Ontological Coaching: An Holistic Approach to Building
Collaborative and High Performance Cultures.
Recognising the critical role managers and leaders have in
shaping the future of the organisation a collaboration between Southcare and
Anne Courtney has resulted in the development of a “Spirit of
Leadership” Program that can be offered to values-based organisations.
The program was developed based on ontology (an ongoing inquiry
into what it means to be human and how the way in which we observe the world
creates or limits possibility for us) and the premise that the primary skill we
have for getting work done in organisations is through relationships and
conversations. The quality of our
relationships and conversations has great bearing on the effectiveness of work
and an organisation’s capacity to meet its purpose effectively. Fundamentally,
the program teaches staff to develop their own unique ‘Way of Being’ in developing
relationships and conversations. As
leaders we need to be powerful observers of this ‘Way of Being’; build on our
strengths; and be aware of our limitations.
Leaders also need to be excellent conversationalists and communicators
whilst dealing with the complexity of leading within an organisation. Program
participants are drawn from within and external to an organisation to
facilitate development of relationships to achieve broader organisational and
community objectives.
The programs that are conducted at Southcare comprise of two-day, one day and half day workshops spread over six
months, modules include: learning to learn as a leader and as an organisation;
understanding the critical role of communication and listening in leadership;
the language of a leader in generating new possibilities; understanding the distinction between facts
and opinions and what that means for decision making; leading with a coaching
approach as a way of empowering staff; making and managing commitments
(including making requests and giving feedback on work produced or not
produced); and choosing moods and emotions that best serve the leader and the
organisation.
Results from programs conducted since 2008 ( in not-for-profit organisations) has provided
encouraging evidence of how the elements within the ontological coaching
methodology increase leadership effectiveness and cultural change.
Program facilitators and authors : Dr Nicky Howe
and Mrs Anne Courtney
Leadership coaching can be defined as enabling managers to change; giving them the essential space to reflect. Through reflection managers come to understand themselves more fully, to confront obstacles and concerns, to nurture their drives and aspirations and ultimately to release and channel their creativity towards their organisational goals’
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