PART III

CHALLENGES AND FORCES OF CHANGE

In Part III, Challenges and Forces of Change, issues veritably nonexistent in the past yet highly prevalent today are brought to light and explored by our contributors. Beginning the section with “Awareness Coaching for Men and Women,” Sally Helgesen asserts that women and men can learn to work together effectively, and that coaching may be the key to harmony. R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. discusses the need for coaching all people by all people and discusses important factors to consider in Chapter Thirteen, “Coaching to Empower.” In “Leading Across National Boundaries,” Dr. Terence H. Kwai delves into the complicated, timely topic of globalization, more specifically the global company versus globalizing enterprises and the shaping of both by the policies and values of their home countries, especially China. In Chapter Fifteen, “Coaching for Governance,” Anna Bateson explains how professional coaching affords business leaders and governance boards the opportunity to build “situational intelligence,” which helps them more effectively gauge and respond to challenges in the context of the business and economic climate in which they operate. We end this section with “Leadership Insight: Going Beyond the Dehydrated Language of Management” by Nancy J. Adler. Here, Nancy clarifies the importance of traditionally artistic qualities being embraced by emerging, present, and future leaders, and claims that it is those companies that encourage humanity and social responsibility among their employees that will be at the forefront of innovation and will create financial success for their teams, their customers, and the greater community.