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

01/2019 Leadership with Dov Baron (audio clip): Leadership and Loyalty Podcast or here for YouTube
01/2019 Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) (video clip): Part 1 of a conversation with John Knights on Transpersonal leadership
09/2018 Your Working Life, USA (podcast): Your Working Life with Danielle Grant by Caroline Dowd-Higgins
07/2018 American Business Radio Interview with Barry Molz, USA: John Knights in Conversation
07/2018 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)
05/2018 Lens On the World TV Interview: Xinyu Zhang interviews John Knights
04/2018 Barry Moltz Radio, USA: Leading Beyond The Ego: Interview with Barry Moltz (See clip in subfolder or Segment 3)

Articles / Publications

02/2019 FM Magazine (Global): Moving up the leadership maturity chain
11/2018 Enlivening Edge (Global): Reinventing Leadership - Leading Beyond The Ego
09/2018 Blue Heron Journal, USA: Leading Beyond the Ego" Book Review
08/2018 The Orient (British Chamber of Commerce Magazine), Singapore: Developing a New Kind of Leader for the 21st Century
05/2018 Amazon book review from the Dean of Virginia International University’s Business School, USA: Amazon US Review
05/2018 The Smart Manager, India: When Ego Takes a Back Seat
05/2108 Investor's Business Daily, USA: Adapt To Change To Reach The Top And Excel
05/2108 Motivation.Se, Sweden: Bli en Transpersonell Ledare
04/2018 Great Leadership by Dan, USA: Heading into the Unknown? Get REAL
03/2018 Training Industry Journal, UK: How to Embed Leadership Learning for the Long Term
03/2018 CEO Today Magazine, UK: Do Millennials and Ethics Make Good Business?
03/2018 The CEO Magazine, USA: The Best CEOs Continue Their Personal Development
03/2018 Sustainability Next, India: We Need Transpersonal Leaders for Global Sustainability
03/2018 HRD Connect, UK: Ego-free Leadership
02/2018 ByteStart, UK: Transpersonal Leadership. Becoming the Best Leaders You Can Be for the 21st Century
02/2018 Skip Prichard:Leadership Insights, USA: Lead Beyond the Ego
02/2018 Execunet, USA: Leading Beyond Ego - the Next Conscious Self-development Requirement of Leaders
02/2018 We are the City, UK: Women - Naturally Better Suited to 21st Century Leadership
02/2018 Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog: Leading Beyond
01/2018 Forbes Inc, USA: Modern Leaders need to Keep Learning and to Stay Humble
01/2018 CEO World Magazine, USA: Developing the Best Leaders for the 21st Century - how to Become a Transpersonal Leader
01/2018 Investor's Business Daily, USA: Adapt to Change to Reach the Top
01/2018 Management Magazine, India: Beyond Tokenism:Diversity without Inclusion will lead to Dysfunctional Organisations

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