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The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching

Article: Trust, Dialogue and Meaning Making

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Publication of China 2.0 01/08/09 Marina Zhang PhD, the Centre’s representative in China. China is in the midst of a radical transformation that has - thus far - not been well understood, especially by foreigners. Interconnection and collaboration among Chinese citizens using Web 2.0 is real and massive – indeed, among the 300 million Internet users and over 600 million mobile phone users in China, the level of connectivity is staggering. The mobilization of public opinion, though under the government’s censorship, has caused a new social order in China. Besides fundamentally altering the social order, Web 2.0 is impacting massively on the way that business is done (most especially, relationships with consumers) and the way public opinion is handled. Even more profoundly, it is creating a level of political transparency and institutional reforms which China has thus far avoided. It is no exaggeration to claim that a completely new era in China’s five-thousand year historical development – China 2.0 – has arrived. This book carefully maps the ways in which China is being transformed socially, politically, technologically and economically – and the implications of those changes for a variety of stakeholders. One thing is absolutely clear – engaging with China on the basis of previous philosophies and practices will not work in China 2.0. All manner of stakeholders – businesspersons, corporations and governments, among others – need to develop a new mindset and new skills if they are to be effective in China. While China 2.0 poses new challenges, it also creates a multitude of new opportunities which this book points to. At a time in world economic history when options are disappearing much faster than they are being created, and in which new crises appear on an almost daily basis, understanding China 2.0 should not be regarded as something that is merely interesting but, rather, as something that is imperative. http://www.amazon.com/China-2-0-Transformation-Superpower-Opportunities/dp/0470824239
Geoffrey Abbott joins Journal Editorial Board 01/08/09 There is increasing interest in international and cross cultural aspects of coaching. Anecdotally, coaching service providers are receiving more requests for services that are related to intercultural coaching. Also, the International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring is receiving many submissions with an international dimension. Recently, the Centre’s Director was asked to join the Editorial Board. This journal has online, peer-reviewed articles. http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/research/areas/coachingandmentoring/err404=research/areas/coaching&mentoring
Global Seminar Series Gains Momentum 01/08/09 The international business coaching seminar series is exciting interest across eleven cities around the world. Companies and individuals are registering interest and the Centre’s regional representatives are finalizing details for the venues. The small group format means that the 2010 series will close off before the end of 2009. Interest is already strong in additional countries and cities for future seminars.
International Conference Set for March 2011 01/08/09 Sydney has been set as the city for the first International Business Coaching Conference. The theme of the conference is Creating Knowledge through Coaching. Dates and venue will be announced later this year, along with the procedures for submitting proposals.

Publication of China 2.0

01/08/09

Marina Zhang PhD, the Centre’s representative in China.

China is in the midst of a radical transformation that has - thus far - not been well understood, especially by foreigners. Interconnection and collaboration among Chinese citizens using Web 2.0 is real and massive – indeed, among the 300 million Internet users and over 600 million mobile phone users in China, the level of connectivity is staggering. The mobilization of public opinion, though under the government’s censorship, has caused a new social order in China.

Besides fundamentally altering the social order, Web 2.0 is impacting massively on the way that business is done (most especially, relationships with consumers) and the way public opinion is handled. Even more profoundly, it is creating a level of political transparency and institutional reforms which China has thus far avoided. It is no exaggeration to claim that a completely new era in China’s five-thousand year historical development – China 2.0 – has arrived.

This book carefully maps the ways in which China is being transformed socially, politically, technologically and economically – and the implications of those changes for a variety of stakeholders. One thing is absolutely clear – engaging with China on the basis of previous philosophies and practices will not work in China 2.0. All manner of stakeholders – businesspersons, corporations and governments, among others – need to develop a new mindset and new skills if they are to be effective in China.

