Systemic Coaching

This book is hugely timely and important. As Hawkins and Turner quite rightly point out, as coaches and leaders, we no longer have the luxury of changing the world one person at a time. This era calls for a highly nuanced systemic coaching approach, and for those willing to step up, this rich and wise book will be the ideal companion to help them do so. Liz Hall, coach and editor of Coaching at Work and author of Mindful Coaching (Kogan Page), and Coach the team (Penguin), UK Hawkins and Turner masterfully challenge us as coaches and leaders to engage in a necessary revolution to become future-fit for the ever-growing complexities of the 21st century. Shifting our focus from the individual to the wider ecology, cultivating a system view and regularly disrupting ourselves with an eye to the longer view in these most formidable times. This book is truly a tour de force and must read for all of us! Pam McLean, Ph.D., CEO Hudson Institute of Coaching, USA; Author, Self as Coach, Self as Leader & Completely Revised Handbook of Coaching It is time to question everything we thought we knew about coaching. The future of coaching lies not in one narrow cultural or philosophical domain but in diverse responses to complexity, in the aspirations of new generations, in wider social impact and in coach-AI partnerships. Peter and Eve capture this challenge admirably. Professor David Clutterbuck, David Clutterbuck Partnership, UK As our profession takes shape, and evolves, coaches pursuit of Excellence and Mastery and the wider systems that we serve needs to stay relevant so that we create the biggest ripples, or collective impact, within both business and society. The authors of Systemic Coaching convey this beautifully, as an essential read for any practitioner or leader coach, looking to find greater meaning in their work. Katherine Tulpa, Group CEO, Chair & Co-founder, Association for Coaching; and Executive Director, Wisdom8, UK This is truly a book for our age. Hawkins and Turner deliver a rich and insightful exploration of the systemic coaching model, emphasising that coaching is not just for the highly privileged few, but for the benefit of all. They highlight the collective change which is needed in our approach towards coaching, and the need to respond to the future in a more informed, compassionate and conscious way. We all need to take responsibility for our place in the world and for our ecological crisis. Applying the Ecological Awareness Model to coaching will be crucial in coming years. As Hawkins and Turner rightly point out, the ecological dimension is present in every coaching session, overtly or covertly, consciously or unconsciously. Clive Mann, Executive Coach working with senior leaders and their teams, Managing Director of Ridler & Co and Author of the Ridler Report, UK Hawkins and Turners Systemic Coaching powerfully addresses what continues to be, sadly, a consistent failing in the coaching industry. All too often we find coaches trapped in the vacuum of the individual, blind to organisational and market system dynamics. This malaise renders a lot of coaching into nothing more than a fancy counselling session, for ten times the price. However, when coaching is delivered systemically, in the way that Hawkins and Turner beautifully elucidate in this book, it has the potential to be one of the most profound value creating interventions available in the business world of today. This is a must read. Every coach should have a copy on their bookshelf with dog ears and margin notes. Dr Marc Kahn, Global Head of HR & OD, Investec Plc, and Visiting Professor of People, Organisation and Strategy Practices, Middlesex University, London, UK A tour de force! Essential reading for every OD consultant, HR specialist, coach and supervisor! It addresses the issue of our time, liberating coaching from the shackles of individual development to integrate the wider organisational, eco

Peter Hawkins, Ph.D., is founder and Chairman of Renewal Associates and Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School. He is a leading consultant, writer and researcher in leadership and leadership development and an international thought leader and best-selling author in systemic coaching, systemic team coaching and leadership teams. Eve Turner combines research and writing with a busy coaching and supervision practice. A fellow at Henley Business School and the University of Southampton, she received the 2018 EMCC and Coaching at Work awards for Supervision, the Coaching at Work 2019 and 2015 Best Article/Series awards and the 2015 EMCC Coaching Award.

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of authors and contributors; Chapter 1: The need for a new approach to coaching; Chapter 2: A necessary revolution in coaching; Chapter 3: What is systemic coaching?; Chapter 4: Developing systemic coaching from the organizations perspective; Chapter 5: Multi-stakeholder contracting; Chapter 6: The systemic coaching process; Chapter 7: The systemic coaching methods, approaches and tools; Chapter 8: Eco-systemic coaching towards developing ecologically conscious coaches; Chapter 9: Systemic group coaching, systemic team coaching and working with the wider system; Chapter 10: Systemic coaching supervision; Chapter 11: Systemic ethics the door of compassion; Chapter 12: Systemic coaching evaluation assessing delivering value beyond the individual; Chapter 13: Systemic coach training; Chapter 14: Bringing it all together and responding to the future; Appendix 1: Case studies of systemic coaching from around the world