Isaac Scientific Publishing

Frontiers in Management Research

Understanding Good Practice in Workplace Coaching

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DOI: 10.22606/fmr.2017.12001

Author(s)

  • Dimitra Skoumpopoulou*
    Newcastle Business School, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University, UK

Abstract

Workplace coaching is growing rapidly and many organisations use it as a way to motivate and support their employees in their careers. This paper is a theoretical paper that draws upon the authors' experiences of workplace coaching. The author discusses the main aspects of successful workplace coaching while it summarises the most important behaviours and attitudes of an effective workplace coach.

Keywords

Workplace coaching, coaching reflections, lessons learnt

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