Are Coaching Competence and Resilience of Managers a Success Factor for Companies?

Abstract

This study aims on assessing the success relevance of different management styles and resilience approaches for business performance. Design/methodology/approach: Based on surveying CEOs of Austrian midsized companies, this research applies explorative data analysis approaches to analyze the attitudes of the surveyed CEOs towards different management styles and resilience approaches in the context of firm performance indicators. Findings and Originality: A coaching approach in management and the consideration of resilience in its different dimensions – organizational resilience, the manager’s consciousness for his personal resilience, and a management style focusing on the resilience of employees – could not be found as success-relevant for both Key business performance indicators, such as sales performance or earning power.