Building an Organizational Coaching Culture

3 Working with Organizational Leaders

Aileen G. Zaballero

DOI: 10.4324/9781003379577-4

Keywords

Fiedler’s Contingency Theory; McClelland’s Achievement Theory; Situational Leadership; Command–Control Approach; Empowered Approach

Introduction

Our interactions with people and our conduct as individuals always create and shape culture. According to Edgar Schein, however, a fascinating aspect of culture is that the strongest influences are below the surface (2010) or, as Chapter 1 illustrates, in the Core Mindsets and Outlooks (see Figure 1.2). “Culture is to a group what personality or character is to an individual” (Schein 2010, 14). The behaviors and outcomes are clearly visible, but the influential forces are deeper and more entrenched. ...