Coaching People through Organizational Change

Practical Tools to Support Employees through Business Transformation

Sue Noble, Amy Tarrant

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781398607033
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Mentoring & Coaching
• Index: Business

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2023 - Change & Sustainability How can I coach employees effectively when business change is constant? What tools and techniques can I use both in-person and remotely? How can I reduce the stress caused by business transformation to boost productivity and wellbeing? Coaching People through Organizational Change is a practical guide for professional coaches and managers alike. It is specifically designed to support those coaching employees during uncertain times in a new world of work which is in a constant state of flux. It outlines what organizational change is, the different forms it can take and how to use evidenced-based coaching techniques to support the delivery of lasting business change. It will help those coaching to develop a greater understanding of how the brain makes decisions and adjusts to change and provides practical advice and guidance that can be used to deliver the most effective coaching intervention.Including over 20 tools and frameworks each supported by a suggestion for what type of organizational change the activity is best suited for, this is invaluable reading for anyone responsible for coaching and talent development whether as a professional coach or a line manager. Including country-agnostic advice that can be used with employees both in-person and remotely, this book will help to reduce stress and presenteeism and to boost productivity, performance, resilience and wellbeing.

Table of contents

• Foreword by Melanie Franklin
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the authors
• 01 Organizational change in context
• 02 Acquisitions, digitalization and regulation: The change giants
• 03 Coaching in a change context
• 04 Best practice coaching methods for change practitioners
• 05 Introduction to Emergenetics® and its relevance to change and coaching
• Change challenges and coaching solutions
• 06 Post-acquisition challenges
• 07 Resistance to organizational change
• 08 Business transformation and ambiguity
• 09 Stakeholder engagement
• 10 Making change stick
• 11 Building an internal coaching capability
• 12 Techniques to coach people through change
• Appendix A: Stages of EMERGE: how and why to use them
• Appendix B: A framework for coaching conversations: guiding principles, core values and essential skills
• Appendix C: Techniques to coach people through change matrix
• Appendix D: Change certification
• Appendix E: Coaching certification
• Index