Global Coaching. An Integrated Approach for Long

Katarzyna Anna Weiss
COACHING REVIEW 1/2013 (5) s. 124–126
ISSN: 2081-7029
The review of Rosinski, P. (2010).
Global Coaching. An Integrated Approach
for Long-Lasting Results.
London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing. 266 pages
(Polish edition: Rosinski, P. (2011).
Globalny Coaching. Podejście zintegrowane)
My fi rst encounter with Global Coaching, both the book and the approach, was at
the Leadership and Coaching Across Cultures seminar with Rosinski that I attended in
London 2012. A friend, who is a psychologist and executive coach, had recommended
Rosinski’s books and approach to me. Before the seminar I did some desktop research,
but it was not until I read the book in full that I understood the power behind Rosinski’s holistic and intercultural perspective.
What really att racts me to global coaching is the way Rosinski promotes the
necessity of going beyond traditional att itudes to coaching and leadership skills development, att itudes such as the psychological and managerial ones. As much as these
are essential, more is required to stimulate the development of coachees to prepare
them for effective performance in the global village reality of today. And by performance
we do not mean to restrict ourselves to what we understand under the term of ‘workplace performance’. As Rosinski points out, both coaches and coachees face personal
challenges on top of the global and societal requirements of living in the twenty fi rst
century: ‘Everyone (...) can benefit from improving physical fitness, energy and resilience; developing organisation and leadership skills that lead to tangible, sustainable
results; honing emotional intelligence, assertiveness and the ability to forge constructive relationships and manage confl ict; learning to achieve goals while serving others;
fi nding ways to leverage diversity for enhanced creativity; developing ways to deal with
adversity; and exploring how to live a meaningful life.’ (2010: xiv) Living a meaningful life has not often been promoted as an important goal in developing global leaders.
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Yet the leap in global awareness across the nations and organisations illustrates the
necessity of applying integrated and versatile solutions for sustainable personal and
organisational development.
Linda Page (2006) addressed the emerging trend for multiple perspectives: ‘There
is a growing consensus that the field of coaching studies should be cross-disciplinary,
multi-disciplinary, or inter-disciplinary – that is a hyphenated field rather than one
that is ‘owned’ by any one existing academic discipline.’
So what are the perspectives that Rosinski fi nds useful for his broad and inclusive
form of coaching, or ‘global coaching’ as he refers to it? The book provides a thorough explanation of six integrated perspectives along with defi nitions, meaning and
examples; three in particular, typically overlooked, are responsible for fostering the
following essential qualities:
Perspective
Essential qualities fostered
Spiritual
Meaning and Unity
Political
Power and Service
Cultural
Diversity and Creativity
In his foreword to Rosinski’s book, Sir John Whitmore, PhD, says: ‘Many
coaches believe that coaches should always be on the coachee’s agenda and that they
should not bring their knowledge or values into sessions. Philippe does not retreat
into this belief. In fact, he does the opposite: he invites the reader to look, in some
depth, at each of the main issues facing society – and indeed humanity – and take
full account of them during the coaching process. Th is encourages further progress in the maturing of the coaching profession, which has already been underway
during recent years. Philippe accompanies the reader on logical and helpful journey
through the deeper meaning of coaching and its potential far-reaching impacts in
our fast-changing, uncertain world.’
Apart from the key application of global coaching for coaches supporting the
development of global leaders, Rosinski stresses that the approach is a valuable tool
for all the professionals whose role (among others) lies in helping people achieve
their full potential: ‘Global coaching should permeate society. Ideally it should be
a lifelong developmental journey that starts with the education of children.’
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The book has numerous examples of practical applications of global coaching in
real life contexts and with issues that global leaders are likely to face in their daily
work and life. A number of recommendations for organisational and team progress are
made, with targets for sustainable development listed, which can be of a considerable
support in designing a meaningful training curriculum both for individual and organisational clients. Very clear and comprehensive notes after each chapter make reading
easier and provide additional sources for further research and inspiration.
Personally, I have found that using the global coaching approach has worked very
well also in the process of tutoring my international students at a UK university. Similarly, in my current work as a life, business and intercultural coach, the awareness of
multiple perspectives helps me draw my professional clients’ attention towards looking for solutions in areas that they thought were not connected. Yet the connection is
there and identifying it often offers an instant release of energy which can be used to
tackle daily challenges with joy and a sense of fulfi lment. To sum up, developing (or
adopting) the ‘I am OK, you are OK’ att itude truly works across cultures and it certainly is one of the characteristics of people we would all like to have as our colleagues,
team members, clients and CEOs, not to mention parents and teachers. Revisiting
Transactional Analysis as part of the Psychological Perspective could not be more
helpful in promoting the benefits of the global coaching approach.
I can wholeheartedly recommend this book if you are open to new challenges.
It is likely to shake some of your personal or professional beliefs, but the underlying
theme is that we no longer live in a single-faceted world. The sooner we realise it, the
sooner we will be able to embrace the opportunities for expanding our knowledge,
experience and understanding. We are free to tap into the power and wisdom of both
science and spirituality accompanied by other fields that help us create better ourselves and a better reality around us.
Katarzyna Anna Weiss
MA, FHEA, PhD student at the University of Central Lancashire
e-mail: [email protected]
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