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This document by Henry Foorumi discusses obstacles faced when implementing effective coaching practices in organizations. It highlights four recurring themes crucial for fostering sustainable change. The paper emphasizes individual transformation, relationship building, cultural shifts, and structural reforms as essential dimensions for successful coaching. Strategies for enhancing self-awareness, trust, and inclusive cultures are outlined, along with the importance of addressing assumptions and fostering collaboration. Ultimately, the paper serves as a guide for leaders seeking to navigate coaching challenges and optimize developmental practices within their organizations.
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Barriers and Blockages Problems in implementing successful coaching practices in organizations Henry Foorumi 4.11.2008 Paul Kerr, Senior Learning Consultant Executive Education & Development Dept.
Four Dimensions of Broad, Sustainable Change: Intervention Possibilities? Individual Personal transformation • Help individuals grow and develop greater self-awareness • Education to broaden knowledge base • Training to broaden skills base • Attention to spiritual and mental health and growth • Make explicit and examine assumptions, mindsets and mental models Relationships Transforming relationships • Reconciliation / Conflict transformation • Building trust • Promoting respect and recognition • Increasing knowledge and awareness of interdependence • Changing patterns of dysfunctional relations Culture Transforming collective patterns of thinking and acting • Changing the ‘rules’ and values that sustain patterns of exclusion • Exploring and transforming taken-for-granted collective habits of thinking and doing • Promoting more inclusive, participatory culture of ‘civic engagement’ • Transforming simplistic and distorted discourse Structures / Systems Transforming structures, processes, mechanisms • Lobbying for more just policies, greater transparancy and accountability, and institutional rearrangements • Promoting just and equitable allocation of resources and services • Reforming processes 3