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“The Coaching Kaleidoscope provides a terrifi c overview of the most recent ideas in leadership development and coaching. In this book, scholars and practitioners, recognized authorities and rising stars in leadership thought, paint a colourful and multifaceted picture of how clinical perspective can help not only transform individuals and teams, but also create better places to work. Impressive in the range of techniques and cases discussed, solid in its theoretical underpinnings, and yet accessible, this book will guide you through the journey of becoming a more effective coach and a more refl ective leader.” —Natalia Karelaia, Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, INSEAD “The Coaching Kaleidoscope brings together the refl ections of different practitioners as a way to promote learning and help executives discover their ‘inner journey’. Manfred Kets de Vries takes the ‘clinical perspective’ one step further in establishing a coaching culture in organizations, taking the reader where they have not been before.” —Jean-Claude Noël, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Management & IGLC Programme Director, INSEAD, former Group COO, Christie’s “Drawing on years of experience in leadership coaching Professor Kets de Vries, and his team of brilliant co-authors and contributors, invite us to move beyond the focus on coaching for just a lucky few in a management team. To make an organization vital, innovative, and the best place to work, organizations need to create a coaching culture. By allowing employees to share a conversation, an organization will create an environment in which knowledge is shared, employees’ voices are heard, and where employees are engaged and empowered.” —Svetlana N. Khapova, Associate Professor of Career Studies & Director of Doctoral Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands INSEAD Business Press J. Stewart Black & Allen J. Morrison SUNSET IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN Why Japanese Multinational Corporations Will Struggle in the Global Future J. Frank Brown THE GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADER Practical Advice for Success in a Transcultural Marketplace Lourdes Casanova GLOBAL LATINAS Latin America’s Emerging Multinationals David Fubini, Colin Price & Maurizio Zollo MERGERS Leadership, Performance and Corporate Health Manfred Kets de Vries, Konstantin Korotov & Elizabeth Florent-Treacy COACH AND COUCH The Psychology of Making Better Leaders Manfred Kets de Vries, Laura Guillén, Konstantin Korotov & Elizabeth Florent-Treacy THE COACHING KALEIDOSCOPE Insights from the Inside Manfred Kets de Vries SEX, MONEY, HAPPINESS AND DEATH The Quest for Authenticity Michael McGannon & Juliette McGannon THE BUSINESS LEADER’S HEALTH MANUAL Tips and Strategies for getting to the top and staying there Renato J. Orsato SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES When Does it Pay to be Green? James Teboul SERVICE IS FRONT STAGE Positioning Services for Value Advantage Jean-Claude Thoenig & Charles Waldman THE MARKING ENTERPRISE Business Success and Societal Embedding Rolando Tomasini & Luk Van Wassenhove HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS THE COACHING KALEIDOSCOPE Insights from the inside Manfred Kets de Vries Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leadership Development, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre, France Laura Guillén Assistant Professor, European School of Management and Technology, Germany Konstantin Korotov Associate Professor, European School of Management and Technology, Germany Elizabeth Florent-Treacy Associate Director, Research, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre, France © Manfred Kets de Vries, Laura Guillén, Konstantin Korotov & Elizabeth Florent-Treacy 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-23998-2 All rights reserved. 