Organizational Psychology

Purpose. The article presents the results of a study aimed at empirically evaluating the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral coaching for managers by measuring the self–efficacy of its participants. Research design. The sample consisted of participants in the experimental and control groups, 53 people in total. The experimental group is represented by participants in two sessions of group cognitive behavioral coaching: middle managers of Russian companies and entrepreneurs, 33 people aged 23–57 years (cf. 39,1). The control group consisted of listeners of a lecture on psychodiagnostics: Master’s students of a commercial Russian university, 20 people aged 21–36 years (cf. 28,3). Research methods: group cognitive-behavioral coaching using the “Lego Serious Play” method, a questionnaire method for measuring the self-efficacy of coaching participants. Results. A comparison of the results of the initial and final self-efficacy diagnostic in the control and experimental groups makes it possible to systematize the arguments in favor of the effectiveness of the coaching program, expressed in a significant increase in the level of self-efficacy of its participants (p < 0.05). Conclusions. The connection between the use of group cognitive-behavioral coaching of managers and the increase in self-efficacyof its participants has been theoretically substantiated and empirically confirmed. As a result of group cognitive behavioral coaching, there is an increase in self-efficacy according to all criteria, regardless of their relationship to the content of the coaching program. The practical significance of the work liesin the development of a methodology for rapid assessment of the self-effectiveness of group coaching participants, which can be successfully used by coaching specialists in their practical activities. The value of the results lies in the fact that the change in the self-efficacy of group coaching participants is accepted as one of the metrics of its effectiveness, which provides a new perspective for the scientific study of the effectiveness of coaching as a method of practical work.