Summary
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The SAGE Handbook of Coaching presents a comprehensive, global view of the discipline, identifying the current issues and practices, as well as mapping out where the discipline is going. The Handbook is organized into six thematic sections: Part One: Positioning Coaching as a Discipline Part Two: Coaching as a Process Part Three: Common Issues in Coaching Part Four: Coaching in Contexts Part Five: Researching Coaching Part Six: Development of Coaches It provides the perfect reference point for graduate students, scholars, educators and researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with current research and debate in the academic and influential practitioners' literature on coaching.
Working with Diversity in Coaching
Working with Diversity in Coaching
INTRODUCTION
A major challenge for organizations and institutions today is to manage an increasingly diverse workforce. Individuals must learn to adapt to multicultural diversity, and hence to differences in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, education and language – in addition to a fast-paced, continually changing corporate environment. They must also confront power issues within the hierarchical nature of organizational systems, as well as major economic and life transitions in the workplace. As such, it has become critically important for business coaches to understand the impact of diversity on team performance, co-operation and conflict, particularly as organizations work more and more in team-based and highly competitive environments. Increasingly, contemporary organizations are opting for team coaching as ...
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