Organization Life Cycles
Like individuals, organizations develop across trajectories that can be seen as life cycles (Lippett & Schmidt, 1967; Miller & Friesen, 1984; Smith, Mitchell, & Summer, 1985; Torbert, 1974). Every organization is shaped by its history, culture or cultures, business growth or decline, and its role in its markets. Similarly, organizations grow in the maturity or sophistication of talent management and leadership development over time if they are to manage the increased complexity that accompanies growth. This level of maturity affects the ways that the organization manages coaching. In particular, organizations tend to use coaching in more collective or systemic ways as they mature.
This movement from coaching as an individual ...
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