary (MTP-S). Results from the second year of coaching and th...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify and explain how leadership behaviors sales managers can enhance the development salespeople within context those interpersonal connections interactions that ecosystem. Design/methodology/approach authors collected analyzed qualitative data from in-depth interviews with a sample 36 professionals. Over 47 hours were transcribed via NVivo. statement...

 This study examines the impact of 2 forms of professional development on prekindergarten teachers’ early language and literacy practice: coursework and coaching. Participating teachers (N 148) from 6 urban cities were randomly assigned to Group 1 (coursework), Group 2 (on-site coaching), or Group 3 (control group). Preand postassessments examined teachers’ knowledge and quality of lang...

Executive coaching is often used in times of organisational change to help executives develop the psychological and behavioural skills needed to focus on reaching their work-related goals whilst simultaneously dealing with the turbulence associated with organisational change. Despite its widespread use, little research has explored the impact of executive coaching during periods of organisation...

In this paper, we used a two-phase exploratory sequential design consisting of qualitative and quantitative research methods and analysis to assess leadership coaching as a leader and leadership development practice. First, we addressed the need for appropriate outcome variables for leadership coaching. Analysis of a focus group study combined with a review of theory resulted in hypotheses link...

Effective coaching is a mixture of pedagogy and principles of sciences, e.g., motor skill acquisition, sociology, and physiology, often referred to as the science of coaching. Instinctive or intuitive coaching has often been incorrectly viewed as the art of coaching. More important should be how coaches develop knowledge, how they access that knowledge at the appropriate times and how this affe...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the impact of a long-term (13-week, spaced learning) with a short-term (two-day, block intensive) coaching skills training programme on participants’ coaching skills and emotional intelligence. Design/methodology/approach – In the study 23 participants completed a 13-week coaching skills training course which consisted of weekly 2.5-hour worksho...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of computerized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) self-help treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (BT Steps) both alone and when supported by coaching from either a lay non-therapist coach or an experienced CBT therapist. METHODS Eighty-seven subjects with clinically significant OCD were recruited through newspaper ads a...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of the RxVaccinate program on the structure, process, and outcome measures and to assess team leaders' perceptions of the program. DESIGN Cluster-randomized experimental design. SETTING Community pharmacies. PARTICIPANTS Community pharmacists. INTERVENTIONS The RxVaccinate program consisted of (a) two self-directed training webinars and practice develop...