When Zenger Folkman studied the leaders who are most effective at coaching, we saw clear correlations between their coaching effectiveness and its impact on their direct reports. Our data consistently shows strong correlations between a leader’s coaching effectiveness and measures of employee commitment and engagement. Marshall Goldsmith and Chip R. Bell have published some great work on how to have an effective coaching dialogue. Coaching, like the broader disciplines of leadership and management, will always contain many characteristics of an art form. 👥 No two people will practice it exactly the same way. The applications are so complex and different that merely responding to the situation calls for new and different behavior. It will never be a pure science. The world of coaching in business organizations and large public agencies can gain a great deal from embracing good ideas and practices from every source, including the major helping professions. Only in that way will it ever achieve its potential contribution to every organization. Learn more in Zenger FOlkman's leadership study, "Bringing Science to the Art of Coaching." (Link in comments) Sketchnote: Tanmay Vora