How important is the client’s role in creating a successful coaching relationship? Research by Charles Jones examines how and why clients choose their coaches and how the chemistry changes as the relationship progresses 

We know the relationship between coach and client is critical (for example, Schmidt, 2003; Bluckert, 2006 and De Haan & Sills, 2012), yet we know very little about the contribution a successful match between the two makes to this, or about the client perspective on the matching process. My research...