The purpose of the CRL is to advance and support research on the effectiveness and process of coaching. Specifically, the mission of the CRL is to conduct, fund and disseminate research on coaching and related helping relationships. Led by faculty of the Weatherhead Organizational Behavior Department, the CRL invites organizational members to engage and support research at the doctoral and faculty level that will advance understanding and practice of coaching. We use the term “coaching” to refer to a broad range of helping relationships, which include coach–client, leader–follower, manager–subordinate, doctor/nurse–patient, teacher/professor–student, therapist–client, cleric–parishioner, parent–child, and mentor–protégé.