What drives the motivation of managers to coach their people?

Professor Grace McCarthy

International Coaching Week 2024

As an Alumni we enjoy listening and learning from the experts. In particular, Open Door has a reputation of introducing and exposing our Alumni to international speakers and leaders in the field of workplace coaching. And this presentation celebrating International Coaching Week continues this tradition.

Join us for this very special presentation for International Coaching Week, as Natalie interviews Professor Grace McCarthy one of the early pioneers on academic research into coaching in the workplace. In particular, her work around understanding the motivations of managers to coach their employees.

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Professor Grace McCarthy

Grace and Julia Milner’s analysis of 580 responses on the practice of managerial coaching in Australia, through the lens of the Ability Motivation Opportunity framework provides important insights for us to consider as practitioners and stakeholders in introducing coaching into workplaces.

About

A pioneer in the field of academic research on coaching in the workplace and manager as coach, Grace is Dean of Business in the Faculty of Business and Law, at University of Wollongong. She leads a team of academics in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, Supply Chain and Analytics.

Grace is the author of Coaching and Mentoring for Business published by Sage and is currently working on a book to be published by Routledge next year, provisionally titled:

Successful Coaching for Leaders and Managers: How to blend virtual and face to face coaching effectively for today’s hybrid workplaces.

Having worked for many years in industry, including as European Director of Customer Service of a multinational manufacturing company, Grace enjoys blending real-life experience with academic rigour in teaching and researching responsible leadership, in particular how managers can effectively use a coaching style at work, and how to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Grace completed her PhD at UMIST (Manchester) on leadership and also completed projects on innovation in SMEs in UK, Spain and Norway. Grace is a UOW accredited Peer Reviewer of Teaching and is particularly interested in challenging and interactive learning sessions, learning from her students, and authentic assessments.

Key References:

Christina Turner, & Grace McCarthy. (2015). Coachable moments: Identifying factors that influence managers to take advantage of coachable moments in day-to-day management. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 13(1), 1–13.

Milner, J., McCarthy, G., & Milner, T. (2018). Training for the coaching leader: how organizations can support managers. The Journal of Management Development, 37(2), 188–200. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-04-2017-0135

McCarthy, G., & Milner, J. (2020). Ability, motivation and opportunity: managerial coaching in practice. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 58(1), 149–170. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12219

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