The Research
Explore how life, leadership, and entrepreneurship coaching can help you unlock your potential, inspire others, and achieve your goals.
Life Coaching
What could your life look like if you had the clarity, accountability, and confidence to move past what’s been holding you back?
Strengthened Mental Health and Resilience
Coaching reduces stress, anxiety, and burnout while enhancing well-being, resilience, and work-life balance (Green et al., 2007). The ROI shows up in reduced sick days, lower healthcare costs, and sustained workforce energy.
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Green, S., Oades, L. G., & Grant, A. M. (2006). Cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused life coaching: Enhancing goal striving, well-being, and hope. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1(3), 142–149. Taylor and Francis Online​
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Does coaching work? (Yes - across performance, well-being, coping, attitudes, and self-regulation)
Coaching produced significant positive effects on every individual-level outcome examined, with effects ranging from moderate to large (g ≈ .43–.74). Benefits spanned performance/skills, well-being, coping, work attitudes, and goal-directed self-regulation.
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Theeboom, T., Beersma, B., & van Vianen, A. E. M. (2014). Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.837499. ResearchGate
Learning & performance outcomes from workplace coaching
Across 17 studies, coaching improved learning and performance outcomes, with moderators suggesting internal coaches and excluding multisource feedback can amplify results.
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Jones, R. J., Woods, S. A., & Guillaume, Y. R. F. (2016). The effectiveness of workplace coaching: A meta-analysis of learning and performance outcomes from coaching. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89(2), 249–277. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12119. Aston Publications Explorer ResearchGate
Coaching boosts relationship outcomes and behavior change
Synthesizing coaching studies, authors found especially strong effects on the coach–coachee relationship and on behavioral change (vs. attitudes), with coach background and number of sessions moderating impact.
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Sonesh, S. C., Coultas, C. W., Lacerenza, C. N., Marlow, S. L., Benishek, L. E., & Salas, E. (2015). The power of coaching: A meta-analytic investigation. Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 8(2), 73–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/17521882.2015.1071418. Taylor & Francis Online
Coaching is reliably effective across outcomes
Cannon-Bowers, J. A., Bowers, C. A., Carlson, C. R., Doherty, S., Evans, J., & Hall, J. (2023). Workplace coaching: A meta-analysis and recommendations for advancing the science of coaching. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1204166. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1204166. PMCFrontiers
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Reviewing recent studies, this meta-analysis reaffirms moderate positive effects of workplace coaching on key organizational outcomes and explores moderators (e.g., delivery mode, session count).
Executive coaching increases goal attainment, resilience, well-being; reduces stress/depression
In a randomized controlled design with professional external coaches, participants receiving coaching showed higher goal attainment, resilience, and workplace well-being, alongside reduced stress and depression.
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Grant, A. M., Curtayne, L., & Burton, G. (2009). Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: A randomised controlled study. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(5), 396–407. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760902992456. Taylor & Francis Online
Life coaching improves goal striving and well-being (professional vs. peer coaches)
Over 10 weeks, professional life coaching (vs. peer coaching or control) produced greater engagement, goal progression, and well-being—highlighting the added value of trained professionals.
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Spence, G. B., & Grant, A. M. (2007). Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement of goal striving and well-being: An exploratory study. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2(3), 185–194. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760701228896. Taylor & Francis Online
Leadership Coaching
How much more impact could you have as a leader if you strengthened your emotional intelligence and inspired peak performance in your team?
Fortune 500 Case Study – Up to 788% ROI
A MetrixGlobal study involving a Fortune 500 company measured executive coaching outcomes and found a 529% ROI on performance improvements alone, which rose to 788% when accounting for employee retention benefits, underscoring the substantial financial impact of coaching
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Anderson, M. C. (2001). Executive briefing: Case study on the return on investment of executive coaching (MetrixGlobal, LLC). Read a detailed summary here: American University’s Executive Coaching page, which references this landmark finding. https://www.american.edu/provost/ogps/executive-education/executive-coaching/roi-of-executive-coaching.cfm
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Increased Productivity and Goal Achievement
Coaching improves goal attainment by 70%, with clients reporting higher motivation, accountability, and measurable progress toward objectives
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Grant, A. M. (2014). The efficacy of executive coaching in organizations: A meta-analysis of learning and performance outcomes from coaching. Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1), 1–18.
