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Leadership group coaching is a process by which one or several executive coaches provide help to executives in a group setting, enabling these executives to develop their own leadership skills through increased self-knowledge, self-development, and feedback and thus to contribute to the success and sustainability of their organizations.
Introduction
In this chapter, we will look at the difference between individual, one-to-one executive coaching and group executive coaching and explore the benefits of the latter as compared to the former. Then we will explore the journey of group executive coaching in more detail – the preparation phase, the coaching process, and its follow-up. We will explore both the measurable and the implicit outcomes and impact of both the individual and the group executive coaching process. Finally, we will take a closer look at the role of the coach in the process, the kind of...
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Balazs, K. (2016). Leadership Group Coaching. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2475-1
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