The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching

by Moral; Michel

• ISBN13: 9780415458757
• ISBN10: 0415458757
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michel Moral 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 is an executive coach, author, conference presenter, lecturer and coach-trainer. He is an associate with the Institute of Executive Coaching and runs his own coaching practice. He is also an adjunct at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. viii
About the Editors	p. x
Contributors	p. xi
Chapter Summaries	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxvi
Introduction: a new paradigm for coaching in the global business environment	p. 1
International coaching frameworks and tools
Considerations on the emergence of organizational coaching: international perspectives	p. 15
Integral coaching: cultivating a cultural sensibility through executive coaching	p. 34
Coaching to hidden frames: facilitating transformational change in complex environments	p. 45
Identity, liminality and development: an intrapersonal view of intercultural sensitivity	p. 61
Ontological coaching: intercultural coaching and trust	p. 75
Coaching for emotional intelligence in international business environments: challenges and opportunities	p. 84
Coaching international leaders to succeed collectively: the re-genesis of collective intelligence, our genuine capacity for collectively creating our future	p. 102
The heart of cross-cultural creation: inclusion and presence that produce something greater	p. 119
Stimulating adversarial growth in cultural uncertainty: a survival guide for international executives and their coaches	p. 129
Fostering individual and collective development using the Cultural Orientations Framework (COFÖ) assessment	p. 145
Intercultural coaching tools: a constructivist approach	p. 163
Organizational challenges and opportunities-individual
Coaching expatriate executives: working in context across the affective, behavioral and cognitive domains	p. 181
Couples coaching for expatriate couples: a sound investment for international businesses	p. 203
Coaching women managers in multinational companies	p. 218
Coaching managers in multinational companies: myths and realities of the Global Nomadic Leader	p. 230
Organizational challenges and opportunities - collective
When Far East meets West: seeking cultural synthesis through coaching	p. 241
Executive team coaching in multinational companies	p. 256
Coaching with global virtual teams: an action learning perspective	p. 269
Interactive coaching with corporate ventures	p. 282
Executive coaching through cross-border mergers and acquisitions: a powerful yet under-utilized intervention	p. 299
International coaching: a global human resources perspective	p. 318
Choosing coaches for international business leaders?: qualities and characteristics	p. 331
Conclusion	p. 345
Subject index	p. 349
Author index	p. 355
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