Organizational Coaching for a Complex World

Klappentext

True organizational transformation is never linear. It unfolds in cycles of tension and insight, experimentation and reflection. This book introduces a holistic approach to organizational coaching that embraces complexity, emergence, and co-creation as central principles of change.

Unlike conventional models that treat change as a sequence of tools or phases, Organizational Coaching guides practitioners through an open, iterative journey. The process begins with collective orientation around a shared purpose (the "North Star") and evolves through an ongoing dialogue between structure and culture. Step by step, leadership teams, employees, and coaches and engage in multi-modal interventions - from individual coaching to large-scale workshops and social impact projects - that interact and reinforce each other.

Written by experienced practitioners, this work integrates systems thinking, vertical development, and organizational resilience into a powerful approach for those seeking to navigate transformation from within. It is a book for leaders, coaches, and change agents who want to move beyond symptom treatment toward real systemic shift.

Inhalt

1 About this Book, Part I: Understanding Organizations, 2 Organizations as Complex System, 3 Organizations as Developing Systems, 4 Organizations as Bearers of Culture, 5 Organizations and Their Resilience, 6 Types of Change, 7 Leverages of Organizational Development, Part II: The Individual in the Organization, 8 Growth Requires Safety, 9 Transformation Begins Within, 10 From Personal Growth to Collective Efficacy, 11 Inner Images as the Key to Growth, 12 The Role of Corporate Leadership, 13 How Leaders Grow, 14 Social Impact as a Catalyst for Personal Maturity, 15 Organizational energy, 16 Meaningful Change Fosters Inner Strength, Part III: Organizational Coaching, 17 Organizational Coaching as an Approach, 18 What Distinguishes Organizational Coaches?, 19 Phases in Organizational Coaching, 20 The Starting Point for a Targeted Transformation, 21 Guiding the Transformation: Development Map and North Star, 22 Establishing Multi-Modality, 23 Building a Transformation Navigation, 24 Collective Insight and Organizational Learning, 25 Preparing for the Exit, Part IV: Organizational Coaching in Practice, 26 A Good Idea-How Do We Go About It? 27 Multi-modality in practice, 28 Energy over Time-Typical Phases in Transformations, 29 Formats and Interventions in Organizational Coaching, 30 Limits and Paradoxes of Organizational Coaching, 31 Impact and Sustainability: What Does Research Say? 32 Quality Assurance, Epilogue 1, Leadership Choices as an Example of a Two-Loops Process, 2 Acknowledgments, 3 Podcast Directory, 4 List of Models Used