The Impact of Executive Coaching on Project Managers’ Personal Competencies

Personal competencies have been shown to be increasingly reliable predictors of successful project managers. This research studies whether executive coaching is effective in strengthening personal competencies in the project management field. An experiment with 30 project managers and 30 observers h...

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Published in:Project management journal 2019-06, Vol.50 (3), p.306-321
Main Authors: Ballesteros-Sánchez, Luis, Ortiz-Marcos, Isabel, Rodríguez-Rivero, Rocío
Format: Article
Language:English
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Project management
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Summary:Personal competencies have been shown to be increasingly reliable predictors of successful project managers. This research studies whether executive coaching is effective in strengthening personal competencies in the project management field. An experiment with 30 project managers and 30 observers has been conducted to determine, by means of a quantitative and qualitative approach, the impact of coaching on different competencies based on the Project Manager Competency Development Framework – Third Edition (Project Management Institute, 2017a). The conclusions reveal interesting insights, such as the finding that executive coaching has the greatest impact on behaviors related to leading, managing, and finding strategies for coping with challenging situations.
ISSN:8756-9728
1938-9507
DOI:10.1177/8756972819832191