David Peterson

• PhD
• Managing Director at Google Inc.

A state-of-the-art reference, drawing on key contemporary research to provide an in-depth, international, and competencies-based approach to the psychology of coaching and mentoring. Puts cutting-edge evidence at the fingertips of organizational psychology practitioners who need it most, but who do not always have the time or resources to keep up w...

Introduction What is Coaching? What is Coaching Psychology? What is Mentoring? The Developing Research Agenda for Coaching and Mentoring Conclusion References

This chapter explores what coaches can do to accelerate their journey towards great coaching by examining what differentiates good coaching from great coaching; why it is relatively easy to become a good coach, why it is relatively difficult to become a great coach, and what is known about how experts in a variety of fields develop mastery and how...

Executive coaching has exploded in popularity over the past decade and has many passionate advocates, including coaches, participants who have personally benefited from coaching, and their organizational sponsors who have seen the transformational power of coaching firsthand. Yet there is still considerable debate about such fundamental issues as t...

Despite the ubiquity of executive coaching interventions in business organizations, there is little uniformity in the practices (e.g., assessment tools, scientific or philosophical approaches, activities, goals, and outcome evaluation methods) of executive coaches. Addressing the ongoing debate about the role of psychology in executive coaching, we...

This article presents personalized reactions to the special issue on Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Challenges in Organizational Consulting Psychology. The first part of the article presents the responses of 4 consulting psychologists to 4 questions. The 4 consultants, an African American woman and man and an Anglo American woman and man, were select...

Many executive coaches today find themselves working with leaders from a variety of cultural backgrounds, as well as coaching leaders who work with culturally diverse teams. It is therefore increasingly important that coaches understand the role of culture in their work. This article begins with an overview of several ways that culture plays a role...

In the literature of the coaching profession, the voice of the client is rarely heard. This case study examines the coaching process from the perspective of both the coach and the participant, providing unique insights into the art of coaching. Beginning with background descriptions of the coach and the participant, the authors move into a discussi...

Examines the roots of popular development approaches and contrasts them with an alternative set of principles and practices that resonate more deeply with both what is known about individual learning and what is required by organizations that need to adapt quickly. New models which focus on the fundamentals of learning are presented. It is conclude...

Examines the roots of popular development approaches and contrasts them with an alternative set of principles and practices that resonate more deeply with both what is known about individual learning and what is required by organizations that need to adapt quickly. New models which focus on the fundamentals of learning are presented. It is conclude...

Outlines the 5 research-based strategies that guide one-on-one coaching by a management consulting firm: forge a partnership, inspire commitment, grow skills, promote persistence, and shape the environment. The case study of a typical targeted coaching participant (a female executive who sought to develop stronger relationships with internal custom...

One of the most challenging barriers to evaluating training outcome is finding the best methods to measure change. My presentation today outlines an innovative psychometric approach suited to measuring change and training outcomes on individual training objectives.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1993. Includes bibliographical references.

Leaders are increasingly relying on developmental coaching to equip their people to sustain competitive advantage and stay abreast of change. While coaching across cultural borders poses many challenges that leaders need to consider, a core of practical coaching strategies offers them the greatest leverage for change in any circumstance. These stra...