Applied Coaching Research Journal Research Journal 5 | Page 15

APPLIED COACHING RESEARCH JOURNAL 2020, Vol. 5
A Coach Developer supports coaches through
a blended approach of coaching conversations,
observation, feedback, critical reflection and
supportive challenge.
The aims and objectives were:
1. To explore how Coach Developers made sense of
their role(s) considering the various contexts in
which they operate
2. To investigate the nature of the value created
for Coach Developers during their engagement
with the Strive programme
The Value Creation Framework (VCF; Wenger-Trayner
and Wenger-Trayner, 2015) was utilised within the
programme itself (as part of the content) and the
research to gain a better understanding of the value
created through specific learning experiences. It
comprises eight value ‘cycles’ – orienting, immediate,
potential, applied, realised, transformative, enabling
and strategic (see Figure 1). Immediate value, for
example, refers to local solutions to problems such
as being made aware of equipment which could be
borrowed or shared with another provider.
This paper presents a summary of the research
presented at the UK Coaching 2020 Applied
Research Conference. One case study is presented,
with implications for coaching drawn from the wider
research study.
3. To better understand the professional learning
requirements of Coach Developers on the
programme (and in general).
Strategic
‘Understanding organizations’
Orienting
‘Shaping
dispositions’
Immediate Potential Applied Realised Transformative
‘Local solutions’ ‘Knowledge capital’ ‘Practical change’ ‘Performance gains’ ‘Radical change’
Enabling
‘Influencing change’
Figure 1: The Value Creation Framework (Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner, 2015)
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