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Leadership Coaching Enhances Leader Effectiveness
This meta-analysis examined the effects of leadership coaching on leader effectiveness. The study found that leadership coaching positively impacts leader effectiveness, with improvements in leadership behaviors, attitudes, and personal characteristics..
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Halliwell, P. R. (2023). Leadership effectiveness through coaching: Authentic and change-oriented leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(2), 123-135. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2613
Systematic Review: Executive Coaching Outcomes
This systematic review analyzed peer-reviewed articles on executive coaching outcomes. The findings suggest that executive coaching leads to improvements in leadership effectiveness, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills.
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Athanasopoulou, A., & Dopson, S. (2018). A systematic review of executive coaching outcomes. The Leadership Quarterly, 29(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.11.001
Leadership Coaching and Role-Efficacy
This study explored the relationship between leadership coaching and leader role-efficacy. The results indicated that leadership coaching enhances leader role-efficacy, leading to improved leadership behaviors and organizational outcomes.
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Ladegard, G., & Gjerde, S. (2014). Leadership coaching, leader role-efficacy, and trust in leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.07.004​
Executive Coaching and Leadership Development
This study examined the impact of executive coaching on leadership development. The findings revealed that executive coaching contributes to the development of leadership competencies, including communication, decision-making, and team management.​
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MacKie, D. (2013). The effectiveness of strength-based executive coaching in enhancing full range leadership development. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 11(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.24384/000488​
Group Coaching in Leadership Development
This study investigated the role of group coaching in developing leadership effectiveness. The results indicated that group coaching enhances leadership effectiveness by improving self-awareness, confidence, and interpersonal relationships among leaders.​
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Mbokota, G., & Reid, A. (2022). The role of group coaching in developing leadership effectiveness in a business school leadership development programme. South African Journal of Business Management, 53(1), a3105. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v53i1.3105
Coaching Effectiveness
This meta-analysis examined the effectiveness of coaching across various outcomes. The study found that coaching has significant positive effects on individual-level outcomes, including performance, well-being, coping, work attitudes, and goal-directed self-regulation.
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​Theeboom, T., Beersma, B., & van Vianen, A. E. M. (2014). Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.837499
Entrepreneurship Coaching
What if the difference between your business struggling and thriving was the right strategic guidance and support at the right time?
Higher Entrepreneurial Success Rates
Entrepreneurs receiving coaching are 45% more likely to sustain and grow their businesses successfully, particularly in the critical first five years (Audet & Couteret, 2012).
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Audet, J., & Couteret, P. (2012). Coaching the entrepreneur: Features and success factors. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 19(3), 516–531. Emerald Insight
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Coaching entrepreneurs towards growth (experimental field study)
In an experimental design with entrepreneurs, evidence-based coaching improved founders’ psychological capabilities (e.g., goal focus, cognitive flexibility) and accelerated performance improvement versus controls. The paper unpacks specific coaching mechanisms that shift entrepreneurial cognition and wellbeing—both of which are tied to better growth behaviors.​
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Hinkelmann, H., Passmore, J., Tungler, A., & Neuwirth, E. (2024). Coaching entrepreneurs towards growth: An experimental design study of coaching effectiveness for business leaders’ psychological capabilities. Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. Taylor & Francis Online
Entrepreneurial coaching for innovation in SMEs (scale development & validation)
This study develops and validates a multidimensional entrepreneurial coaching measurement model in SME settings, showing how coaching behaviors (e.g., goal setting, feedback, reflective inquiry) support innovation outcomes. It provides evidence and tools to operationalize high-quality coaching within entrepreneurial firms.
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Azizi, M., Faroukhi, A., & Sadeghi, A. (2023). Entrepreneurial coaching for innovation in SMEs: Development and validation of a measurement scale. European Journal of Innovation Management. Emerald​
Coachability and entrepreneurial success
Using accelerator/incubator data, this peer-reviewed study finds that entrepreneurs who are more coachable achieve better program outcomes (e.g., fundraising, progress) and report higher satisfaction, highlighting coachability as a key moderator of coaching impact.
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Kuratko, D. F., Fisher, G., Bloodgood, J. M., & Hornsby, J. S. (2021). Insights on the mentorship and coachability of entrepreneurs. Business Horizons, 64(4), 401–412. ScienceDirect​​​
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