Coaching and Mentoring

Developing Coaches & Mentors

Skilled coaching or mentoring should be an integral part of any management development strategy. The development of an internal cadre of coach/mentors can produce and sustain significant long-term benefits. LeaderShape has developed a proven and successful model for training internal Coach/Mentors for organisations.

Individual Coaching & Mentoring

Coach/mentoring has a proven track record. LeaderShape provides this service most commonly when you or others in your organisation wish to benefit from individual development, challenge and support. Typical circumstances are when you may be preparing for higher office or have taken on a new and demanding role. Equally, we will often coach those who are already in the most senior roles and who recognize the benefits that off-line support can bring, providing a safe space to voice concerns and work through challenges; for example when leading through times of major change. You can always be assured of confidentiality in the coaching relationship.

Team Coaching

Team coaching is a highly effective solution for many situations that involve a workplace team. It is not just about facilitating a productive conversation in a team, though this may be a part of it. Team coaching may use a number of interventions, including -1-2-1 sessions. At its core it is differentiated from individual coaching in a number of ways. At the heart of this is the principle that all discussions are undertaken with transparency, outputs shared with the team and in the interests of the team as a unit or system, rather than any individual.

Leading Beyond the Ego: How to Become a Transpersonal Leader

TRANSPERSONAL LEADERS operate beyond their ego, continuing personal development and learning. They are radical, ethical and authentic while emotionally intelligent and caring. They create performance-enhancing and sustainable cultures.

This book (published by Routledge, March 2018) is a game-changer in how it provides a journey for leaders to develop into Transpersonal Leaders through managing both their ego and their emotions, by increasing their awareness and bringing their values to full consciousness.

An essential read for current and aspiring organisational leaders, HR professionals, executive coaches and mentors, Leading Beyond the Ego is a vital point of reference for anyone in a leadership position who wants to embrace the right kind of leadership for today and the future. Watch and listen to a recording of the book launch webinar describing the purpose and content of the book.

This cutting edge approach to leadership, which can also be used as a personal manual or core text for higher education programmes, has been acclaimed by business and leadership experts. You can see the reviews of those listed below at the Routledge website.

Sandro Giuliani, Managing Director of the Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland

Dame Fiona Woolf DBE, DL, Lord Mayor of London 2013-14; Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna, UK

Natalie Ceeney CBE, former CEO of the Financial Ombudsman Service, National Archives and HM Courts & Tribunals Service, UK ...plus:

Professor Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer of the NHS; Peter Cheese, CEO at Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), UK; Dr Gerhard van Rensburg, Chairman of Future Leaders Development and Director of Future Leaders Africa, South Africa; Dr Ronald J. Kovach, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Virginia International University and Past President of the National Society for Experiential Education, USA; Warren Harris, CEO at Tata Technologies, USA & India; Vishnu R Dusad, MD, CEO at Nucleus Software, India; Professor Harris Friedman, PhD, Research Professor of Psychology, University of Florida, Editor of the International Journal of Transpersonal Leadership

You can also order the book at Amazon around the world if more convenient.

HERE IS A SELECTION of the raft of magazine and newspaper reviews, broadcast interviews and published blogs which accompany this thought-leading publication:

Podcasts / Interviews

Leadership with Dov Baron (audio clip): Leadership and Loyalty Podcast or here for YouTube
Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) (video clip): Part 1 of a conversation with John Knights on Transpersonal leadership
Your Working Life, USA (podcast): Your Working Life with Danielle Grant by Caroline Dowd-Higgins
American Business Radio Interview with Barry Molz, USA: John Knights in Conversation
The Fast Leader Show, USA (podcast): Greg Young: I needed to reframe what I considered to be successful (Please click on the link on the LHS)
Lens On the World TV Interview: Xinyu Zhang interviews John Knights
Barry Moltz Radio, USA: Leading Beyond The Ego: Interview with Barry Moltz (See clip in Segment 3)

Articles / Publications

FM Magazine (Global): Moving up the leadership maturity chain
Enlivening Edge (Global): Reinventing Leadership - Leading Beyond The Ego
Blue Heron Journal, USA: Leading Beyond the Ego" Book Review
The Orient (British Chamber of Commerce Magazine), Singapore: Developing a New Kind of Leader for the 21st Century
Amazon book review from the Dean of Virginia International University’s Business School, USA: Amazon US Review
The Smart Manager, India: When Ego Takes a Back Seat
Investor's Business Daily, USA: Adapt To Change To Reach The Top And Excel
Motivation.Se, Sweden: Bli en Transpersonell Ledare
Great Leadership by Dan, USA: Heading into the Unknown? Get REAL
Training Industry Journal, UK: How to Embed Leadership Learning for the Long Term
CEO Today Magazine, UK: Do Millennials and Ethics Make Good Business?
The CEO Magazine, USA: The Best CEOs Continue Their Personal Development
Sustainability Next, India: We Need Transpersonal Leaders for Global Sustainability
HRD Connect, UK: Ego-free Leadership
ByteStart, UK: Transpersonal Leadership. Becoming the Best Leaders You Can Be for the 21st Century
Skip Prichard:Leadership Insights, USA: Lead Beyond the Ego
Execunet, USA: Leading Beyond Ego - the Next Conscious Self-development Requirement of Leaders
We are the City, UK: Women - Naturally Better Suited to 21st Century Leadership
Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog: Leading Beyond
Forbes Inc, USA: Modern Leaders need to Keep Learning and to Stay Humble
CEO World Magazine, USA: Developing the Best Leaders for the 21st Century - how to Become a Transpersonal Leader
Investor's Business Daily, USA: Adapt to Change to Reach the Top
Management Magazine, India: Beyond Tokenism:Diversity without Inclusion will lead to Dysfunctional Organisations

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