What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach
This study explores the virtues needed to be a good coach. In contrast to the considerable focus on competencies, there has been little discussion about what the character traits of a coach should be. We therefore explored what key stakeholders in coaching understood about the virtues of coaches. Ex...
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| description | This study explores the virtues needed to be a good coach. In contrast to the considerable focus on competencies, there has been little discussion about what the character traits of a coach should be. We therefore explored what key stakeholders in coaching understood about the virtues of coaches. Experienced coaches and clients (predominantly from a workplace context) were interviewed and the data analysed by reflexive thematic analysis. This identified six virtues: wisdom, temperance, courage, loyalty, non-judgemental and attentive, which were made up of 22 components. This provides a helpful framework for professional reflection and the training and development of coaches, as well as future research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a059697c11d143c5bf7e315ead77bd8e2025-02-10T13:48:50ZengOxford Brookes UniversityInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring1741-83052025-02-0123162310.24384/3sd6-7179What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coachAndrew JT George0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2866-0241Susan Rose1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-8314Imperial College London and University of ReadingHenley Business School, University of ReadingThis study explores the virtues needed to be a good coach. In contrast to the considerable focus on competencies, there has been little discussion about what the character traits of a coach should be. We therefore explored what key stakeholders in coaching understood about the virtues of coaches. Experienced coaches and clients (predominantly from a workplace context) were interviewed and the data analysed by reflexive thematic analysis. This identified six virtues: wisdom, temperance, courage, loyalty, non-judgemental and attentive, which were made up of 22 components. This provides a helpful framework for professional reflection and the training and development of coaches, as well as future research.https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/c1e36fc9-9e12-457e-bbfa-6e8221c438fd/1/coachingvirtuephronesiscoaching educationcoaching training |
| spellingShingle | Andrew JT George Susan Rose What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring coaching virtue phronesis coaching education coaching training |
| title | What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach |
| title_full | What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach |
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| title_short | What makes a ‘good’ coach? How stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach |
| title_sort | what makes a good coach how stakeholder groups understand the virtues of a coach |
| topic | coaching virtue phronesis coaching education coaching training |
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