Applying Psychology in Executive Coaching Programmes for organisations

The paper describes how a framework of coaching psychology can be developed within an organisational context. I shall briefly mention the emerging development of the Coaching Psychology Special Group in the UK as a starting point. I shall then describe how an executive coaching programme can be implemented from an organisational and project management perspectives. Develop a framework for coaching psychology. The emerging interest in coaching amongst psychologist in the UK has led to a development of a special group in coaching psychology (Law, 2002). While coaching psychology as a discipline is still under development in UK, it is well established in other countries such as Australia (Grant 2001). According to Grant (2001), “Psychology is uniquely placed to make a significant contribution ” in coaching. In order to “lay sound foundations for the emerging discipline of coaching psychology”, the following framework was put forward: Table 1: Coaching Psychology Framework. √ indicate topics that are covered in this paper. Recommended actions: √ Apply the psychological techniques to non-clinical populations; and Research to increase understanding of the process in terms of mediating variables that affect the effectiveness of coaching. Recommended techniques: √ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) e.g. Beck, et al (1979); Greenberger & Padesk