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Leadership and Life Coaching

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  • Magdalena Platis

    (University of Bucharest, Romania)

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Leadership is often considered a desired way of managing things. It reveals specific personal characteristics through which leaders involve people into processes. Coaching has to do with a specific way of interaction between a coaching manager and the people receiving the benefit of it. In fact, a coach behaves like a proper leader and a coached individual like a follower. At the same time, leadership is different from coaching. Main objectives of this paper are the following: • to explain the leadership process in relationship with coaching • to provide a set of measures to develop life coaching from leadership way of thinking • to identify the young generation’s perception on coaching The study reveals similarities between leadership and coaching, as well as differences and contributes to a better understanding of these concepts, based on a literature review. The research based on a questionnaire explains the effects of leadership on coaching process based on the students’ perceptions. Therefore, the paper includes a case study for higher education sector.

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  • Magdalena Platis, 2016. "Leadership and Life Coaching," Manager Journal, Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, vol. 24(1), pages 173-179, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:but:manage:v:24:y:2016:i:1:p:173-179
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