Building a coaching culture: A development journey for organisational development

This paper provides an overview on the development of a coaching culture. It draws on best practice developing within the US and European Union to offer a five-stage model for the development of a coaching culture within organisations. The five stages are: Informal external coaching, Professional External coaching,Coaching for all, Coaching as a management style and Coaching across the network. It suggests that many organisations have aspirations for building a coaching culture but that many organisations are currently at level one, two or three on the journey.

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