The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching / Edition 1

The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0415458757
ISBN-13:
9780415458757
Pub. Date:
12/23/2008
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0415458757
ISBN-13:
9780415458757
Pub. Date:
12/23/2008
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching / Edition 1

The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching / Edition 1

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Overview

An effective coach can help the business leader make sense of the challenges and complexities of modern international business, unlocking the potential of both leader and organization. This important new handbook offers the first comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theory and practice of international business coaching, drawing on the very latest academic research, as well as real-world examples of international best practice.

This book provides practitioners and students with an innovative theoretical framework, which extends existing coaching models to place coaching within cultural, organizational and group-team contexts. Contributors from around the world explore different perspectives and practices and offer practical tools to apply the theories and models to the real-life business context.

The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching is essential reading for all trainee business coaches, all students of coaching theory and method, and for all business leaders looking to understand better the role of the modern business coach.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415458757
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/23/2008
Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michel Moral PhD is an executive coach, author, lecturer, coach-trainer and coach-supervisor. He teaches coaching and intercultural management at University of Paris VIII, France. He also has his own consulting and coaching practice.

Geoffrey Abbott PhD is an educator and consultant in international business coaching and leadership. Geoff runs public and corporate seminars in international business coaching as Director of the Centre for International Business Coaching (his consulting business). His executive experience is in corporate strategy. He is based in Brisbane, Australia with the Business School of the Queensland University of Technology where he teaches various programs relating to leadership, coaching and systems thinking.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations viii

About the Editors x

Contributors xi

Chapter Summaries xix

Acknowledgements xxvi

Introduction: a new paradigm for coaching in the global business environment Michel C. Moral Geoffrey Abbott Danièle Darmouni 1

Section 1 International coaching frameworks and tools

1 Considerations on the emergence of organizational coaching: international perspectives Michel C. Moral Sabine K. Henrichfreise 15

2 Integral coaching: cultivating a cultural sensibility through executive coaching Hilary Armstrong 34

3 Coaching to hidden frames: facilitating transformational change in complex environments L. Michael Hall Michelle Duval Omar Salom 45

4 Identity, liminality and development: an intrapersonal view of intercultural sensitivity David B. Drake 61

5 Ontological coaching: intercultural coaching and trust Julio Olalla Newfield Community 75

6 Coaching for emotional intelligence in international business environments: challenges and opportunities Geetu Bharwaney Ari Jokilaakso 84

7 Coaching international leaders to succeed collectively: the re-genesis of collective intelligence, our genuine capacity for collectively creating our future Sabine K. Henrichfreise 102

8 The heart of cross-cultural creation: inclusion and presence that produce something greater Danièle Darmouni Margaret A. Krigbaum 119

9 Stimulating adversarial growth in cultural uncertainty: a survival guide for international executives and their coaches Eddie Lievrouw 129

10 Fostering individual and collective development using the Cultural Orientations Framework (COF™) assessment Philippe Rosinski 145

11 Intercultural coaching tools: a constructivist approach Monika Verhulst Rebecca Sprengel 163

Section 2 Organizational challenges and opportunities-individual

12 Coaching expatriate executives: working in context across the affective, behavioral and cognitive domains Geoffrey Abbott Bruce W. Stening 181

13 Couples coaching for expatriate couples: a sound investment for international businesses Andrew L. Miser Martha F. Miser 203

14 Coaching women managers in multinational companies Katrina Burrus 218

15 Coaching managers in multinational companies: myths and realities of the Global Nomadic Leader Katrina Burrus 230

Section 3 Organizational challenges and opportunities - collective

16 When Far East meets West: seeking cultural synthesis through coaching Ho Law Leon Laulusa Grace Cheng 241

17 Executive team coaching in multinational companies Michel C. Moral 256

18 Coaching with global virtual teams: an action learning perspective Geoffrey Abbott 269

19 Interactive coaching with corporate ventures Jean-Marc Loeser Katrina Burrus 282

20 Executive coaching through cross-border mergers and acquisitions: a powerful yet under-utilized intervention Geoffrey Abbott 299

21 International coaching: a global human resources perspective Marie-Brigitte Bissen Judith Chapman Paul-Michael Schonenberg Rita Knott 318

22 Choosing coaches for international business leaders?: qualities and characteristics Geoffrey Abbott Chip McFarlane 331

Conclusion Michel C. Moral Geoffrey Abbott 345

Subject index 349

Author index 355

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