Qualitative and Quantitative Benefits of Coaching

Qualitative and Quantitative Benefits of Coaching

Mentoring and coaching both have qualitative and quantitative benefits (aspects).
For example, using multiple data collection tools during my research resulted in verbal and numerical data; that is qualitative and quantitative data. The data was obtained via questionnaires, observations, interviews and journal reflections, using close-ended or Likert-type ratings and open-ended responses or comments.
Applying a 'mixed approach' to get information about participants' feelings about a mentoring-coaching initiative and the changes they experienced was useful. In addition, the mixed method was helpful to corroborate the results, and fostered a high degree of reliability and validity of results. The results showed the necessity of sharing in the learning community to improve practice.
However the most important aspects to me were qualitative: the voices of the participants as they supported and shared with each other. Instead of only stating how many would recommend coaching, they explained how and why they would.

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		0 Torben Grut Consultant, Sweden
	Quality as Term Good work! Quality as context for measurements. Explaining the context in which the numbers used fr... Sign up

		2 Ben Smith Manager, United Kingdom
	KPIs and Questionnaires to Measure the Effectiveness of Coaching Thank you Cynthia Crump, this is helpful. Evaluation of coaching outcomes within an organisation is... Sign up

		1 Sonny Vicente Coach, Philippines
	How to Evaluate a Coaching Program I believe an organization's coaching program can effectively be evaluated based on the targets/aims ... Sign up