1st Edition

Coaching Systemically Five Ways of Thinking About Systems

By Paul Lawrence Copyright 2021
220 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an accessible and clear description of key theories of systemic coaching and how they can be applied to coaching practice. Structured around five different ways of thinking about systems, the book provides coaches with a high-level overview of different systems theories and how those theories may be applied in practice. Readers are invited to consider each of the five... Read more

Introduction

1. You as Coach

2. First Order Linear Thinking

3. First Order Non-linear Thinking

4. Second Order Thinking

5. Complexity

6. Meta Systemic

7. Becoming More Systemic

Parting Comments

Appendix - 3Ps Worksheet

Biography

Paul Lawrence, PhD, is a director of the Centre for Coaching in Organisations (CCO). He conducts ongoing research into coaching, leadership and change. Before becoming a coach, Paul had a long corporate career, heading up businesses in Spain, Portugal, Japan and Australia.

'Paul Lawrence has done it again! In this jewel of a book, he holds our hands as we get deeper and deeper into the systemic world, offering us new ideas, challenging the mindsets we didn’t know we had, and pushing us to be more reflective and more expansive about our practice. Equally useful for beginning coaches and for those who have been coaching for decades, there are already a dozen people I’m going to gift a copy of this stimulating and compassionate book.'

Jennifer Garvey Berger, Chief Executive Officer, Cultivating Leadership