The Handbook of Knowledge-Based Coaching: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

chapter FIFTEEN

Leadership

Diane Brennan

We live in a complex fast-paced world full of challenge and opportunity. Global media stories remind us almost daily of organizations in crisis and of leaders throughout the world with culpability in scandals resulting in ethical, financial, and economic disaster. Leaders, whatever their title, are key to the success of any organization or system. This is not because the leader has all the answers or all the control, but rather because the leader’s impact and influence on others will help determine the culture of the organization and the performance of the employees.

Leadership coaching is a way to build capacity, complexity, and capability with leaders and managers in organizations and business. Many ...