Executive coaching is widely used but its causal effectiveness has been difficult to establish. A 2023 meta-analysis restricted to randomised controlled trials only finds a moderate and significant effect, while identifying the coaching relationship as the primary driver of outcomes.
Job stress has long been linked to heart disease. An 18-year study of 6,000 workers finds that when job strain and effort-reward imbalance combine, the risk more than doubles, with implications for how organisations think about workload and recognition.
Research on coaching effectiveness has identified what matters. A 2024 systematic review goes further, specifying what effective coaches actually do and, crucially, when they do it across the phases of a coaching engagement.
Passion at work is almost universally celebrated. A 2024 study tracking nearly 34,000 daily observations finds a less comfortable truth: passion is also associated with overconfidence about how well you are actually performing.
What is the best way to measure how cognitively demanding a job is? A 2023 study argues the answer might be simpler than we thought: just look at the average intelligence of the people doing it.
Dr. Paul Englert speaks to Motivational Speaker and Self Leadership Coach Andrew Bryant about the psychology of success.
Executive coaching is increasingly popular for organisations aiming to get the best out of their managers and high performing talent. With the
A problem in this domain of work is that too many psychologists in the executive coaching field are side-lining their credentials and adopting what they perceive as a softer title to describe their chosen field.
I was recently in Bangalore as part of an overall leadership development programme where top executives attended an experiential workshop over a couple of days followed by 1-1 coaching.
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending a training session with Asian Games gold medallist judoka Tatsuaki Egusa.
