Leadership effectiveness through coaching: Authentic and change-oriented leadership

Peter R Halliwell1, Rebecca J Mitchell2, Brendan Boyle1

  • 1Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.

Plos One
|December 6, 2023
PubMed
Summary

Leadership coaching boosts leader effectiveness by enhancing authentic leadership behaviors and self-efficacy. Authentic leadership showed the most significant impact on improving overall leadership effectiveness in the study.

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