The executive coaching trend: towards more flexible executives

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The role of coachee characteristics in executive coaching for effective sustainability (2013, background): “As executives have a major influence on the viability and, ultimately, on the success of their organizations (Aitken and Malcolm, 2010), coaching has been recognized as an essential success factor in fostering innovation and managerial flexibility ( Jones et al., 2006).”
Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: a randomised controlled study (2009, background): “Other studies have also reported success in enhancing in leadership style and improving managerial style flexibility and problem solving (eg, Jones, Rafferty, & Griffin, 2006 ; Styhre, 2008 ).”
The impact of executive coaching on self‐efficacy related to management soft‐skills (2010, background): “For their part, Jones et al. (2006) evaluated the influence of executive coaching on the managerial flexibility of 11 managers participating in a leadership development program which included multisource evaluation, leadership seminars, and six sessions of executive coaching.”
Coaching leaders in middle and executive management: goals, performance, buy‐in (2007, background): “Other possible outcomes to be studied further in future studies might include quality of life perceptions as well as managerial flexibility ( Jones et al. , 2006”