How was D.A.R.T Coaching™ developed?
Kevin McAlpin and John Van Maurik are authors of the book, ‘Executive Coaching Handbook’ published by Kogan Page. The book is based on research of over 15,000 worldwide individuals involved in the coaching profession as coaches, coachees or purchases of coaching. The results of this meticulous research, undertaken with Brunel University subsequently became the very foundation for DART. We learned: • The barriers to individuals purchasing coaching. • Clear indicators from organisations and coachees saying what they really wanted from coaching. • Any Improvement in performance, behavioural change or skills development in a long term (6 months – 12 months) coaching programme generally has massive impact in the first 60 – 90 days. This is then followed by a slow down as learning embeds and reacceleration in the last 30 days of the programme. • The style of coaching that gets the best results in an organisational context. • The seven dangers for organisations when purchasing executive coach
