Developmental coaching: bridge to organizational success.
Leaders of successful organizations understand the value of workforce engagement and learning. They also know that classroom training alone is not enough to ensure the transfer of learning to practice. This reality has spawned an interest in developmental coaching: an educational tool that bridges the gap between knowledge and performance and gets bottom-line results. This article discusses the background and relevance of developmental coaching and provides examples of its potential in health care.
Locke
Ann
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Winchester Hospital, Massachusetts, USA. alocke@winhosp.org
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