Coaching Across Cultures

Using an Existential Lens to Explore the Impact of National Culture on Coaching
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-12118-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book harnesses thinking from different coaching approaches and specifically addresses the need to be aware of, acknowledge and respond to different national cultural norms that can affect and impact on individuals and teams in their effectiveness.

Written by two authors who have both worked as individual and team coaches with clients from multiple countries of origin, this book looks at how the existential framework of a coach needs to absorb the national cultural lens as well as those from an individual’s personality or professional background. It highlights how traditional methods of coaching practice can, unhelpfully, assume nationally biased interpretations of behaviour, and uses the existential approach as a specific way to explain the need to recognize often unspoken norms that can get in the way of addressing the needs arising.

Aimed at professionals in the coaching field, offering practical checklists through which to be reminded of core principles, it is also relevant for anyone who wants to look for and understand how to overcome national behavioural differences that may not be immediately apparent.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanaway, Monica

Blum, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Coaching, Training, Supervision
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Introducing the Existential 2. The Benefits and Challenges of Addressing National Culture When Coaching 3. Key Areas Across National Cultures Which Can Impact the Behaviours, Interpretations, Observations and Interactions for Both a Coach and Coachee During a Coaching Session 4. Case Examples Reflecting the Impact of National Culture During Coaching Sessions 5. Working with Different Cultural Norms in the Practice of Coaching 6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Monica Hanaway works globally as a coach, consultant, and trainer in the fields of coaching, conflict resolution, leadership, psychotherapy, and has authored several books on these subjects. She designed the first MA in Existential Coaching in the UK and has a global reputation for her work on applied existentialism.

Susan Blum (MA, Psychology and MBA) is an individual and team coach with decades of experience working across cultures as a management consultant. She led a global group of consultants focusing on multicultural management and since 2019 has coached multiple individuals and teams, increasingly using existential approaches in her work.