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  • Barriers to successful outcomes from coaching

    Carter A, Blackman A, Hicks B | Jul 2014 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper is second in a series on coaching effectiveness. A total of 644 industry professionals who were current or former coachees responded to a questionnaire. In this paper we identify barriers faced by coachees during the period of their coaching and suggest a categorisation framework: difficulties with coach; organisational culture; personal issues; coaching relationship and coaching model/process.

  • Slides: Barriers to coaching outcomes

    Presentation to 4th European Mentoring and Coaching Research Conference, 26-27 June 2014

    Carter A, Blackman A | Jul 2014 | European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

    This presentation was presented at the 4th European Mentoring and Coaching Research Conference, 26-27 June 2014 in Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France. The research papers were published in the Book of Conference Proceedings from 4th EMCC Research Conference, Lindall P and Megginson D (eds), by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).

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    Seminar: Establishing a culture of openness

    IES event report

    Smith M | Jun 2014 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Maggie Smith gives an overview of this well-received session about openness, what it is, how it can be encouraged, and what the barriers can be.

  • Coaching for effectiveness

    Initial findings from an international survey

    Blackman A, Carter A, Hay R | Jun 2014 |  European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

    This study clarified factors that make coaching effective and should be included in the coaching process. Six hundred and forty four industry professionals who had been through or were currently going through the coaching process responded to a questionnaire. The findings focus on the main components involved in the coaching process: the coach, the coachee, the organisation, the coaching process and the relationship between coach and coachee.

  • Review of the National Student Survey - Appendix B: The Stakeholder Strand

    Griggs J, Green S, Drever E, Pollard E, Williams M | Jun 2014 | Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

    The National Student Survey (NSS) has run since 2004. The UK higher education funding bodies, which own the survey, commissioned research to review the purposes of the NSS and how effectively it meets them, and to make recommendations for the survey’s future shape. This set of four reports comprises a summary report, literature review and the responses to surveys and discussions with students and stakeholders.

  • Youth Contract for 16-17 year olds: an evaluation

    Technical report: Tables from the surveys of local authorities

    Marvell R, Newton B | Jun 2014 | Department for Education (DFE)

    This report contains the tables from the two surveys of Local Authorities in England that were undertaken as part of the evaluation of the Youth Contract for 16-17 year olds not in education, employment or training. Key findings from the surveys are contained within the synthesis report.

  • The Youth Contract for 16-17 year olds not in education, employment or training evaluation

    Research Report

    Newton B, Speckesser S, Nafilyan V, Maguire S, Devins D, Bickerstaffe T | Jun 2014 | Department for Education

    This evaluation covered the experiences of early entrants to this Youth Contract component. It showed that some common approaches had emerged as part of delivery and demonstrated the importance of individualised support through keyworkers in assisting young people to re-engage.

  • The Youth Contract provision for 16- and 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training evaluation

    Econometric estimates of programme impacts and net social benefits

    Nafilyan V, Speckesser S | Jun 2014 | Department for Education

    The Youth Contract offers additional support for disengaged 16-17 year olds to move into education, training or work with training. This working paper summarises the key findings of an evaluation study on the impacts and social net benefits of the early stages of the Youth Contract, carried out on behalf of the Department for Education by the Institute for Employment Studies.

  • Improving quality of work and employment in the hairdressing sector

    Scenarios for social partner cooperation

    Broughton, A, Reijenga, F, Oostveen, A, Ledermaier, S | Jun 2014 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

    This report examines four scenarios of social partner cooperation in the hairdressing sector, aimed at improving the quality of work and employment.

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    The evidence: Wellbeing and employee engagement

    David MacLeod and Nita Clarke | Jun 2014 | Engage for Success

    This paper sets out the evidence for the linkage between employee engagement and wellbeing, and the consequential impact on individual and organisational performance.