The now recognized core construct of psychological capital, or simply PsyCap, draws from positive psychology in general and positive organizational behavior (POB) in particular. The first-order positive psychological resources that make up PsyCap include hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism, or the HERO within....
Given that the readiness to change a behavior is determined by a decisional balance: the balance of the pros for change (improve motivation) and the cons or barriers to change (which reduce confidence) take time to contemplate what you want to change in 2019.
In case you need inspiration for celebrating the holidays, aka developing family psychological capital, tour this paper on psychological capital as a team phenomenon, by Heled, Somech, and Waters in Israel and Australia.
You may be reflecting on your peak coaching experiences or peak life experiences for 2018. Czech authors Honsova and Jarosova published a lovely qualitative paper in 2018 on peak coaching experiences. Here are the bottom lines.
The best organizations can rarely survive a poor manager's reluctant efforts to lead them, and even the most average organizations can be made great by a good manager. In this new HBS case on “Coaching Makena Lane,” we look at the role of coaching in developing effective managers.
Slides to accompany Haesun Moon's webinar: Dialogic Intelligence: A Research and Framework for Fast-Forwarding Your Coaching
Coaching is a precise process of curating and fostering change....
Coaching is increasingly applied throughout life and work domains as a relatively new way to support the learning and development of individuals and groups. In a research project group coaching was applied and explored with menopausal women (45 to 55 years of age)....
In the past decade coaching research has focused on studying effectiveness, as well as the mechanisms through which the coaching effectiveness is realized. These endeavors have significantly expanded our knowledge of the contexts in which coaching works, how it works and what aspects of the coaching process contribute to its effectiveness....
Abstract: This study investigates the lived experiences of internal coaches. In-depth interviews were conducted with four practising internal coaches in a large UK Higher Education Institution and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to understand the sense that coaches make of their experience....
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