Tools, resources, research & practice
1. Structured e-coaching formats. a) Coachmaster, developed by Bob Griffiths. This format offers a pool of web-based questions to be used by the coach in combination with Skype or telephone coaching. b) The E-coaching format developed by Prof. Harald Geissler. This is a telephone coaching program combined with web-based pre-prepared questions. The questions guide the... Continue Reading →
1. SUGGESTIONS FOR A RELIABLE VIDEO CHAT TOOL TO COACH GROUPS: Webex, Teamviewer, Citrix-Go To Meeting, and Free Conference Call. 2. E-COACHING SESSIONS AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON UTUBE: These e-coaching sessions are conducted by Bob Griffiths, using the e-coaching software he has developed. They are available in order to receive feedback on: a) The pace... Continue Reading →
1. RESEARCH a) Skype: -The study by Bev Hancock, is investigating the possibility that visual cues might not be sufficiently picked up, when coaching through Skype: Ways to compensate for this might be enhanced sensitivity to language, to breathing and to silences. -The study carried out by Chris Jones investigated whether the experience of virtual... Continue Reading →
1. ONLINE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AROUND E-COACHING: This will be a learning community for e-coaching practitioners and researchers, aiming to foster collaboration, exchange of ideas and insights, refine best practices and produce collective knowledge. 2. TECHNOLOGY: Suggestions for virtual coaching technology included: a. Webex and Gotomeeting b. Technology recommendations included in the article "The Power... Continue Reading →
A. STRUCTURE: We discussed how giving the client specific pre-prepared questions to answer in written, in combination with telephone coaching sessions, can improve the structure of the program. Suggested benefits of this action were: It can add structure, enhance self-awareness, help the coach not fall into a rut, act as a prompt and save time.... Continue Reading →
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