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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. Research Suggests Four Recurring Themes.
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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