Increase in Gamma Band qEEG Activity during Executive Coaching: Some Preliminary Observations and Possible Implications

Abstract

Executive coaching has become a well many organizations. However, nothing is known about what effects coaching processes have on brain activity in understanding the neurobiological basis of behavioral changes. Using quantified electroencephalogram (qEEG) activity in the gamma pilot study is the first attempt to elucidate the electro during an executive coaching process whilst using a specific intervention called the CARE Model. Gamma consciousness, and cognitive functions. Synchronization of gamma proposed as being involved in the mechanisms of functional integration underlying changes in neural circuitry. Despite the decades of gamma that executive coaching might induce gamma explored. The subjects were six top talent volunteers (male, mean age = 30). The EEG was recorded from 19 electrodes of the International 10/20 System in both the resting state as the baseline and the continuous 45 absolute spectral power values of gamma epochs comparison of each CARE Model stage with the baseline was analyzed using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.Our preliminary qEEG observations show that gamma activity became significantly increased in the frontal and posterior regions of the subject during the coaching process. These preliminary results suggest that the neural impact of executive coaching within the CARE Model may be to evoke a self gestalt perception, and associative learning.

‘Wanting’ and ‘Liking’ Brain Mechanisms in Coaching: A qEEG Study using the CARE Coaching Model

“…A recent report regarding gamma-band activity during the Awakening stage of the CARE Model argued that coaching may induce mindful reflective thinking processes that lead to self-awareness. 18 The deep-reflective CARE process that elaborates coaching exploration around 'Why is it important?' seemed to stimulate the hedonic pleasure of the unexpected rewarding 'aha' moment.…”

“…Stimulus was given through a simultaneous twoways coaching conversation which referred to the CARE Model. 17,18 Consisting of four stages -Clarity, Awakening, Resolution, and Empowerment ( Figure 1) -each of the stages involved specific questions which were each considered as a stimulus that could cause action potentials in the brain. The Clarity stage began with the question of 'What do you want?'…”