Leadership Coaching: Working with Leaders to Develop Elite Performance

by Jonathan Passmore (Editor)

Overview

Published with the Association for Coaching, this revised edition of the highly-respected Leadership Coaching will enhance and extend your coaching practice. It draws on evidence-based thinking and the writing of some of the world's top leadership thinkers and coaching practitioners to present a start-of-the-art coverage of leadership models and how to use them effectively to benefit your coaching relationships. Leaders face many challenges, and this book will challenge you to adapt your coaching approach to suit your clients' needs. Its coverage ranges from newer topics such as strengths focused leadership and conversational leadership to more tried-and-tested frameworks such as Porter's strategy model and Goleman's model of leadership styles. It also incorporates non-Western perspectives from Asia and Africa and considers multinational topics like coaching global boards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749459024
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/03/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Passmore is well known for editing the Association for Coaching series, as well as for other titles in leadership and organisational psychology. He is an occupational psychologist with an international reputation, having spoken at conferences across the world from Harvard University, to Denmark, South Africa and Israel. He is also the Series Editor for the Wiley Blackwell Industrial Psychology series and has authored/co-authored Top Business Psychology Models, AI for Change Management and The Facebook Manager over the last four years. In 2010, Jonathan was awarded the AC Global Coaching Award for his contribution to practice and research. He divides his time between academia, where he works as a professor of psychology at the University of East London, and business, where he works as a practicing psychologist.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi

About the contributors xiii

Foreword W Timothy Gallwey xxi

Introduction 1

1 Leadership coaching Dr Jonathan Passmore 5

Introduction 5

The opportunities of concepts and frameworks 6

Evidence-based coaching: the importance of research 7

Working with senior leaders: servant leadership 10

Conclusions 14

2 Coaching for authentic leadership Graham Lee Ian Roberts 17

Introduction 17

The authentic leadership model 17

The reflective stance in authentic leadership 19

Defiant and compliant leadership 20

Theoretical and research underpinnings 21

Using the authentic leadership model with coachees 23

Working with particular tools and approaches 26

Coaches' self-awareness 29

Case study 30

Conclusions 33

3 The integrated leadership model Doug Strycharczyk Dr Peter Clough Dr Nollaig Heffernan 35

Introduction 35

The integrated leadership model 36

The research 39

Using the integrated leadership model with coaches 40

Working with the specific scales 45

Case study 50

Conclusions 52

4 Coaching for emotionally intelligent leadership Jonathan Perks Professor Reuven Bar-On 55

Introduction 55

The emotionally intelligent leadership model 56

The Bar-On model of EI 57

The research 58

The six most important EI factors that predict successful leadership 62

Using the emotionally intelligent leadership model with coachees 63

Case study 67

Conclusions 72

5 The leadership Radar Stuart Duff Ceri Roderick 75

Introduction 75

The leadership model 76

The research 78

Using the model with coachees 79

Case study 89

Conclusions 92

6 An Asian perspective on leadership coaching: Sun Tzu and The Art of War Dr Ho Law 93

Introduction 93

The Art of War model of leadership 93

Using the model with coachees 99

Peak performance: form and condition (Essay 4) 101

Nine modes of operation 106

Operational management (manoeuvring the army) (Essay 9) 109

Communication (Essay 7) 109

Change leadership: weaknesses and strengths (Essay 6) 109

Case study 110

Conclusions 112

7 Coaching for Icarus leadership: Helping leaders who can potentially derail Professor Adrian Furnham 115

Introduction 115

Leadership model: the Icarus syndrome 117

The research 122

Using the model with coachees 124

Who learns what from coaching? 129

Conclusions 130

8 Coaching for integral leadership Martin Egan 133

Introduction 133

The leadership model 134

The research 140

Using the integral framework with coachees 144

Quadrant inquiry 146

Case study 151

Conclusions 154

Acknowledgements 154

9 Coaching political leaders Professor Jean Hartley Kate Pinder 159

Introduction 159

The leadership model 160

The research underpinning the leadership model 163

Using the model with coachees 165

Leadership development for politicians 166

Case study 172

Conclusions 173

10 Leadership coaching with feedforward Dr Marshall Goldsmith 177

Introduction 177

The coaching feedforward model 177

What holds us back? 178

How the success delusion makes us superstitious 180

Making the changes we need to make 180

Using feedforward with coachees 181

Eleven reasons to try feedforward 182

Conclusions 184

11 Coaching from a systems perspective Barry Oshry 187

Introduction 187

The leadership model 188

The research: lessons from the Power Lab and the Organization Workshop 189

Using the systems model with coachees: converting system blindness to system sight 191

