Transformational value of coaching: Integrating transpersonal and positive psychology towards optimal functioning and well-being

Abstract

Orientation: Coaching, grounded in various theoretical frameworks, serves as a transformational intervention that promotes flourishing and enhances individuals’ optimal functioning across personal and professional domains.
Research purpose: This research aimed to integrate transpersonal and positive psychology constructs to provide a holistic framework for coaches and human resources practitioners in facilitating transformational coaching.
Motivation for the study: Although coaching is recognised for its contribution to psychological well-being, the integration of transpersonal and positive psychology constructs, which may further enhance optimal functioning and well-being remains insufficiently explored.
Research approach/design and method: A directed qualitative content analysis approach was employed to validate the transformational value of coaching framework and its related constructs within transpersonal and positive psychology theories.
Main findings: The transformational value of coaching framework, which integrates transpersonal and positive psychology constructs to address optimal functioning and well-being, was both theoretically and empirically supported.
Practical/managerial implications: Coaching aligns with transpersonal and positive psychology constructs that coaches and human resources practitioners can apply to facilitate transformational change and promote clients’ optimal functioning and well-being.
Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the coaching literature by presenting an empirically grounded and comprehensive theoretical model, the transformational value of coaching framework, which integrates transpersonal and positive psychology constructs. This framework can be utilised by coaches and human resources practitioners to facilitate personal transformation and promote flourishing among clients.