Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-10-2022
Abstract
In an era characterized by fear, uncertainty and doubt Leadership Coaches now find themselves operating on more difficult and unfamiliar terrain. Enabling their clients to cope, survive and thrive in such tenuous conditions offers a significant professional challenge. This paper offers an unusual supplemental approach to more conventional and traditional coaching methods. Utilizing principles derived from the ancient field of alchemy, as well as from modern neuroscience, this article provides both new ideas and guidance to the practitioner of leadership coaching. Beginning with a guided imagery, this piece will then cover the connection between alchemy and leadership, followed by alchemy’s relationship to leadership coaching. The article will next review some relevant findings from contemporary brain science focusing, in particular, on the role of the unconscious mind. The ensuing section provides some ideas for what Leadership Coaches might consider doing differently to be more effective in working with their clients. The article concludes with a short summary and discussion of future implications.
College/Unit
College of Arts, Sciences and Technology
Publication or Event Title
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
Volume
9
Issue
11
First Page
1
Last Page
8
DOI
10.14738/assrj.911.13371
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Forbes, R. L. (2022). Leadership Coaching: Are We Missing the Alchemy?. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9 (11), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.911.13371