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Managerial Coaching and Rational Leadership

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Nowadays managers are not only expected to function exceptionally in managing their organizations, they are also expected to excel in an increasingly competitive and demanding work context and use all the resources available to them. There are thus increasing expectations from managers regarding the roles that they need to endorse, besides the managing one. Organizations are interested in having managers that can be effective both as leaders and also as coaches for their subordinates. Managerial coaching is considered the process by which a supervisor/manager facilitates the learning and development processes of his/her subordinates, by activating their resources, such as behaviors and professional skills. Rational leadership and rational coaching are both rooted in REBT and propose a set of behaviors and competences derived from a rational mindset, that the manager needs to internalize in their patterns of thinking and behavior to be effective in his/her leadership and coaching roles. Based on a rational leadership mindset, managers doing managerial coaching will guide the employees to understand own ineffective behaviors and to find ways to change them and become more effective.

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  1. International Coaching Institute, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Oana A. David

  2. Doctoral School, Evidence-Based Assessment and Psychological Interventions, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Alina Cîmpean

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    Oana A. David

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David, O.A., Cîmpean, A. (2018). Managerial Coaching and Rational Leadership. In: Bernard, M., David, O. (eds) Coaching for Rational Living. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74067-6_16

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