Comments on: Do Psychologists Make Better Executive Coaches?

By: Ken Nowack

Ken Nowack — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:25:45 +0000

Executive Coaching: Developing Managerial Wisdom in a World of Chaos by Richard Kilburg is excellent: http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=431744A

Psychometrics in Coaching is also very comprehensive if you use assessments http://www.koganpageusa.com/bookdetails.aspx?ISBN=9780749450809

Don’t miss Marshall Goldsmith’s Blog in HBR http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/goldsmith/2009/09/dont_give_up_on_change.html

By: Gail Hunt

Gail Hunt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:01:21 +0000

Could you recommend any specific resources, books, or other blogs on this topic?

By: Psychologists as Coaches « People at Work & Play

Psychologists as Coaches « People at Work & Play — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:22:08 +0000

[...] and non-psychologists as coaches? This question is answered by Ken Novack in his blog post ” Do Psychologists Make Better Executive Coaches? “. What do you think?This is an interesting post and topic. My take is that it really depends [...]

By: Prem Rao

Prem Rao — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:12:47 +0000

Interesting. I guess the main difference will come out from the nature of coaching that it involved.

I have no doubt that trained psychologists will be more effective in certain areas as compared to non-psychologists. In this context, I was surprised to read that psychologists are ” significantly more likely” to “avoid behaviour modification etc”.

I would have thought that they would use this more than non-psychologists.