The role of group coaching in developing leadership effectiveness in a business school leadership development programme

IF 0.9 4区管理学 Q4 BUSINESS

South African Journal of Business Management Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI:10.4102/sajbm.v53i1.3105

Gloria Mbokota, A. Reid

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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the role of group coaching in developing leadership effectiveness within the context of a business school leadership development programme, which included both classroom facilitation and group coaching.Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a sequential, mixed-methods approach, combining a pre-programme and post-programme, 360-degree, multisource feedback instrument and in-depth interviews with South African women managers to assess changes in their leadership effectiveness.Findings/results: The results indicate that participants’ leadership effectiveness had changed significantly as a result of the programme. More specifically, the group coaching dimension appeared to play a role in developing personal competence, evidenced in participants’ enhanced sense of direction, self-awareness, self-confidence and relationship with their authentic self. It also appeared to facilitate the development of social competence, evidenced in participants’ enhanced understanding of, and relations with, others, as well as their ability to empower others. This was made possible by affording participants a psychologically safe place in which learning and growth could take place and by providing them with external inputs and feedback.Practical implications: The positive role played by group coaching in developing leadership effectiveness in a business school leadership development programme suggests that the learning approach could be replicated in other academic environments and in corporate settings.Originality/value: The framework that was developed suggests that group coaching can contribute to the building of personal and social competence in a leadership development programme. This framework may assist other practitioners to motivate for the inclusion of group coaching in their leadership development programmes.

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在商学院领导力发展课程中，小组辅导在发展领导力有效性方面的作用

目的:本研究的目的是探讨在商学院领导力发展课程的背景下，小组辅导在发展领导力有效性方面的作用，包括课堂促进和小组辅导。设计/方法/方法:该研究采用了顺序的混合方法，结合了计划前和计划后，360度，多来源反馈工具和对南非女性管理者的深入访谈，以评估其领导效率的变化。研究发现/结果:研究结果显示，参与培训的学员的领导效能有显著的改变。更具体地说，小组指导维度似乎在发展个人能力方面发挥了作用，这在参与者的方向感、自我意识、自信和与真实自我的关系方面得到了增强。它似乎也促进了社会能力的发展，这可以从参与者对他人的理解、与他人的关系以及赋予他人权力的能力中得到证明。这是通过为参与者提供一个心理安全的地方来学习和成长，并为他们提供外部输入和反馈来实现的。实际意义:在商学院领导力发展课程中，小组辅导在培养领导力有效性方面发挥的积极作用表明，这种学习方法可以在其他学术环境和企业环境中复制。原创性/价值:所开发的框架表明，在领导力发展计划中，小组辅导有助于建立个人和社会能力。这个框架可以帮助其他实践者在他们的领导力发展计划中加入小组指导。

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South African Journal of Business Management Multiple-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.70%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Business Management publishes articles that have real significance for management theory and practice. The content of the journal falls into two categories: managerial theory and management practice: -Management theory is devoted to reporting new methodological developments, whether analytical or philosophical. In general, papers should, in addition to developing a new theory, include some discussion of applications, either historical or potential. Both state-of-the-art surveys and papers discussing new developments are appropriate for this category. -Management practice concerns the methodology involved in applying scientific knowledge. It focusses on the problems of developing and converting management theory to practice while considering behavioural and economic realities. Papers should reflect the mutual interest of managers and management scientists in the exercise of the management function. Appropriate papers may include examples of implementations that generalise experience rather than specific incidents and facts, and principles of model development and adaptation that underline successful application of particular aspects of management theory. The relevance of the paper to the professional manager should be highlighted as far as possible.