QUESTION Does activity coaching add value to physiotherapy from the perspective of physiotherapists and patients in neurological rehabilitation? Is the use of activity coaching to promote walking and physical activity considered feasible by these physiotherapists and patients? DESIGN Qualitative study using interviews. PARTICIPANTS Five pairs of physiotherapists and their patients with neur...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review health coaching interventions regarding effectiveness of health coaching for specific outcomes, optimal intervention approaches, and identification of specific techniques associated with effectiveness. DATA SOURCE Articles were sourced from CINAHL, Global Health, PsycINFO, Academic Search Complete, Health Source, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a concise resource for coaches, coach educators, and coaching scientists by reviewing three common approaches to coaching: the mastery approach to coaching; autonomysupportive coaching; and the transformational leadership approach to coaching. The theoretical foundations, purpose, evidence base, specified behaviours, and translation into coaching and coac...

Coaching practices are rapidly changing due to technological advances in the area of pervasive computing: the behavior of coachees can be monitored real-time, and coaching can be remote or even fully automated. The movement towards autonomous e-coaching systems holds promise for improving self-management, but also gives rise to questions about the importance of human involvement in the e-coachi...

Emerging healthcare delivery models suggest that patients benefit from being engaged in their care. Integrative health coaching (IHC) is designed to be a systematic, collaborative, and solution-focused process that facilitates the enhancement of life experience and goal attainment regarding health, but little research is available to describe the mechanisms through which empowerment occurs in t...

This paper, adopts a case study approach in order to examine the issues relating to the deployment of a coaching and mentoring intervention within the context of a specific UK based small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). The SME coaching and mentoring research agenda is highlighted as an area urgently needing attention given its economic impact. This paper seeks to initiate this debate. The p...

..............................................................1 Effects of Coaching on SAT® I: Reasoning Scores.............................................1 Method................................................................1 Sample ................................................................1 Data....................................................................2 Data Analyses .........

This article considers the potential contribution of life coaching to work with offenders. It draws on a qualitative evaluation of a UK-based initiative which has been coaching offenders (exclusively female at the time of the fieldwork, but now also including men) in prison and in the community. The positive impact of coaching perceived by its recipients is set out and assessed against the theo...