Contrasting traditions in mentoring and coaching research

Coaching lecture series "Coaching - Research and Practice"

David Megginson

David Megginson, Visiting Professor, Department of Human Ressource Development, School of Organisation and Management, Sheffield University, England, and co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

David Megginson will examine the strengths and weaknesses of research traditions in coaching and mentoring research.

He will explore with the audience the impact of the contrasts for theory and practice in one-to-one development.
His lecture forms the basis of a chapter in his forthcoming book, to be published in December 2008, - Garvey, Megginson and Stokes, Coaching and mentoring: theory and practice (Sage).

Further information

Reinhard Stelter, Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Copenhagen

The lecture is part of a series of lectures titled "Coaching - research and practice", which is sponsored by the EMCC. The lecture series aims to build a bridge between research and praxis in coaching and at the same time embed coaching practices in the research discourse. The intention is to hear from researchers, who explore coaching from a business, health or sports related angle. The Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Copenhagen was established in order to launch and coordinate interdisciplinary research, education and dissemination in coaching.