Jonathan Passmore has won an accolade for his ground-breaking research into the psychology of coaching within driver learning.
Professor Passmore won the 2012 British Psychological Society’s Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) Research Award for a distinguished research project. The award was given for his research into the psychology of coaching as a learning methodology and safety intervention in learner driving and its subsequent impact on driver training practice in the UK.
The research focused on real-world challenges, incorporating beliefs as well as behavioural change through the coaching interventions researched. The collaboration with the driving industry was noted.
Two Student Project awards were presented to Dr Angelina Bennett at Doctoral level, and Belinda Rydings at Masters level. Dr Bennett was recognised for her comprehensive research into the use of psychological type in developmental coaching “which was original and thoughtful in design”. The collection of studies contributed new knowledge to the profession of coaching psychology and to the practice of coaching, as well as informing the literature of developmental coaching.
Rydings was acknowledged for her research into Imposter Syndrome. Her work approached this body of work from a new perspective using an effective qualitative research methodology.
The research will have wide appeal for coaching psychologists, as Imposter Syndrome is a potentially common and the findings are “straight from the coaches’ mouth”, according to the BPS SGCP.
If you are interested in submitting your research for consideration in 2013, please go to: bit.ly/14BLWht
Coaching at Work, volume 8, issue 2