期刊名称:International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
印刷版ISSN:1741-8305
出版年度:2013
卷号:11
期号:2
页码:94-111
出版社:Oxford Brookes University
摘要:The purpose of this action research project is to understand how a coach's own cultural lens impacts his/her coaching. Fourteen internal coaches from a government human resources organization in British Columbia were introduced to Rosinski's Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) through education and self-assessment. Coaches wrote accounts on the role culture played within successful and less successful coaching sessions. Six themes were identified: culture is complex; awareness of the culture of the coaching profession; cultural awareness affects coaching outcomes; similar coach-client orientations makes for more comfortable coaching; the challenge of adapting to the client's orientation; and leveraging possibilities through different orientations