Evaluating Leadership Coaching: A Review and Integrated Framework
Abstract
Leadership coaching reflects an evolving dynamic between the client and coach that is qualitatively different from most approaches to leadership development and therefore holds particular challenges for evaluation. Based on reviews of the academic and practitioner literatures, the current paper presents an integrated framework of coaching evaluation that includes formative evaluations of the client, coach, client-coach relationship, and coaching process, as well as summative evaluations based on commonly assessed coaching outcomes. The paper also includes a quantitative synthesis examining evaluation methodologies in 49 leadership coaching studies. The results revealed that self-reported changes in clients? leadership behaviors are the most frequently assessed coaching outcome, followed by client's perceptions of the effectiveness of coaching. Recommendations to advance coaching evaluation research include the creation of collaborative partnerships between the evaluation stakeholders (client, coach, client's organization, and coaching organization) to facilitate the conducting of systematic formative evaluations, the collection of multi-source and multi-level data, and the inclusion of distal outcomes in evaluation plans.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA524494
Entities
People
- Gina Hernez-broome
- Johnathan K. Nelson
- Katherine Ely
- Lisa A. Boyce
- Stephen J. Zaccaro
- Wynne Whyman
Organizations
- United States Air Force Academy