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A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 CONTENTS List of fi gures and tables x List of contributors xi Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxv Introduction: Holistic Organizational Coaching xxvi Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and Alicia Cheak PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE 1 THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING: AN INTEGRATIVE, PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH TO EVALUATING A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3 Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, Elizabeth Florent-Treacy, Laura Guillén, and Konstantin Korotov THE PROGRAM FRAMEWORK AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATION 5 THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM 6 360-DEGREE INSTRUMENTS AS EVALUATION TOOLS 12 DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 16 FINAL THOUGHTS 16 2 BRINGING THE CLINICAL PARADIGM INTO EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS: FANTASIES, ANXIETIES, AND HOPES 20 Konstantin Korotov EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CLINICAL PARADIGM 21 TRANSFORMATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS 22 CHALLENGES OF BRINGING 360-DEGREE FEEDBACK INTO EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS 24 CHALLENGES OF BRINGING GROUP LEADERSHIP COACHING INTO EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS 29 v CONTENTS CHALLENGES OF INTRODUCING PEER COACHING TO EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS 33 THE CHALLENGE OF HAVING THE RIGHT FACULTY AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS 35 3 ARE YOU FEELING MAD, BAD, SAD, OR GLAD? 38 Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries A PUZZLING TALE 38 PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION 41 “GOOD ENOUGH” PARENTING AND CONTAINMENT: THE ORIGINS OF SUBLIMINAL COMMUNICATION 42 SUBLIMINAL COMMUNICATION 43 TRANSFERENCE 44 COUNTERTRANSFERENCE 46 THE ACTION TRAP: “I ACT, THEREFORE I AM” 47 ALIGNMENT 50 PART TWO: CREATING REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONERS 4 CASE STUDIES OF SELF-AWARENESS AND CHANGE 59 Elizabeth Florent-Treacy INSIDE THE IDENTITY LABORATORY 60 THE RESEARCH SETTING 61 THE CCC PROGRAM DESIGN 61 PARTICIPANTS’ STORIES 63 WHY USE WRITTEN TEXTS? 63 THE REITERATIVE RESEARCH PROCESS: IDENTIFYING ORGANIZING THEMES AND RED THREADS 65 THE LAB REPORT 67 CONCLUSION: WHAT ARE THE SURPRISES? 68 5 SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE USE OF TRANSITIONAL SPACE AND HOW GROUP COACHING CHANGES PEOPLE 71 Graham Ward VARIABILITY 73 TRANSITIONAL SPACE 73 CREATING TRANSITIONAL SPACE: DYNAMIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE LDP PROCESS 75 EXECUTIVES AT PLAY IN TRANSITIONAL SPACE 76 LIFTING THE LID: FIRST STAGES OF TRANSITIONAL SPACE 77 THE INNER THEATER REVEALED 78 STORYTELLING 79 vi CONTENTS CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS IN TRANSITIONAL SPACE 80 INTO ACTION: SHATTERING THE SPACE 81 THE PITFALLS OF TRANSITIONAL SPACE 82 BACK TO REALITY: MANAGING REENTRY 83 CONCLUSION 84 6 A COACH TELLS A STORY OF CHANGE 86 Vincent H. Dominé STÉPHANIE’S JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY 86 THE POWER OF VICARIOUS LEARNING 88 TOWARD A MORE AUTHENTIC IDENTITY 94 CONCLUSION 100 7 360-DEGREE GROUP COACHING FROM THE INSIDE OUT 102 Murray Palevsky THE PREPARATORY PHASE 102 THE GROUP COACHING SESSION 104 ALEXANDRE’S PRESENTATION TO THE GROUP 105 JENNIFER’S PRESENTATION TO THE GROUP 107 MY PRESENTATION TO THE GROUP 109 THE AFTERMATH 111 SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT THE GROUP COACHING EXPERIENCE 113 THE ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE GROUP COACHING 114 CONCLUSION 115 8 IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? 118 Francesc Granja THE FIRST SYMPTOMS 118 RAILROAD OF HOPE 120 DESTINATION: NEVERLAND 125 9 BECOMING A BETTER COACH: A STORY OF TRANSITION 129 Andreas Bernhardt and Konstantin Korotov A LEADERSHIP COACHING INTERVENTION WITH RICARDO—A TRIGGER 129 EXPLORING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 133 ENTERING TRANSITIONAL SPACE 135 THE FIRST TIPPING POINT 137 LEARNING TO USE TRANSITIONAL SPACE 138 LEADERSHIP GROUP COACHING: EXAMINING PAST AND CURRENT IDENTITIES AND EXPERIENCING THE SECOND TIPPING POINT 140 STEPPING OUT: INTERNALIZING TRANSITIONAL SPACE 144 FROM ANDREAS’S STORY TO THE ISSUE OF COACHES’ DEVELOPMENT AND GROW TH 146 vii CONTENTS PART THREE: CREATING BETTER PLACES TO WORK 10 IMAGINING BETTER PLACES TO WORK: INDIVIDUAL-ORGANIZATIONAL INTERFACES AND COACHING PRACTICES 151 Laura Guillén INGREDIENTS FOR CREATING BETTER PLACES TO WORK 152 COACHING PRACTICES: INSTILLING HOPE AND TRUST IN THE ORGANIZATION 155 THE CASE OF THE NAVARRA AND ZARAGOZA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE 158 FURTHER REFLECTIONS 165 CONCLUSION