The coaching relationship typically progresses through several distinct stages, each critical for fostering an effective environment that supports the client’s personal growth or problem-solving capabilities. Different authors have different perspectives on these, but here’s a fairly consistent picture. Some people refer to this as the ‘process’ of coaching (or counselling). The term ‘process’ has a…

It seems to me that a growing number of research papers in the coaching literature are mentioning ‘grounded theory’ as their research method. So it seemed useful to explain what it is. Grounded theory is a qualitative research method developed by sociologists Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in the 1960s. It is primarily used to…