13The leader as coach

DOI: 10.4324/9781003170402-14

Having coached exceptional people in business, politics, sport and education all over the world in the last 25 years, I can testify to the importance of a good map. Without a map that details the twelve steps and four phases of change, then change itself often fails. Looking back at when I’ve failed to help leaders, it’s often been because I forgot to check the map, or misread the map entirely. The map offered in this book differs from the many and varied articulations of Joseph Campbell’s original hero’s journey map because I’ve adapted it for our modern world and for leaders working in organisations and the journey they now follow. We have thoroughly road tested this map with leaders from ...

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