StrengthBased Leadership Coaching in..., Doug MacKie
StrengthBased Leadership Coaching in..., Doug MacKie
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Strength-Based Leadership Coaching in Organizations
An Evidence-Based Guide to Positive Leadership Development

Author: Doug MacKie

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/22/2018


Synopsis

Positive organizational psychology, with its focus on the identification and development of strengths, is a natural ally to executive development and leadership coaching. However, this approach is only just beginning to come to the attention of organizations and consequently, the research base for strength-based coaching is in its early stages of development. Strength-Based Leadership Coaching in Organizations reviews strength-based approaches to positive leadership development and evaluates the evidence for their effectiveness, critically assesses their apparent distinctiveness and considers how strengths can be reliably assessed and developed in their organizational context.Strength-Based Leadership Coaching in Organizations reviews key areas of leader and team development and describes a model of strengths development in organizations. It discusses the application of strength-based leadership coaching from the managerial and external perspective within the context of career stage, seniority, role challenges and organizational need in order to facilitate meaningful change. Finally, it covers the limitations of the strength-based approach to leadership development together with the challenges of integrating positive leadership development. It shows exactly what a strengths focus is and that there is increasing evidence that this approach does get results. Where other books focus on one model of identifying strengths, this book offers a balanced and critical examination, showing how to apply a positive strength-based approach.

About Doug MacKie

Dr. Doug MacKie is a business psychologist and executive coach specializing in the assessment and development of executive capability within the top 100 companies both in UK and Australia. He has recently completed the largest controlled trial to date on the effects of strength-based coaching on transformational leadership behavior. His research was shortlisted for the BPS (British Psychological Society) Practitioner of the Year Award in 2013.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on December 09, 2020

This is an amazing book that covers the genesis of leadership development in fair detail. The author has researched the book in real depth. The book also tells us which leadership models this approach can be incorporated. I like how there are chapters about the theories, the uses and the dangers / p......more

Goodreads review by W on October 14, 2024

Turgid and self promoting with caveats citations and lacking practical or actionable advice or methods.......more

Goodreads review by Darren on April 30, 2016

Making your company stronger through the use of positive organizational psychology and strength-based leadership is the core aim of this book, building on mainstream executive development and coaching. It is a relatively new approach that seems to be gaining traction in many quarters. The book could......more