Can the Ingredients of Psychotherapy Help You Be A Better Executive Coach?

A new resource called I/O at Work has started publishing reviews of various articles, books, and other publications in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.  A recent post is a review of Hidden in Plain Sight: The Active Ingredients of Executive Coaching by McKenna and Davis.

The take-away messages from reviewer Samantha Paustian-Underdahl are:

• Although there are clear differences between psychotherapy and executive coaching, I/O psychologists and other executive coaches can learn from decades of psychotherapy research.
• The most important “ingredient” to consider is the client-centered, empathetic approach, which can strengthen the relationship between the client and coach in order to foster greater growth and learning.
• Finally, I/O psychologists should use resources from their own root discipline of psychology to leverage their skills and knowledge as a competitive advantage in the executive coaching industry.

To read the full review, jump over to I/O at Work, February 2010 edition.