While China 2.0 poses new challenges, it also creates a multitude of new opportunities which this book points to. At a time in world economic history when options are disappearing much faster than they are being created, and in which new crises appear on an almost daily basis, understanding China 2.0 should not be regarded as something that is merely interesting but, rather, as something that is imperative.

http://www.amazon.com/China-2-0-Transformation-Superpower-Opportunities/dp/0470824239

Geoffrey Abbott joins Journal Editorial Board

01/08/09

There is increasing interest in international and cross cultural aspects of coaching. Anecdotally, coaching service providers are receiving more requests for services that are related to intercultural coaching. Also, the International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring is receiving many submissions with an international dimension. Recently, the Centre’s Director was asked to join the Editorial Board. This journal has online, peer-reviewed articles.

http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/research/areas/coachingandmentoring/err404=research/areas/coaching&mentoring

Global Seminar Series Gains Momentum

01/08/09

The international business coaching seminar series is exciting interest across eleven cities around the world. Companies and individuals are registering interest and the Centre’s regional representatives are finalizing details for the venues. The small group format means that the 2010 series will close off before the end of 2009. Interest is already strong in additional countries and cities for future seminars.

International Conference Set for March 2011

01/08/09

Sydney has been set as the city for the first International Business Coaching Conference.

The theme of the conference is Creating Knowledge through Coaching. Dates and venue will be announced later this year, along with the procedures for submitting proposals.

Articles & Publications by Geoff Abbott

List of Articles and Publications by Geoffrey Abbott

Moral, M. & Abbott, G. (eds)
The Routledge Companion to International Business Coaching. London: Routledge.

Abbott, G.N. (in press) Cross Cultural Coaching: A Paradoxical Perspective,
in The Sage Handbook of Coaching.
London: Sage.

Rosinski, P., & Abbott, G. N. (2006). Coaching from a Cultural
Perspective. In D. R. Stober & A. M. Grant (Eds.),
Evidence Based Coaching Handbook: Putting Best
Practices to Work for Your Clients (pp. 255-277).
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Rosinski, P. & Abbott, G.N. (2006). Intercultural Coaching. In
J. Passmore (Ed.). Excellence in Coaching: The Industry
Guide. London: Kogan Page.

Articles

Abbott, G. N. (2006). Pragmatic science: Anchoring a cross
disciplinary and cross cultural future for evidence-based
executive coaching. Paper presented at the Second
Australian Conference on Evidence Based Coaching
Conference: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives, October,
2005, Sydney.

Abbott, G.N. (2006) Exploring evidence-based executive
coaching as an intervention to facilitate expatriate
acculturation: Fifteen case studies. Unpublished doctoral
thesis, Canberra: Australian National University.

Abbott, G.N. (2003) Work values and organizational
commitment. Conference presentation
The Australian Society of Social Psychologists, Bondi,
Sydney

Abbott, G.N. (2002) Work values and organizational
commitment. Unpublished honours thesis, University of
Western Sydney. (Awarded the university prize for
psychology).

Abbott, G.N. (2002) Living Diversity: Trends in Multicultural
Australia. Paper presented at the Congress of the
Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia,
Canberra. (Based on research conducted by Ang, I.,
Brand, J., Noble, G., Wilding, D. and published under the
same name in 2002 by the Special Broadcasting Service,
Australia. Geoffrey Abbott was project manager for the
research.)

Abbott, G.N. & Rosinski, P. (2007) Global coaching and
evidence based coaching: Multiple perspectives operating
in a process of pragmatic humanism. International Journal
of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 5(1) 58-77.

Abbott, G. N., & Grant, A. M. (2005). Evidence-based
executive coaching and action research: A natural fit. In
I. F. Stein & F. Campone & L. J. Page (Eds.), Proceedings
of the Second ICF Coaching Research Symposium:
November 3, 2004, Quebec City, Canada (pp. 22-29).
Washington D.C.: International Coach Federation.

Abbott, G. N., Stening, B. W., Atkins, P. W. B., & Grant, A. J.
(2006). Coaching Expatriate Managers for Success: Adding Value Beyond Training and Mentoring. Asia Pacific
Journal of Human Resources, 44(3), 295-316

Abbott, G. N., White, F. A., & Charles, M. A. (2005). Linking values and organizational commitment: A correlational and experimental investigation in two organizations.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology,
78, 1-22.

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