Systemic coaching 202

Case study 205

Conclusions 208

12 Coaching for transactional and transformational leadership Juliette Alban-Metcalfe Glenn Mead 211

Introduction 211

The concept of transactional and transformational leadership 212

Bass's 'Full range of leadership' model 212

Research into Bass's model of transformational leadership using the MLQ 215

Transactional and transformational leadership in the 21st century 216

Using the transactional and transformational leadership model with coachees 217

Introducing formal leadership models in coaching 218

Background research on the organization's culture 218

Contextualizing the models 219

Understanding the coachee's context 220

Understanding leadership style impact 221

Coaching for leadership development with 360° feedback 221

Coaching for leadership development without 360° feedback 223

Case study 224

Conclusions 226

13 Coaching for leadership style Gerard Fitzsimmons Samantha Guise 229

Introduction 229

The Hay Group leadership model 230

The research 232

Using the leadership styles model with coachees 235

Case study 240

Conclusions 242

14 Leadership coaching: Strategy coaching Declan Woods 245

Introduction 245

The strategy models 246

Using the strategic model with senior coachees 251

Case study 256

Conclusions 259

15 Coaching global top teams Katharine Tulpa Georgina Woudstra 263

Introduction 263

What is different about teams at the top? 264

Researching elite performance in top teams 266

Elite performance requires positive conflict 268

Working with top-team coaches 270

Top-team interventions 273

Case study 276

Using tools and techniques with the top team 278

Conclusions 283

Acknowledgement 283

16 Coaching using leadership myths and stories: An African perspective Judith Okonkwo 285

Introduction 285

Ubuntu: a leadership model 286

The research 289

Using Ubuntu-inspired leadership techniques with coachees 291

Case study 295

Conclusions 296

Appendix: Association for Coaching 299

Index 303

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This book is filled with useful models, insights and profound thinking that can serve any serious coach." — W Timothy Gallwey, author of The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game of Work and The Inner Game of Stress 

"This book contains the latest thinking on coaching and leadership. The chapters are well researched and provide practical advice. It is a must read book for anyone involved in coaching." — Professor Binna Kandola OBE 

"Psychologists, coaches, and consultants from around the world describe 15 popular and less-well known leadership coaching models. In addition to the Western view of leadership, a few of the models draw on other traditions, such as ancient Asian philosophers and African myths. Some models explored include authentic leadership, coaching for emotionally intelligent leadership, coaching political leaders, transformational leadership, and coaching global teams. Supporting research is reviewed for each model, and each chapter includes case studies." — Book News Inc.

Editorial Reviews

"This book contains the latest thinking on coaching and leadership. The chapters are well researched and provide practical advice. It is a must-read for anyone involved in coaching."

Professor Binna Kandola OBE

"This book is filled with useful models, insights and profound thinking that can serve any serious coach."

W Timothy Gallwey

"This book is filled with useful models, insights and profound thinking that can serve any serious coach." —W Timothy Gallwey, author of The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game of Work and The Inner Game of Stress 

"This book contains the latest thinking on coaching and leadership. The chapters are well researched and provide practical advice. It is a must read book for anyone involved in coaching." —Professor Binna Kandola OBE 

"Psychologists, coaches, and consultants from around the world describe 15 popular and less-well known leadership coaching models. In addition to the Western view of leadership, a few of the models draw on other traditions, such as ancient Asian philosophers and African myths. Some models explored include authentic leadership, coaching for emotionally intelligent leadership, coaching political leaders, transformational leadership, and coaching global teams. Supporting research is reviewed for each model, and each chapter includes case studies." —Book News, Inc.

From the Publisher

"This book contains the latest thinking in coaching and leadership.  The chapters are well researched and provide practical advice.  It is a must-read for anyone involved in coaching."

Professor - Binna Kandola OBE

"This book is filled with useful models, insights and profound thinking that can serve any serious coaches."

Author - W. Timothy Gallwey