Limited published research has examined the role of leaders and managers in building learning capability and learning … organizations. It is speculated that leaders and managers will assume roles such as facilitators of learning, coaches, and teachers … exemplary managers facilitate their employees’ learning in organizations considered to be learning organizations. Thirteen …

. It is based on three meta skills of team learning: (1) obtaining data, (2) constructing “rich information” and (3 … are built, they should evolve through three stages of learning: (1) crisis problem solving, (2) productivity improvement … to the current situation, and (3) anticipatory learning. Anticipatory team learning focuses on future‐oriented learning …

Purpose – This article opens up for debate a new perspective on professional quality in externally supplied coaching … quality issues. Findings – Professional quality characteristically varies with different types of coaching provider. Three … individuals; and the specialised coaching team or “boutique”. Provider size is suggested to be the key quality‐related variable …

/value – This paper adds value to management learning and education theory and concludes by highlighting the fact that before …

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide readers with a better understanding of four theory models that inform coaching … practice, and to reflect on how the theoretical approach that one adopts is likely to shape one's coaching practice. Design … eclectic in the methods that they employ, they tend to center their craft on one of four prevailing coaching models: the …

Purpose – The paper sets out to consider the value of coaching to the sensemaking process. It aims to demonstrate how … coaching enhances sensemaking and seeks to describe coaching as a sensemaking activity. Design/methodology/approach – The … objectives are achieved by exploring the literature of both coaching and sensemaking with the purpose of demonstrating the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to articulate and elaborate on the practice of “relational” coaching, and to … suggest that there are significant implications for coaching practice, in particular the need for coaches to risk themselves … between the coach and client has been shown to be the main factor in effective coaching outcomes. Originality/value – These …

exploring the unconscious relational dynamics of the coaching relationship and their links to unconscious dynamics in the client … of anxieties within its management structures. A shift in the coaching relationship was brought about through the coach … coaching relationship. The subsequent exploration of the dynamics of the coaching relationship helped the client to understand …

‐client interactions, learning and change. It also aims to consider in particular the inhibiting effect of shame on spontaneity and … number of contextual dynamics in client organisations and coaching practice that can contribute to the experience of shame … coaching and consulting practice. Originality/value – A relational perspective offers an expansion of coaching theory beyond an …