{"id":5219,"date":"2014-09-15T06:03:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T06:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5219"},"modified":"2023-12-13T22:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:24:09","slug":"evaluating-the-efficacy-of-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/evaluating-the-efficacy-of-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating the Efficacy of Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dollars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dollars-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Evaluating the Efficacy of Coaching\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Companies that invest in coaching are interested in ensuring the money is well spent.\u00a0 Clients who hire a coach want to know the investment is a smart one.\u00a0 Coaches building their business want to share information on the impact of their services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During coach training<\/a>, researching the studies that are available on coaching provides great insight as to what is measured and how it is measured.\u00a0 TIP: Simply go to Google and enter \u201cCoaching ROI\u201d or \u201cEfficacy of Coaching\u201d or \u201cstudies on coaching\u201d and review the information.<\/p>\n<p>For coaching programs inside of organizations, managing an evaluation process is smart.\u00a0 This blog series outlines points of awareness and steps to take.\u00a0 The first step is determining what your want from the coaching itself and what you want from evaluating the coaching.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start with Objectives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Coaching Goals<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the objective of the coaching?\n<ul>\n<li>Bottom-line impact \u2013 for example: sales numbers, turnover costs, productivity metrics, profitability<\/li>\n<li>Behavioral Change \u2013 for example: specific leaders developing skills that impact outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Change \u2013 for example: employee engagement and employee satisfaction metrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What are the reasons for measuring?\n<ul>\n<li>Prove \u2013 specifically, to prove the coaching is making a difference<\/li>\n<li>Improve \u2013 to learn how to improve the coaching program<\/li>\n<li>Learn \u2013 to learn about what is happening as a result of coaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Coaching Measures<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What will you measure?\n<ul>\n<li>Action \u2013 this means tracking specific actions ties to performance metrics<\/li>\n<li>Feelings \u2013 this is often simply having the coachee give their feedback in a qualitative format<\/li>\n<li>Feedback \u2013 often pre and post 360 evaluations provide excellent feedback<\/li>\n<li>Dollar Impact \u2013 this means tracking the bottom line and determining what percentage of change is attributable to coaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the next blog the factors that impact the efficacy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/resources\/faqs\/how-to-become-a-coach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching<\/a> are reviewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies that invest in coaching are interested in ensuring the money is well spent.\u00a0 Clients who hire a coach want to know the investment is &hellip; 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