Leadership Coaching and Efficacy: A Mixed Method Study

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Table of Contents
1. Evaluation of the literature review..............................................................................................3
2. Description of the mixed method, research design, and its appropriateness...............................4
3. Discussion about the data collection method and justification....................................................6
8. Critique on the outcomes of the research article and its effectiveness in fulfilling the objectives
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1. Evaluation of the literature review
Development of an effective leadership is the vital goal of every organization. From the
study of Ladegard and Gjerde an overview of leadership coaching has been received. It has
been found that leadership is linked to leader role efficacy (LRE) and leader's trust in
subordinates (LTS). These are two major variables of leadership coaching. As commented by
Ladegard and Gjerde (2014), leadership coaching is considered as the leadership developmental
tool. However, there is a small amount of systematic investigation regarding the leadership
development. Maximum literature review does not give huge data regarding this topic. On the
other hand, there is no proper connection between the theories and practice in the context of
leadership development. This current literature has shown an insight of leadership development.
Based on the current literature it has been received that leadership development is an integration
strategy that helps people to make a relation with others and allow them to give their effort in
developing a social network by increasing the self-understanding.
One of the major promising features of the leadership coaching is to address the
traditional challenges in the in the leadership development (Ladegard and Gjerde 2014).
However, the coaching process includes customer tailored development process. From this it has
been found that the customer tailored development process is helpful to increase the leader
efficacy. The main purpose of the leadership coaching is to identify the gaps in the leadership
development. Leadership coaching involves in counseling the work-related issues as it will help
to improve the effectiveness of the leader. It has been received from the current literature that
leadership coaching addresses various issues such as mental health, well-being depression and
stress that also affect the performance of the leader. Leadership coaching identifies the needs of