Preamble Of Cognitive Behavioral Coaching

Preamble of cognitive behavioral coaching (REBC)
The roots of REBC are based on Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT; Ellis, 1962), which states that an individual’s emotional and behavioral reactions are determined solely by his or her interpretations of events, not by the events themselves. According to REBT theory, interpretations shape behavioral responses and these interpretations are determined by the individual’s beliefs. Therefore, behavior is a result of the individual’s belief system. Ellis (1994) argued that this belief system is universally shaped both by internal drives toward rationality and irrationality. Ellis (1994) stated that there are four irrational or rational processes: (1) demandingness vs. flexible and motivational

2010). Managerial coaching based on REBT suggests that emotions and behaviors are triggered by cognitions or thoughts (Ellis, 1961). Therefore, the manager who serves as coach helps employees find and examine their patterns of thinking and behavior, and to investigate the underlying assumptions that precede actions (Auerbach, 2006, pp. 110). As Williams et al. (2010) stated. The managerial coaching based on REBT focus in the following general objectives: increasing the client’s behavioral range, flexibility, and effectiveness; improving the client’s social and psychological awareness and competencies; increasing the client’s tolerance and range of emotional responses; and strengthening the client’s self-acceptance. Using the principles and techniques that derived from this perspective, the goals and tasks of rational emotive behavioral coaching are: to guide the client to achieve their realistic goals, to facilitate self-awareness of underlying cognitive and emotional barriers to goal attainment; to equip the individual with more effective thinking and behavioral skills; to build internal resources, stability and self-acceptance, and to enable the client to become their own self-coach. Also, by changing irrational thoughts and beliefs, performance in relation with others, in achieving self-discipline, or in overcoming dysfunctional emotions will improve (Ellis, 1972). Managerial coaching based on REBT suppose a series of step in order to achieve hardiness and stress management skills (Kilburg,