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Organization Development in Action: Values-Based Coaching

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This chapter examines the integral relationship between coaching and values, and the importance of coaches examining and being transparent about their own values. Distinctions between coaching and organization development are explored, highlighting the commonalities between both in helping relationships, and values are shown to be a key component of “self as instrument.” A set of “core values for coaching” is proposed and compared with competencies that have been identified by professional coaching organizations. Descriptive scenarios give real-world examples of values-in-action, including reflection questions for the practitioner. Lastly, the role of values in coaching as a field is discussed, and a proposal is offered for values to be integrated into coach training and education.

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    Mary Wayne Bush

  2. McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA

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  1. University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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  3. Queens College, CUNY, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    John D. Vogelsang

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Bush, M.W., Bennett, J.L. (2018). Organization Development in Action: Values-Based Coaching. In: Jamieson, D., Church, A., Vogelsang, J. (eds) Enacting Values-Based Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69590-7_14

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