The role of relational mechanisms in the executive coaching process on client outcomes in distance coaching relationships

What is it about?

This study examines the relationship between working professionals’ level of coaching readiness and trust in their executive coach and the extent of personal learning gained from the coaching relationship and the effect of that personal learning on improved work performance. Distance relationships, the setting for this study, provide particular challenges for building trust and recognizing similarities between client and coach, and the current investigation points to the relevance of these relational mechanisms to client outcomes. In so doing, this study explores how perceptions of deep-level similarity between a coach and client serve as moderators of these relationships.

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