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Workplace coaching often implies some form of accountability in the coach–employee relationship, but there is minimal treatment of accountability in the extant coaching literature. Much of the research on accountability in general treats it as a tool needed for evaluation and ensuring certain activities occur. We draw upon three theories (self-expansion theory, intentional change theory, and self-determination theory) to propose an essential construct for workplace coaching called collaborative accountability. We present this construct as part of a framework of vision-based workplace coaching that describes how a coach enables employee psychological safety, vision clarity, and intrinsic motivation, such that the coach and employee in turn experience relational mutuality and self-expansion. These two elements enable collaborative accountability, which is essential to and enables employee sustained change. We present propositions that serve to invite further coaching research, and we discuss the implications our framework has for the practice of workplace coaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Perhaps at the heart of employee engagement concerns and work overload are employees wanting to be in workplaces where they have meaningful connections and where their "whole self" can be valued and developed. The presenters in this symposium call for a rethinking of how we conceptualize employee development, including further research that, views employees as active agents. Our presenters expand on prior work by asking what an employee-centric approach to employee development might look like and how such inquiry can open new frontiers in research and practice. Presenters address what creating a culture of employee development might entail when an intentional approach of viewing employees as agents unto themselves is assumed. Creating Engagement, Excitement, and Motivation at Work balancing Stress with Renewal Author: Richard E. Boyatzis; Case Western Reserve U. Mindfulness Meditation in Service of Receiving Feedback Author: Darren Jason Good; Pepperdine U. Author: Christopher James Lyddy; Providence College Changes in Purpose and Meaning throughout Life and Career Cycles: An Ideal Self Perspective Author: Udayan Dhar; Bucknell U. The Impact of Company and Individual Purpose Author: Jodi Berg; Case Western Reserve U. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]