15 December 2011

Coaching meets Research Conference 2012 in Basel, Switzerland

During the afternoon of June 6th, 2012 Willem Jan will present findings to date regarding the doctoral research project on the effectiveness of Executive Coaching. The workshop-number is 12. Please consult the conference website for further details. An abstract, in German, can be found by clicking here.

15 October 2011

Publication in Business Leadership Review on the "Return on Investment in Executive Coaching"

Abstract
Executive coaching, as defined as an intervention aimed toward helping executives improve their performance and consequently the performance of the overall organisation, has gained enormously in popularity. However there are few empirical studies which link coaching to improved results, and therefore there is little evidence of its effectiveness as a leadership development tool. From a managerial viewpoint the issue is that the Return on Investment (ROI) of coaching is not easily measurable. The relevance of this research project to the field of management is that it will provide a basis for managers to evaluate the effectiveness of executive coaching through the application of an integrated coaching evaluation framework considering the client, coach, client-coach relationship and coaching methodology, as well as providing the field of management with empirical evidence regarding the business impact of executive coaching for 100 (planned) coaching engagements. Please click here for the full article and feel free to provide feedback by clicking here.

23 February 2011

Article describing an approach to measuring the effectiveness of Executive Coaching

On February 3rd, 2011 during the third DBA Symposium, organized by the Association of MBA's (AMBA) Willem Jan presented the following paper on the research he is conducting regarding an approach to measuring the effectiveness of Executive Coaching through the application of an integrated evaluation framework. Click here to read more and provide feedback.

15 March 2010

Linking Leadership Coaching to Business Results

As part of a Doctorate of Business Administration program with Grenoble Ecole de Management HFSC’s owner, Willem Jan Hofmans, has embarked on a research-project to link Leadership Coaching interventions to Business Results. The premise of this project is that effective leaders produce better results. Therefore, it should be possible to empirically correlate Leadership Coaching, which is focused on helping leaders improve their effectiveness, to an improvement in business results.

This project is in its early stages and a review of the literature so far indicates that there is an opportunity to strengthen the evidence and the conditions under which improved business results can be attributed to Leadership Coaching. We will keep you updated via this website regarding the progress and welcome any questions, thoughts, comments and ideas. You can contact us by sending an email to willem.jan.hofmans@hfsc.ch.

April 16, 2009

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February 2, 2009

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January 22, 2009

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January 1, 2009

Harvard Business Review has published a very interesting article called “What Can Coaches Do for You” in its January 2009 issue focused on Leadership. Please click here if you would like to order your electronic copy.