Doug Mackie

Strength-Based Leadership Coaching in Organizations (eBook, ePUB)

An Evidence-Based Guide to Positive Leadership Development

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Positive organizational psychology, with its focus on the identification and development of strengths, is a natural ally to executive development and leadership coaching. However, this approach is only just beginning to come to the attention of organizations and consequently, the research base for strength-based coaching is in its early stages of development. Strength-based Leadership Coaching in Organizations reviews strength-based approaches to positive leadership development and evaluates the evidence for their effectiveness, critically assesses their apparent distinctiveness and considers how strengths can be reliably assessed and developed in their organizational context.

Strength-based Leadership Coaching in Organizations reviews key areas of leader and team development and describes a model of strengths development in organizations. It discusses the application of strength-based leadership coaching from the managerial and external perspective within the context of career stage, seniority, role challenges and organizational need in order to facilitate meaningful change. Finally, it covers the limitations of the strength-based approach to leadership development together with the challenges of integrating positive leadership development. It shows exactly what a strengths focus is and that there is increasing evidence that this approach does get results. Where other books focus on one model of identifying strengths, this book offers a balanced and critical examination, showing how to apply a positive strength-based approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749474447
• Artikelnr.: 44862768

Autorenporträt

Dr. Doug MacKie is a business psychologist and executive coach specialising in the assessment and development of executive capability within top 100 companies both in UK and Australia. He is a past participant on the Australian Psychological Society's strategic leaders programme and was a member of the Standards Australia Committee for the guidelines for Coaching in Organizations. He has completed the largest controlled trial to date on the effects of strength-based coaching on transformational leadership behaviour. His research was shortlisted for the BPS Practitioner of the Year Award in 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
01 An introduction to strength-based approaches in organizations
Chapter overview
The challenges of contemporary leadership development
A history of positive approaches
What lies behind the focus on the negative?
The evolution of leadership behaviour
The epigenetics of talent
Origins of a more positive approach to leadership
Contemporary trends in positive leadership theory
Contemporary trends in positive leadership development
Coaching and positive psychology
What's the definition of positive leadership?
Rationale for a strength-based approach to leadership development
Tools to help understand strength-based approaches
Conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
02 Strengths: definitions and models
Chapter overview
Introduction
Models of strengths
Differentiating strengths across the state-trait continuum
The strengths and performance link
Strengths overdone
Strengths in context
Strengths and decision latitude
Summary and conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
03 Positive leadership theories
Chapter overview
Introduction
The origin of leadership behaviour
Positive leadership theories
Outcomes in positive leadership development
Summary and conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
04 Strengths identification and assessment
Chapter overview
Introduction
What types of data can inform us about strengths?
When to use self versus other ratings
What value do psychometrics add?
Self-report strength-based questionnaires
Multi-rater questionnaires
Structured interview approaches
How assessment impacts methodology
Conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
05 Evidence for the effectiveness of positive approaches to leadership
development
Chapter overview
Introduction
Levels of evidence
Challenges to effective research in coaching
Evidence for the effectiveness of positive approaches
Conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
06 Strengths development
Chapter overview
Introduction
Developing professional expertise
Positive goal selection
Generic strengths development
Developing specific leadership strengths
Summary and conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
07 Coaching for positive leadership development in organizations
Chapter overview
Key components of coaching for PLD in organizations
Readiness to change and develop
Mapping the stakeholders
Selecting a strength-based leadership model
Identifying strengths in the individual through MSF
Socializing the coachee to the strength-based model
Ensuring the coachee is ready for each session
Ensuring the process supports the content
Ensuring uniformity of delivery - coach variables
Ensuring strategic goal alignment
Ensuring visibility of change
Ensuring the sustainability of change
Ensuring reliable and valid outcomes and ROI
Conducting a leadership coaching evaluation
Summary and conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
08 Using strength-based approaches as a leader or manager
Chapter overview
Introduction
Generic issues of adopting a strength-based approach as a leader/manager
What factors determine how strength-based approaches are utilized in
organizations?
Developing competence as a strength-based leader/manager
Developing the strength-based managerial mindset
Frequent objections to implementing a positive coaching approach
Specific areas that can benefit from a strength-based approach
Summary and conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
09 Using strength-based approaches for team development
Chapter overview
Introduction
Theoretical underpinnings
Assessing the strengths of your team
Building a strength-based high performing team
Conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
10 The context and limits of strength-based leadership coaching
Chapter overview
Introduction
Context of a strength-based approach
Horizontal versus vertical leadership development
The limits of strength-based leadership coaching
Research/theoretical criticisms
Cultural criticisms
Political criticisms
Ethical issues
Separating positive leadership and positive psychology
Enough about leaders-what about followers?
Key characteristics of effective followership
Developing as a strength-based practitioner
Best practice strength-based leadership development
Conclusion
Some questions to consider
References
Index