Coaches Rising Podcast

episode 88 | May 19, 2021 | 57min

What is Systemic Coaching

The term “systemic” is bandied about quite liberally nowadays, but is there actually any consensus on what it means in the context of coaching? In this conversation with Dr. Paul Lawrence we dive into how systemic thinking can be applied in coaching, differences between adult development and systems thinking and the evolution of the coaching industry.
In this podcast we talk about:

04:00 Red flags in the coaching field
09:25 Adult development vs systemic thinking
15:50 The five ways of thinking (about Covid)
19:45 The collaborative systemic perspective
26:38 The metasystemic perspective
30:30 What influences our thinking
34:15 Sabotaging insularity of the coaching profession
39:00 The primary ingredient for powerful coaching
43:23 Meaning-making is social
47:05 Team coaching in five minutes

Resources Mentioned:

Ralph Stacey
Gareth Morgan

About the Guest

Paul Lawrence

After completing a PhD in Psychology, Paul embarked upon a corporate career with BP plc, leading teams, and businesses around the world. Paul then transitioned into OD roles, starting with a role leading BP’s first-ever global leadership program. He moved to Sydney before starting his own business in 2007. He has 5,000 coaching hours and has published six books and more than a dozen academic articles and book chapters. Paul has taught coaching at the Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, teaches on the Oxford Brookes coaching supervision program, and is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University.

WEBSITE
https://leadingsystemically.com

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.